King Mahāsudassana 2.6.6

2.6.6

‘Evaṃ, devā’ti kho, ānanda, pariṇāyakaratanaṃ rañño mahāsudassanassa paccassosi.

'Then, Ânanda, the Great King of Glory said to the Great Adviser:
'"O, my friend, the Great Adviser! these eighty thousand elephants come every evening and every morning to be of service to me. Now, let the elephants come, O my friend, the Great Adviser, in
alternate forty thousands, once each, every alternate hundred years!"
'"Even so, Lord!" said the Wonderful Adviser, in assent, to the Great King of Glory.