經律異相 17.44

17.44

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: