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Mettāsutta
Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.
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Numbered Discourses 11.15
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2। अनुस्सतिवग्गa·nus·sa·ti·vag·ga
2. Anussativagga
2. Recollection
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मेत्तासुत्तmet·tā·sut·ta
Mettāsutta
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“मेत्ताय,met·tā·ya भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चेतोविमुत्तियाce·to·vi·mut·ti·yā आसेवितायā·se·vi·tā·ya भावितायbhā·vi·tā·ya बहुलीकतायba·hu·lī·ka·tā·ya यानीकतायyā·nī·ka·tā·ya वत्थुकतायvat·thu·ka·tā·ya अनुट्ठितायa·nuṭ·ṭhi·tā·ya परिचितायpa·ri·ci·tā·ya सुसमारद्धायsu·sa·mā·rad·dhā·ya एकादसानिसंसाe·kā·da·sā·ni·saṃ·sā पाटिकङ्खा।pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā
“Mettāya, bhikkhave, cetovimuttiyā āsevitāya bhāvitāya bahulīkatāya yānīkatāya vatthukatāya anuṭṭhitāya paricitāya susamāraddhāya ekādasānisaṁsā pāṭikaṅkhā.
“Mendicants, you can expect eleven benefits when the heart’s release by love has been cultivated, developed, and practiced, made a vehicle and a basis, kept up, consolidated, and properly implemented.
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सुखंsu·khaṃ सुपति,su·pa·ti सुखंsu·khaṃ पटिबुज्झति,pa·ṭi·buj·jha·ti नna पापकंpā·pa·kaṃ सुपिनंsu·pi·naṃ पस्सति,pas·sa·ti मनुस्सानंma·nus·sā·naṃ पियोpi·yo होति,ho·ti अमनुस्सानंa·ma·nus·sā·naṃ पियोpi·yo होति,ho·ti देवताde·va·tā रक्खन्ति,rak·khan·ti नास्सnās·sa अग्गिag·gi वाvā विसंvi·saṃ वाvā सत्थंsat·thaṃ वाvā कमति,ka·ma·ti तुवटंtu·va·ṭaṃ चित्तंcit·taṃ समाधियति,sa·mā·dhi·ya·ti मुखवण्णोmu·kha·vaṇ·ṇo विप्पसीदति,vip·pa·sī·da·ti असम्मूळ्होa·sam·mū·ḷho कालंkā·laṃ करोति,ka·ro·ti उत्तरिut·ta·ri अप्पटिविज्झन्तोap·pa·ṭi·vij·jhan·to ब्रह्मलोकूपगोbrah·ma·lo·kū·pa·go होति।ho·ti
Sukhaṁ supati, sukhaṁ paṭibujjhati, na pāpakaṁ supinaṁ passati, manussānaṁ piyo hoti, amanussānaṁ piyo hoti, devatā rakkhanti, nāssa aggi vā visaṁ vā satthaṁ vā kamati, tuvaṭaṁ cittaṁ samādhiyati, mukhavaṇṇo vippasīdati, asammūḷho kālaṁ karoti, uttari appaṭivijjhanto brahmalokūpago hoti.
You sleep at ease. You wake happily. You don’t have bad dreams. Humans love you. Non-humans love you. Deities protect you. You can’t be harmed by fire, poison, or blade. Your mind quickly enters immersion. Your face is clear and bright. You don’t feel lost when you die. If you don’t penetrate any higher, you’ll be reborn in a realm of divinity.
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मेत्ताय,met·tā·ya भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चेतोविमुत्तियाce·to·vi·mut·ti·yā आसेवितायā·se·vi·tā·ya भावितायbhā·vi·tā·ya बहुलीकतायba·hu·lī·ka·tā·ya यानीकतायyā·nī·ka·tā·ya वत्थुकतायvat·thu·ka·tā·ya अनुट्ठितायa·nuṭ·ṭhi·tā·ya परिचितायpa·ri·ci·tā·ya सुसमारद्धायsu·sa·mā·rad·dhā·ya इमेi·me एकादसानिसंसाe·kā·da·sā·ni·saṃ·sā पाटिकङ्खा”ति।pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā
Mettāya, bhikkhave, cetovimuttiyā āsevitāya bhāvitāya bahulīkatāya yānīkatāya vatthukatāya anuṭṭhitāya paricitāya susamāraddhāya ime ekādasānisaṁsā pāṭikaṅkhā”ti.
You can expect eleven benefits when the heart’s release by love has been cultivated, developed, and practiced, made a vehicle and a basis, kept up, consolidated, and properly implemented.”
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पञ्चमं।pañ·ca·maṃ
Pañcamaṁ.
(Pāli only)
Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.