[298] Then the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna addressed the bhikkhus: "Here, friends, on the bank of the river Sappinikā, having entered the imperturbable concentration (samādhi) (āneñja samādhi), I heard the sound of elephants plunging in, coming up out of the water, and trumpeting."
The bhikkhus complained, criticized, and spread it about, saying: "How can the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna say this: 'Here, friends, on the bank of the river Sappinikā, having entered the imperturbable concentration, I heard the sound of elephants plunging in, coming up out of the water, and trumpeting'? The Venerable Mahāmoggallāna is claiming a superhuman state (uttarimanussadhamma)." They reported this matter to the Blessed One.
"Bhikkhus, that concentration exists, but it was not fully purified. Bhikkhus, Moggallāna spoke the truth. There is no offense (anāpatti) for Moggallāna."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.