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.
This should be done by one skilled in the good, having understood that peaceful state: one should be able, upright, thoroughly upright, easy to instruct, gentle, and not conceited.
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.
Content and easy to support, with few duties and frugal habits, with calmed senses and prudent, not impudent, not greedy among the families that support him.
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.
And let one not do the slightest thing for which the wise might reproach one. May all beings be happy and secure; may all beings be happy at heart.
whateverYe
whatsoeverkeci
living beings there arepāṇabhūtatthi,
tremblingtasā
orvā
firmthāvarā
orvā
without exceptionanavasesā;
longDīghā
orvā
whichye
orva
greatmahantā,
middle-sizedmajjhimā
shortrassakā
minute or bulkyaṇukathūlā.
Whatever living beings there are — frail or firm, without exception — the long or the large, the middle-sized, the short, the subtle or the gross.
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.
Seen or unseen, dwelling far or near, born or seeking birth — may all beings be happy at heart.
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.
Let none deceive another, nor despise anyone anywhere; let none through anger or thoughts of aversion wish suffering upon another.
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.
Just as a mother would protect her only child with her own life, even so let one cultivate a boundless mind toward all beings.
and loving-kindnessMettañca
toward the whole worldsabbalokasmi,
a mindmānasaṃ
one should cultivatebhāvaye
boundlessaparimāṇaṃ;
aboveUddhaṃ
belowadho
andca
and acrosstiriyañca,
unobstructedasambādhaṃ
without enmity or rivalryaveramasapattaṃ.
Let one cultivate a boundless mind of loving-kindness toward the whole world: above, below, and across — unobstructed, without enmity, without rivalry.
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.
Standing, walking, sitting, or lying down, as long as one is free of drowsiness, let one resolve upon this mindfulness: this, they say, is the divine abiding here and now.
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.
Not falling into views, virtuous, endowed with insight, having subdued greed for sense pleasures — one surely comes no more to lie in a womb.
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