[313] When this was said, the wanderer Poṭṭhapāda said to the Blessed One: "Excellent, venerable sir! Excellent, venerable sir! … May the Blessed One remember me as a lay follower (upāsaka) who has gone to him for refuge from this day forth, for as long as life lasts."
But Citta Hatthisāriputta said to the Blessed One: "Excellent, venerable sir! Excellent, venerable sir! Just as, venerable sir, one might reveal what has been concealed … those with eyes will see forms — even so has the Dhamma been made clear by the Blessed One in many ways. Venerable sir, I go to the Blessed One for refuge, and to the Dhamma, and to the Saṅgha of bhikkhus. May I receive, venerable sir, the going forth (pabbajjā) in the Blessed One's presence; may I receive the higher ordination (upasampadā)."
And Citta Hatthisāriputta received the going forth in the Blessed One's presence; he received the higher ordination. And not long after his ordination, the Venerable Hatthisāriputta, dwelling alone, withdrawn, heedful, ardent, and resolute, before long realized for himself with direct knowledge (abhiññā), in this very life, that unsurpassed consummation of the holy life (brahmacariya) for the sake of which sons of good family rightly go forth from the household life into homelessness, and having entered upon it, he dwelt therein. He knew directly: "Birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more of this state of being."
And the Venerable Hatthisāriputta became one of the arahants.
The Poṭṭhapāda Sutta, the ninth, is finished.
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The Subha Sutta, the tenth
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.