Dhammapada 26.19: 19. Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu

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Yo dukkhassāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

*He that realizes even here in this world the destruction of his own suffering.* This religious instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Jetavana with reference to a certain Brahman.

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Tassa kireko dāso apaññatte sikkhāpade palāyitvā pabbajitvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Brāhmaṇo taṃ olokento adisvā ekadivasaṃ satthārā saddhiṃ piṇḍāya pavisantaṃ dvārantare disvā cīvaraṃ daḷhaṃ aggahesi. Satthā nivattitvā ‘‘kiṃ idaṃ, brāhmaṇā’’ti pucchi. Dāso me, bho gotamāti. Pannabhāro esa, brāhmaṇāti. ‘‘Pannabhāro’’ti ca vutte brāhmaṇo ‘‘arahā’’ti sallakkhesi. Tasmā punapi tena ‘‘evaṃ, bho gotamā’’ti vutte satthā ‘‘āma, brāhmaṇa, pannabhāro’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –

The story goes that at a time previous to the promulgation of the precept forbidding the admission of runaway slaves to the Order, a certain slave of this Brahman ran away, was admitted to the Order, and attained Arahatship. The Brahman searched everywhere, but failed to find his slave. One day, as the former slave was entering the city with the Teacher, the Brahman saw him in the gateway, and took firm hold of his robe. The Teacher turned around and asked, “What do you mean by this, Brahman?” “This is my slave, Sir Gotama.” “His burden has fallen from him, Brahman.” When the Teacher said, “His burden has fallen from him,” the Brahman understood at once that his meaning was, “He is an Arahat.” Therefore he addressed the Teacher again, saying, “Is that so, Sir Gotama?” “Yes, Brahman,” replied the Teacher, “his burden has fallen from him.” So saying, he pronounced the following Stanza,

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‘‘Yo dukkhassa pajānāti, idheva khayamattano;
Pannabhāraṃ visaṃyuttaṃ, tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇa’’nti.

402. He that realizes right here in this world how his suffering may be ended,
He whose burden has fallen from him, he who has freed himself from the shackles, him I call a Brahman.

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Tattha dukkhassāti khandhadukkhassa. Pannabhāranti ohitakhandhabhāraṃ catūhi yogehi sabbakilesehi vā visaṃyuttaṃ tamahaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vadāmīti attho. Desanāvasāne so brāhmaṇo sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi, sampattānampi sātthikā dhammadesanā ahosīti.

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Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu ekūnavīsatimaṃ.