[371] Then Sabhiya the wanderer (paribbājaka), having delighted in and rejoiced at the Blessed One's words — pleased in mind, uplifted, gladdened, with rapture (pīti) and joy arisen in him — rose from his seat, arranged his upper robe over one shoulder, extended his joined palms in salutation toward the Blessed One, and extolled the Blessed One in his very presence with fitting verses:
"The three and the sixty conclusions (osaraṇa),
O one of broad wisdom, resting on the assertions of ascetics,
resting on perceptual expressions and on perceptions —
dispelling them all, you have gone beyond the darkness of the flood (ogha).
You have gone to the end, gone beyond suffering (dukkha);
you are an Arahant, (a Fully Self-Enlightened One);
one whose taints (āsava) are destroyed — such, I think, are you.
Radiant, intelligent, abounding in wisdom,
you have brought me across as one who makes an end of suffering.
When you knew what I was in doubt about,
you carried me beyond doubt (vicikicchā).
Homage to you, (O sage,) who have attained the attainment
on the paths of sagehood; O you free of barrenness,
Kinsman of the Sun, you are gentle.
The doubt that was mine before —
that you have answered for me, O One with Vision;
surely you are a sage, an Enlightened One;
there are no hindrances (nīvaraṇa) for you.
And all states of despair (upāyāsa) in you
are demolished and eliminated;
you have become cool, attained to self-mastery,
steadfast, one whose striving is truth.
As you, nāga among nāgas,
great hero, speak, all the devas rejoice,
including both Nārada and Pabbata.
Homage to you, O thoroughbred of men!
Homage to you, O supreme among men!
In the world together with its devas
there is no one who is your counterpart.
You are the Buddha, you are the Teacher,
you are the sage who has overcome Māra;
having cut off the latent tendencies (anusaya),
crossed over yourself, you bring this generation across.
The acquisitions (upadhi) have been transcended by you,
the taints have been shattered by you;
you are a lion, free of clinging,
with fear and dread abandoned.
As a lovely white lotus
is not soiled by the water,
so you are not soiled by either —
by merit or by evil.
Stretch forth your feet, O hero:
Sabhiya venerates the Teacher's [feet]."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.