[925] *"Sāriputta," said the Blessed One* — the Blessed One addresses that elder by name. "Bhagavā (Blessed One)" is a term of reverence. Moreover: he has broken (bhagga) lust, thus he is the Blessed One; he has broken hatred, thus he is the Blessed One; he has broken delusion, thus he is the Blessed One; he has broken conceit, thus he is the Blessed One; he has broken views, thus he is the Blessed One; he has broken the thorn, thus he is the Blessed One; he has broken the defilements, thus he is the Blessed One. He shared out (bhaji), analyzed, and analyzed in detail the jewel of the Dhamma, thus he is the Blessed One. He is a maker of an end of existences, thus he is the Blessed One. He is one of developed body (bhāvitakāya), thus he is the Blessed One; one of developed virtue, of developed mind (citta), of developed wisdom, thus he is the Blessed One. Or else the Blessed One resorted (bhaji) to remote lodgings in forests and woodland thickets, of little sound, of little noise, free from the breath of people, fit for humans' secluded privacy, suitable for retreat, thus he is the Blessed One. Or else the Blessed One is a partaker (bhāgī) of robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicinal requisites for the sick, thus he is the Blessed One. Or else the Blessed One is a partaker of the taste of the meaning, the taste of the Dhamma, the taste of liberation, of the higher virtue, the higher mind, the higher wisdom, thus he is the Blessed One. Or else the Blessed One is a partaker of the four jhānas, the four boundless states, the four formless attainments, thus he is the Blessed One. Or else the Blessed One is a partaker of the eight liberations (vimokkha), the eight bases of mastery (abhibhāyatana), the nine attainments of successive abidings, thus he is the Blessed One. [Or else the Blessed One is a partaker] of the ten developments of perception, the ten kasiṇa attainments, the concentration (samādhi) of mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati), the attainment of contemplation on foulness (asubha), thus he is the Blessed One. Or else the Blessed One is a partaker of the four establishments of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna), the four right exertions, the four bases of spiritual power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga), the noble eightfold path (magga), thus he is the Blessed One. Or else the Blessed One is a partaker of the ten powers of a Tathāgata, the four intrepidities, the four analytic insights, the six superknowledges, the six qualities of a Buddha, thus he is the Blessed One. "Bhagavā": this name was not made by a mother, not made by a father, not made by a brother, not made by a sister, not made by friends and companions, not made by kinsmen and blood relations, not made by ascetics and brahmins, not made by deities. This name "Bhagavā" pertains to the culmination of liberation (vimokkhantika); it is a designation realized by the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, together with the attainment of the knowledge (ñāṇa) of omniscience at the foot of the tree of awakening. Thus: *"Sāriputta," said the Blessed One.*
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.