[368] Then Sabhiya the wanderer … asked the Blessed One a further question:
"Whom do the Buddhas call a conqueror of the field (khettajina)?" (thus said Sabhiya)
"By what is one skilful (kusala), and in what way wise (paṇḍita)?
How is one called a sage (muni)?
Asked by me, O Blessed One, declare it to me."
"Having examined the fields in their entirety" ("Sabhiya," said the Blessed One)
"— the divine field, the human, and the Brahmā field —
one released from the bondage that is the root of (all) fields:
such a one, steadfast (tādī), is called a conqueror of the field by reason of that state.
"Having examined the storehouses (kosa) in their entirety —
the divine storehouse, the human, and the Brahmā storehouse —
one released from the bondage that is the root of (all) storehouses:
such a one, steadfast, is called skilful by reason of that state.
"Having examined both the white things (paṇḍara),
the inward and the outward, one of purified wisdom,
who has passed beyond the dark and the bright:
such a one, steadfast, is called wise by reason of that state.
"Having known the dhamma of the bad and of the good,
inwardly and outwardly, in all the world,
he is worthy of veneration by devas and human beings;
having passed beyond the tie and the net, he is a sage."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.