MN 36 parallels for section where Buddha as a 9 year old boy has first jhana
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I could find the part about the 4 jhanas instead of only the first jhana, but I could not find the part about the earthworms.
From Ekottarāgama 31.8 of the Taisho Tripitaka:
「爾時，我作 是念：『今日可食一果。』爾時我便食一果。當 我食一果之日，身形萎弱不能自起居，如 年百二十，骨節離散不能扶持。比丘當知， 爾時一果者，如似今日小棗耳。爾時，我復作 是念：『非我成道之本，故當更有餘道。』爾時， 我復作是念：『我自憶昔日，在父王樹下無 婬、無欲，除去惡不善法，遊於初禪；無覺、 無觀，遊於二禪；念清淨無有眾想，遊於 三禪；無復苦樂，意念清淨，遊於四禪。此或 能是道，我今當求此道。』
Using Google Translate, I got:
"At this time, I just said: "I can eat one fruit today." At this time, I eat one fruit. When I eat one fruit, I am weak and unable to live by myself. For example, when I am a hundred and twenty, my joints cannot be separated. Support. Bhikkhus should know that when there is a fruit, it is like today's jujube ears. When you are here, I repeat it by saying: "It is not the foundation of my enlightenment, so I should have more surplus." "I recall from the past, under my father’s tree, there was no lust, no desire, no evil and unwholesome dhammas, swimming in the first meditation; no awareness, no insight, swimming in the second meditation; pure mind without many thoughts, swimming in the third meditation; Resume suffering and happiness, pure mind, swim in the four meditations. This may be the Tao, I should ask for it now."
The Chinese used in the agama is probably a bit different from modern Chinese, so the machine translation may be inaccurate.
Ekottarāgama is the Sanskrit equivalent of the Pali collection of Aṅguttara Nikāya.
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