[719] Setting at Sāvatthī.
Now on that occasion a brahmin named Saṅgārava was residing at Sāvatthī — a proponent of purification by water (udakasuddhika), he believed that purity is attained by means of water, and he dwelt devoted to the practice of descending into the water at evening and at morning.
Then the Venerable Ānanda, having dressed in the morning, taking bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms. Having walked for alms in Sāvatthī, after the meal, on returning from the alms round, he approached the Blessed One; having approached and paid homage to the Blessed One, he sat down to one side.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.