[250] "Bhikkhu, once in the past I was a king, a khattiya anointed on the head. While I was that king, a head-anointed khattiya, I had eighty-four thousand cities, with the royal capital Kusāvatī at their head. While I was that king, a head-anointed khattiya, I had eighty-four thousand palaces, with the Dhamma Palace at their head. While I was that king, a head-anointed khattiya, I had eighty-four thousand peaked houses, with the peaked house Mahābyūha (the Great Array) at their head. While I was that king, a head-anointed khattiya, I had eighty-four thousand couches, made of ivory, made of heartwood, made of gold, made of silver, spread with long-fleeced coverlets, spread with white woolen coverlets, spread with flower-embroidered coverlets, with choice spreads of kadali-deer hide, with canopies above, and with red bolsters at both ends. While I was that king, a head-anointed khattiya, I had eighty-four thousand elephants, with golden ornaments and golden banners, covered with nets of gold, with the royal elephant Uposatha at their head. While I was that king, a head-anointed khattiya, I had eighty-four thousand horses, with golden ornaments and golden banners, covered with nets of gold, with the royal horse Valāhaka at their head. While I was that king, a head-anointed khattiya, I had eighty-four thousand chariots, with golden ornaments and golden banners, covered with nets of gold, with the chariot Vejayanta at their head. While I was that king, a head-anointed khattiya, I had eighty-four thousand jewels, with the jewel-gem at their head. While I was that king, a head-anointed khattiya, I had eighty-four thousand women, with Queen Bhaddā at their head. I had, bhikkhu, … eighty-four thousand khattiyas as vassals, with the counselor-gem at their head. I had, bhikkhu, … eighty-four thousand milch cows, with tethers of fine jute and with milking-pails of bronze. I had, bhikkhu, … eighty-four thousand koṭis of garments — of fine linen, of fine silk, of fine wool, of fine cotton. I had, bhikkhu, … eighty-four thousand offerings of rice, whereby an offering of food was brought to me evening and morning."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.