[366] Then it occurred to Sabhiya the wanderer (paribbājaka): "It is wonderful indeed, sir! It is marvellous indeed, sir! That which I did not obtain among other ascetics (samaṇa) and brahmins — even the mere granting of an opportunity — this opportunity has been granted to me by the ascetic Gotama." Pleased, gladdened, uplifted, filled with rapture (pīti) and joy (somanassa), he asked the Blessed One a question:
"Having attained what do they call one a bhikkhu? (thus said Sabhiya)
By what do they call one gentle (sorata), and how do they call one tamed (danta)?
How is one called 'enlightened' (buddha)?
Asked by me, O Blessed One, declare it to me."
"One who, by a path made by himself, (Sabhiya, said the Blessed One)
has gone to full Nibbāna (parinibbāna), who has crossed over doubt,
who has abandoned both non-existence (vibhava) and existence (bhava),
who has lived the holy life, whose renewed existence is destroyed — he is a bhikkhu.
Everywhere equanimous (upekkhaka), mindful (satimā),
he does not harm anyone in all the world;
an ascetic crossed over, untroubled,
for whom no swellings (ussada) exist — he is gentle.
One whose faculties (indriya) are developed,
inwardly and outwardly, in all the world,
who, having penetrated this world and the world beyond,
awaits his time, developed — he is tamed.
Having discerned the aeons (kappa) in their entirety,
and the round of rebirths (saṃsāra) in both respects — passing away and rearising (cutūpapāta) —
one rid of dust, unblemished, purified,
who has attained the destruction of birth (jātikkhaya) — him they call 'enlightened' (buddha)."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.