Sunita

Sunita was a highly accomplished disciple of the Buddha. 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 and Indra 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."

References

Excerpts are from the Theragatha XII.2 Sunita.