[1000] "Is the person (puggala) practising for the realization (sacchikiriyā) of arahantship (arahatta) endowed with the fruition of stream-entry (sotāpattiphala)?"
"Yes."
"But has not the person practising for the realization of arahantship passed beyond (vītivatta) the fruition of stream-entry?"
"Yes."
"If the person practising for the realization of arahantship has passed beyond the fruition of stream-entry, then indeed, good sir, it should not be said: 'The person practising for the realization of arahantship is endowed with the fruition of stream-entry.'"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.