MahāvaggavaggaBrahmacariyakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 273

[273] S. For the person who attains consummation having departed from here (idhavihāyaniṭṭha), is the path (magga) developed and yet the defilements (kilesa) not abandoned? P. Yes. S. For the person practicing for the realization (sacchikiriyā) of the fruition of stream-entry (sotāpattiphala), is the path developed and yet the defilements not abandoned? P. It should not be said thus. … S. For the person who attains consummation having departed from here, is the path developed and yet the defilements not abandoned? P. Yes. S. For the person practicing for the realization of the fruition of once-returning (sakadāgāmiphala) … for the person practicing for the realization of arahantship (arahatta), is the path developed and yet the defilements not abandoned? P. It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.