[457] Now, Ānanda, the sons and grandsons of King Maghadeva in his lineage, eighty-four thousand in number, shaved off their hair and beards, put on ochre robes, and went forth from the household life into homelessness in this very Maghadeva Mango Grove. They dwelt pervading one quarter with a mind imbued with loving-kindness (mettā), likewise the second, likewise the third, likewise the fourth; thus above, below, across, everywhere, and to all as to themselves, they dwelt pervading the entire world with a mind imbued with loving-kindness—abundant, exalted (mahaggata), immeasurable, without hostility, without ill will. With a mind imbued with compassion (karuṇā) … with a mind imbued with altruistic joy (muditā) … with a mind imbued with equanimity (upekkhā) they dwelt pervading one quarter, likewise the second, likewise the third, likewise the fourth; thus above, below, across, everywhere, and to all as to themselves, they dwelt pervading the entire world with a mind imbued with equanimity—abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility, without ill will. For eighty-four thousand years they played the games of childhood; for eighty-four thousand years they exercised the viceroyalty; for eighty-four thousand years they ruled the kingdom; for eighty-four thousand years, having gone forth from the household life into homelessness in this very Maghadeva Mango Grove, they lived the holy life (brahmacariya). Having developed the four divine abidings (brahmavihāra), with the breaking up of the body, after death, they arose in the Brahmā world (brahmaloka). Nimi was the last of those kings—a righteous king, a king of Dhamma, a great king established in Dhamma; he practices Dhamma among brahmins and householders, among townsfolk and country folk alike, and he observes the Uposatha on the fourteenth, the fifteenth, and the eighth day of the fortnight.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.