經律異相 17.44

17.44

時彼獵者雖為沙門。不自覺知。如來今日。證明我等。定為獵師。內自慚愧。自省本過。在閑靜處。思惟止觀。係意不亂。所以族姓子剃除鬚髮著三法衣。出家學道修無上梵行。自身作證而自娛樂。生死已盡梵行已立。所作已辦更不復受生死。如實知之。爾時諸比丘。皆得阿羅漢。六通清徹。無所罣礙。是故說此偈。

At that time, although those hunters had become śramaṇas, they had not realized this. [They thought:] "The Tathāgata today has clearly identified us as having indeed been hunters." Filled with inner shame and remorse, they reflected on their past errors, and in a quiet, secluded place, practiced calm abiding and special insight, focusing their minds without distraction. For this reason, clan sons shave off their hair and beards, put on the three Dharma robes, leave home to study the Way, and cultivate the unsurpassed noble practice (brahmacarya), personally realizing it and rejoicing in it: "Birth and death are exhausted; the holy life is established; what was to be done has been done; there will be no further experiencing of existence"—knowing it as it truly is. At that time, all those monks attained arhatship, their six supernatural knowledges pure and unobstructed. Therefore, this verse was spoken: