Sarakāṇi untranslated

Sarakāṇi. A Sākyan. When he died the Buddha declared that he was a Sotāpanna, bound for enlightenment. But many of the Sākiyans spoke scornfully of him, saying that he had failed in the training and had taken to drink. Mahā Nāma reported this to the Buddha, who said that Sarakāṇi had, for a long time, taken refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Saṅgha, and possessed qualities which secured him from birth in hell among the lowest animals and the Peta world. SN.v.375f.