[38] Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu who has dispelled individual truths (paccekasacca), who has totally relinquished searching (esanā), whose bodily formation (kāyasaṅkhāra) is tranquilized, is called 'one who has withdrawn (paṭilīna).'
And how, bhikkhus, has a bhikkhu dispelled individual truths? Here, bhikkhus, whatever individual truths there are of the many ascetics and brahmins — namely: 'The world is eternal,' or 'The world is not eternal'; 'The world is finite,' or 'The world is infinite'; 'The soul and the body are the same,' or 'The soul is one thing, the body another'; 'The Tathāgata exists after death,' or 'The Tathāgata does not exist after death,' or 'The Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death,' or 'The Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death' — all these have been dispelled by a bhikkhu, expelled, given up, vomited out, released, abandoned, relinquished. It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu has dispelled individual truths.
And how, bhikkhus, has a bhikkhu totally relinquished searching? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu has abandoned the search for sensual pleasures, has abandoned the search for existence, and has allayed the search for a holy life. It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu has totally relinquished searching.
And how, bhikkhus, is a bhikkhu's bodily formation tranquilized? Here, bhikkhus, with the abandoning of pleasure and the abandoning of pain (dukkha), and with the previous passing away of joy and grief, a bhikkhu enters and dwells in the fourth jhāna, which is neither painful nor pleasant and includes the purification of mindfulness by equanimity. It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu's bodily formation is tranquilized.
And how, bhikkhus, has a bhikkhu withdrawn? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu has abandoned the conceit 'I am' (asmimāna), cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it so that it is no longer subject to future arising. It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu has withdrawn.
Thus, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu who has dispelled individual truths, who has totally relinquished searching, whose bodily formation is tranquilized, is called 'one who has withdrawn.'
The search for sensual pleasures, the search for existence,
together with the search for a holy life;
the grasping at truth thus,
and the standpoints of views with their accumulations —
for one detached from all lust,
liberated by the destruction of craving (taṇhā),
the searches have been relinquished,
the standpoints of views uprooted.
That bhikkhu, truly peaceful, mindful,
tranquil, undefeated,
awakened through the full penetration of conceit,
is called 'one who has withdrawn.'
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.