[98] There the Blessed One dwelt at Pālileyyaka, in the Rakkhitavana Grove, at the foot of the Bhaddasāla tree. Now a certain bull elephant (hatthināga), too, was living hemmed in by bull elephants, cow elephants, young elephants, and elephant calves: he ate grass with the tips already cropped off, while they ate the branches he broke down one after another; he drank turbid water; and when he had come up from his plunge into the water, the cow elephants went along brushing against his body. Hemmed in, he dwelt in suffering (dukkha), not at ease. Then it occurred to that bull elephant: "At present I am living hemmed in by bull elephants, cow elephants, young elephants, and elephant calves: I eat grass with the tips already cropped off, while they eat the branches I break down one after another; I drink turbid water; and when I have come up from my plunge into the water, the cow elephants go along brushing against my body. Hemmed in, I dwell in suffering, not at ease. Suppose I were to dwell alone, withdrawn from the group?" Then that bull elephant, departing from the herd, went to Pālileyyaka, to the Rakkhitavana Grove, to the foot of the Bhaddasāla tree, where the Blessed One was; and having approached, there that bull elephant kept the spot where the Blessed One was dwelling clear of green growth, and with his trunk he set out drinking water and water for washing for the Blessed One.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.