Pali
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa
1.4.8 Karaṇīyametta Suttaṃ - Pursuing One’s Own Good and the Well-being of Others
Karaṇīyamatthakusalena,
yantaṃ santaṃ padaṃ abhisamecca;
sakko ujū ca suhujū ca,
suvaco cassa mudu anatimānī.
Santussako ca subharo ca,
appakicco ca sallahukavutti;
santindriyo ca nipako ca,
appagabbho kulesvananugiddho.
Na ca khuddaṃ samācare kiñci,
yena viññū pare upavadeyyuṃ;
sukhino vā khemino hontu,
sabbe sattā bhavantu sukhitattā.
Ye keci pāṇabhūtatthi,
tasā vā thāvarā vā anavasesā;
Dīghā vā ye mahantā vā,
Majjhimā rassakā aṇukathūlā.
Diṭṭhā vā yeva adiṭṭhā,
ye ca dūre vasanti avidūre;
Bhūtā vā sambhavesi vā,
sabbe sattā bhavantu sukhitattā.
Na paro paraṃ nikubbetha,
nātimaññetha katthaci naṃ kañci;
Byārosanā paṭighasaññā,
nāññamaññassa dukkhamiccheyya.
Mātā yathā niyaṃ puttaṃ,
āyusā ekaputtamanurakkhe;
Evampi sabbabhūtesu,
mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ.
Mettañca sabbalokasmiṃ
mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ;
Uddhaṃ adho ca tiriyañca,
asambādhaṃ averamasapattaṃ.
Tiṭṭhaṃ caraṃ nisinno vā,
sayāno vā yāvatassa vigatamiddho;
Etaṃ satiṃ adhiṭṭheyya,
brahmametaṃ vihāramidhamāhu.
Diṭṭhinca anupaggamma,
sīlavā dassanena sampanno,
kāmesu vineyya gedhaṃ,
na hi jātu gabbhaseyyaṃ punaretī ti.
Mettasuttaṃ, Khuddakanikāye, Khuddakapāṭhapāḷi
Vocabulary
- abhisamecca - [abhisameti] would attain
- adhiṭṭheyya - [adhiṭṭhahati / adhiṭṭhāti (opt.)] practise, fix one’s attention
- adho - below
- adiṭṭhā - [a + diṭṭhā] not + seen
- ananugiddho - [an + anugiddho (pp. of annugijjhati)] not + greedy
- anatimānī - [an + atimānī] not + pride, humble
- aṇukathūlā - [aṇuka + thūla] subtle + gross
- anupaggamma - [ana + upaggamma] not succumbing
- aparimāṇaṃ - boundless
- appagabbho - retiring, not aggressive
- appakicco - having few duties
- asambādhaṃ - [asambādhaṃ] without obstruction
- atthakusalena - [attha + kusalena] advantage + proficient
- averamasapattaṃ - [a + veraṃ + a + sapattaṃ] without hatred + without enmity
- avidūre - [avi + dūre] not + far: near
- āyusā - with one’s life
- bhāvaye - [bhāvati (opt.)] cultivate
- byārosanā - out of anger
- caraṃ - walking
- cassa - [ca + assa (atthi, opt.)] and + may: should also be
- dīghā - long
- diṭṭhā - seen
- dukkhamiccheyya - [dukkhaṃ + iccheyya] suffering + wish for
- dūre - far
- ekaputtamanurakkhe - [eka + puttaṃ + anurakkhe] only + child + would + protect
- evampi - [evaṃ + (a)pi] even so (so + also)
- gabbhaseyyaṃ - [gabbha + seyyaṃ] womb + lying down
- gedhaṃ - craving
- hi - yes, indeed
- hontu - [hoti (fut., pl.)] be
- jātu - surely, undoubtedly
- kañci - anyone
- karaṇīya - (ger.) something that should be done
- katthaci - anywhere
- keci - whatever
- khemino - secure
- khuddaṃ - small, inferior
- kulesvananugiddho - [kulesu + anu + gijjhati] towards families + not greedy
- mahantā - great
- majjhimā - middle
- mātā - mother
- mudu - gentle, soft, tender
- nāññamaññassa - [na + aññaṃ + aññassa] not + of one another
- nātimaññetha - [na + atimaññeti (imp.)] not + may despise
- nikubbetha - [nikubbeti (imp.)] may deceive
- nipako - prudent, wise
- nisinno - sitting
- niyaṃ - own (one’s)
- padaṃ - state
- pāṇabhūtatthi - [pāṇabhūta + atthi] living beings + there are
- paraṃ - another
- pare - later
- paro - one
- paṭighasanna - [paṭigha + sanna] ill-will, anger + perception
- punareti - come again
- puttaṃ - child
- rassakā - short
- rattindivamatandito - [rattiṃ + divaṃ + atandito] night + day + diligently
- sabbabhūtesu - [sabba + bhūtesu] towards all beings
- sakko - capable
- sallahukavutti - simple livelihood
- samācare - perform, to do
- sambhavesī - seeking birth, due to be born
- sampanno - endowed with
- santindriyo - [santa + indriya] peaceful + faculty, senses
- santussako - contented
- sayāno - lying
- subharo - [su + bharo] easily, well + being supported: modest, frugal
- suhujū - upright
- sukhino - happy
- sukhitattā - [sukhita + attā] happy + themselves
- suvaco - soft-spoken
- tasā - movable
- thāvarā - stationary
- tiriyañca - [tiriyaṃ + ca] and across
- tiṭṭhaṃ - (while) standing
- uddhaṃ - above
- ujū - honest, straightforward
- upavadeyyuṃ - [upavadeti] censure
- vanavasesā - [vā + anavasesā] excluding none
- vasanti - [vasati] dwell, live
- vigatamiddho - [vigata + middho] free from + drowsiness: one who is awake
- vihāramidhamāhu - [vihāraṃ + idhaṃ + āhu] the dwelling + here + they have said
- vineyya - having removed
- viññū - the wise
- yantaṃ - [yaṃ + taṃ] which + that
- yañhi - [yaṃ + hi] that indeed
- yathā - just as
- yāvatassa - as long as
- ye - who
- yena - by which