[65] "Ajita": the Blessed One addresses that brahmin by name.
"Bhagavā" (the Blessed One): this is a term of reverence. Moreover, he has broken lust (rāga), 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 (māna), thus he is the Blessed One. He has broken views (diṭṭhi), thus he is the Blessed One. He has broken the thorn (kaṇṭaka), thus he is the Blessed One. He has broken the defilements (kilesa), thus he is the Blessed One. He shared out, analyzed, and distributed 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 developed in body, thus he is the Blessed One. He is developed in virtue, developed in mind (citta), developed in wisdom, thus he is the Blessed One.
Or: the Blessed One resorted (bhaji) to remote lodgings — forests and jungle thickets — with little sound, with little noise, untouched by the breath of people, fit for humans' secluded rest, suitable for retreat, thus he is the Blessed One.
Or: the Blessed One is a partaker (bhāgī) of robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicinal requisites for the sick, thus he is the Blessed One.
Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the taste of the meaning, the taste of the Dhamma, the taste of liberation (vimutti), of the higher virtue, the higher mind, the higher wisdom, thus he is the Blessed One.
Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the four jhānas, the four boundless states (appamaññā), the four formless attainments, thus he is the Blessed One.
Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the eight liberations (vimokkha), the eight bases of mastery (abhibhāyatana), the nine attainments of successive dwellings, thus he is the Blessed One.
Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the ten developments of perception, the ten kasiṇa attainments, of concentration (samādhi) through mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati), and of the attainment of foulness (asubha), thus he is the Blessed One.
Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the four establishments of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna), the four right exertions, the four bases of success (iddhipāda), the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga), and the noble eightfold path (magga), thus he is the Blessed One.
Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the ten powers of a Tathāgata, the four grounds of self-confidence (vesārajja), the four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), the six superknowledges (abhiññā), and 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 pertains to the culmination of liberation (vimokkhantika); it is a designation arisen through realization (sacchikā paññatti) on the part of Buddhas, Blessed Ones, at the foot of the tree of awakening, together with the attainment of the knowledge (ñāṇa) of omniscience — namely, "Bhagavā." Hence: "'Ajita,' (said) the Blessed One."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.