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Sutta Nipāta 1.8

Karaṇīyamettā Sutta

The Discourse on Loving-Kindness

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to be done by one skilled in goodKaraṇīyamatthakusalena, that whichyantaṃ peacefulsantaṃ statepadaṃ having fully understoodabhisamecca;
ableSakko uprightujū andca thoroughly uprightsuhujū andca, easy to speak tosuvaco and he should becassa gentlemudu not conceitedanatimānī.

contentSantussako andca easy to supportsubharo andca, with few dutiesappakicco andca of frugal wayssallahukavutti;
with calmed sensesSantindriyo andca prudentnipako andca, not impudentappagabbho not greedy among familieskulesvananugiddho.

notNa andca should do a mean thingkhuddamācare anythingkiñci, by whichyena the wiseviññū otherspare might reproachupavadeyyuṃ;
happySukhino indeedva securekhemino may they behontu, all beingssabbasattā may they becomebhavantu happy in heartsukhitattā.

whateverYe whatsoeverkeci living beings there arepāṇabhūtatthi, tremblingtasā orvā firmthāvarā orvā without exceptionanavasesā;
longDīghā orvā whichye orva greatmahantā, middle-sizedmajjhimā shortrassakā minute or bulkyaṇukathūlā.

seenDiṭṭhā orvā those whichye orva unseenadiṭṭhā, those whichye orva fardūre dwellvasanti nearavidūre;
bornBhūtā orva seeking birthsambhavesī orva, all beingssabbasattā may they becomebhavantu happy in heartsukhitattā.

notNa oneparo anotherparaṃ should deceivenikubbetha, should not despisenātimaññetha anywherekatthaci notna anyonekañci;
out of angerByārosanā with thoughts of aversionpaṭighasaññā, not for one anothernāññamaññassa should wish sufferingdukkhamiccheyya.

a motherMātā just asyathā her ownniyaṃ child, with her lifeputtamāyusā would protect her only childekaputtamanurakkhe;
even soEvampi toward all beingssabbabhūtesu, a mindmānasaṃ one should cultivatebhāvaye boundlessaparimāṇaṃ.

and loving-kindnessMettañca toward the whole worldsabbalokasmi, a mindmānasaṃ one should cultivatebhāvaye boundlessaparimāṇaṃ;
aboveUddhaṃ belowadho andca and acrosstiriyañca, unobstructedasambādhaṃ without enmity or rivalryaveramasapattaṃ.

standingTiṭṭhaṃ walkingcaraṃ sittingnisinno orva, lying downsayāno as long as one isyāvatāssa free from drowsinessvitamiddho;
thisEtaṃ mindfulnesssatiṃ one should resolve uponadhiṭṭheyya, this a divinebrahmametaṃ abiding here they callvihāramidhamāhu.

and to viewsDiṭṭhiñca not resortinganupaggamma, virtuoussīlavā with insightdassanena endowedsampanno;
toward sense pleasuresKāmesu having removedvinaya greedgedhaṃ, notna indeedhi surely to a wombjātuggabbhaseyya does one come againpunaretīti.

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