The asymmetric unit of the title compound, sodium 2-[1-methyl-5-(4-methylbenzoyl)- 1H-pyrrol-2-yl]acetate dihydrate, Na⁺C₁₅H₁₄NO₃⁻2H₂O, contains two sodium cations, two organic anions (A and B) and two water molecules. The coordination geometry around the sodium cations corresponds to a distorted octahedro