[71] "Venerable sir, I was already pleased and gratified with the Blessed One by the very first simile; but, wishing to hear these varied and brilliant answers of the Blessed One to questions, I thought thus to treat the Blessed One as one to be opposed. Magnificent, venerable sir! Magnificent, venerable sir! Just as if, venerable sir, one were to set upright what had been overturned, or reveal what was hidden, or point out the way to one who was lost, or hold up an oil lamp in the darkness so that those with eyes might see forms — even so has the Dhamma been made clear by the Blessed One in many ways. Venerable sir, I go to the Blessed One for refuge, and to the Dhamma, and to the Saṅgha of bhikkhus. May the Blessed One remember me as a lay follower (upāsaka) who has gone for refuge for life, from this day forth."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.