[369] Then Sabhiya the wanderer (paribbājaka) … asked the Blessed One a further question:
"Having attained what do they call one a 'veda-master' (vedagū)?" (so said Sabhiya)
"Through what [do they call one] 'one who has understood' (anuvidita)? And in what way 'possessed of energy' (viriyavā)?
How does one come to be named a 'thoroughbred' (ājāniya)?
Being asked, O Blessed One, declare it to me."
"Having examined the vedas in their entirety" ("Sabhiya," said the Blessed One),
"whatever there are belonging to ascetics and brahmins,
rid of passion for all feelings (vedanā),
having gone beyond all veda — he is a veda-master.
Having investigated proliferation (papañca) and name-and-form (nāmarūpa),
internally and externally, the root of disease,
released from bondage to the root of (all) disease,
such a one (tādī) is called 'one who has understood,' because of that state (tathattā).
Abstaining from all evil deeds,
having gone beyond the suffering (dukkha) of hell, he is possessed of energy;
he, possessed of energy, resolute in striving,
such a one is called a wise one (dhīra), because of that state.
One for whom the bonds are cut away —
the root of ties (saṅga), internally and externally —
released from bondage to the root of all ties,
such a one is called a thoroughbred, because of that state."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.