Sunita was a highly accomplished disciple of the Buddha

Gautama Buddha

Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...

. He was born in a very poor family who had next to no food and was an outcast whose job was to gather flowers from shrines and throw them away:

People found me disgusting,

despised me, disparaged me.

Lowering my heart,

I showed reverence to many.

Sunita was eventually ordained by Buddha himself:

The compassionate Teacher,

sympathetic to all the world, said:

"Come, monk."

That was my formal Acceptance.

Sunita practiced night and day Buddha's instructions and became a full Arahant which is the highest saint category, he was granted this status by Brahma

Brahma

Brahma is the Hindu god of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. According to the Brahma Purana, he is the father of Mānu, and from Mānu all human beings are descended. In the Ramayana and the...

 and Indra

Indra

' or is the King of the demi-gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology. He is also the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall.Indra is one of the chief deities in the Rigveda...

themselves who bowed down to this saint:

Then, as night was ending

& the sun returning,

Indra & Brahma came to pay homage to me,

hands palm-to-palm at their hearts:

"Homage to you, O thoroughbred of men,

Homage to you, O man supreme,

whose fermentations are ended.

You, dear sir, are worthy of offerings."