[508] On one occasion the Venerable Sāriputta was dwelling at Sāvatthī, in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's Park. Then, in the morning, the Venerable Sāriputta dressed and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms. Having walked for alms in Sāvatthī, after the meal, returning from the alms round, he approached the Andhavana (Blind Men's Grove) for the day's abiding. Having plunged into the Andhavana, he sat down at the foot of a certain tree for the day's abiding.
Then, in the evening, the Venerable Sāriputta emerged from seclusion and approached Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's Park. The Venerable Ānanda saw the Venerable Sāriputta coming from afar, and having seen him, he said to the Venerable Sāriputta: "Friend Sāriputta, your faculties are serene, the complexion of your face is pure and bright. In what dwelling has the Venerable Sāriputta passed the day?"
"Here, friend, secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, I entered upon and dwelt in the first meditative absorption (jhāna), which is accompanied by thought and examination (vitakka-vicāra), with rapture (pīti) and happiness born of seclusion. Yet, friend, it did not occur to me: 'I am attaining the first jhāna,' or 'I have attained the first jhāna,' or 'I have emerged from the first jhāna.'"
"It must be because I-making, mine-making, and the underlying tendency (anusaya) to conceit (māna) have long been thoroughly uprooted in the Venerable Sāriputta that it does not occur to the Venerable Sāriputta: 'I am attaining the first jhāna,' or 'I have attained the first jhāna,' or 'I have emerged from the first jhāna.'"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.