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Mettāsutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 8।1

Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.1

Numbered Discourses 8.1
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1। मेत्तावग्गmet·tā·vag·ga

1. Mettāvagga

1. Love
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मेत्तासुत्तmet·tā·sut·ta

Mettāsutta

The Benefits of Love
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एवंe·vaṃ मेme सुतं—su·taṃ

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā सावत्थियंsā·vat·thi·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti जेतवनेje·ta·va·ne अनाथपिण्डिकस्सa·nā·tha·piṇ·ḍi·kas·sa आरामे।ā·rā·me

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
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तत्रtat·ra खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā भिक्खूbhik·khū आमन्तेसि:ā·man·te·si

Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,
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“भिक्खवो”ति।bhik·kha·vo

“bhikkhavo”ti.

“Mendicants!”
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“भदन्ते”तिbha·dan·te तेte भिक्खूbhik·khū भगवतोbha·ga·va·to पच्चस्सोसुं।pac·cas·so·suṃ

“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.

“Venerable sir,” they replied.
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भगवाbha·ga·vā एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Bhagavā etadavoca:

The Buddha said this:
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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 अट्ठानिसंसाaṭ·ṭhā·ni·saṃ·sā पाटिकङ्खा।pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā

“Mettāya, bhikkhave, cetovimuttiyā āsevitāya bhāvitāya bahulīkatāya yānīkatāya vatthukatāya anuṭṭhitāya paricitāya susamāraddhāya aṭṭhānisaṁsā pāṭikaṅkhā.

“Mendicants, you can expect eight 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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कतमेka·ta·me अट्ठ?aṭ·ṭha

Katame aṭṭha?

What eight?
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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 उत्तरिंut·ta·riṃ 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, uttariṁ 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. 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 अट्ठानिसंसाaṭ·ṭhā·ni·saṃ·sā पाटिकङ्खाति।pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā·ti

Mettāya, bhikkhave, cetovimuttiyā āsevitāya bhāvitāya bahulīkatāya yānīkatāya vatthukatāya anuṭṭhitāya paricitāya susamāraddhāya ime aṭṭhānisaṁsā pāṭikaṅkhāti.

You can expect these eight 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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योyo चca मेत्तंmet·taṃ भावयति,bhā·va·ya·ti

Yo ca mettaṁ bhāvayati,

A mindful one who develops
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अप्पमाणंap·pa·mā·ṇaṃ पटिस्सतो;pa·ṭis·sa·to

appamāṇaṁ paṭissato;

limitless love
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तनूta·nū संयोजनाsaṃ·yo·ja·nā होन्ति,hon·ti

Tanū saṁyojanā honti,

weakens the fetters,
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पस्सतोpas·sa·to उपधिक्खयं।u·pa·dhik·kha·yaṃ

passato upadhikkhayaṁ.

seeing the ending of attachments.
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एकम्पिe·kam·pi चेce पाणमदुट्ठचित्तो,pā·ṇa·ma·duṭ·ṭha·cit·to

Ekampi ce pāṇamaduṭṭhacitto,

Loving just one creature with a hateless heart
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मेत्तायतिmet·tā·ya·ti कुसलीku·sa·lī तेनte·na होति;ho·ti

Mettāyati kusalī tena hoti;

makes you a true person.
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सब्बेsab·be चca पाणेpā·ṇe मनसानुकम्पी,ma·na·sā·nu·kam·pī

Sabbe ca pāṇe manasānukampī,

Sympathetic for all creatures,
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पहूतमरियोpa·hū·ta·ma·ri·yo पकरोतिpa·ka·ro·ti पुञ्ञं।puñ·ñaṃ

Pahūtamariyo pakaroti puññaṁ.

a noble one creates abundant merit.
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येye सत्तसण्डंsat·ta·saṇ·ḍaṃ पथविंpa·tha·viṃ विजेत्वा,vi·jet·vā

Ye sattasaṇḍaṁ pathaviṁ vijetvā,

The royal potentates conquered this land
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राजिसयोrā·ji·sa·yo यजमानाya·ja·mā·nā अनुपरियगा;a·nu·pa·ri·ya·gā

Rājisayo yajamānā anupariyagā;

and traveled around sponsoring sacrifices—
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अस्समेधंas·sa·me·dhaṃ पुरिसमेधं,pu·ri·sa·me·dhaṃ

Assamedhaṁ purisamedhaṁ,

horse sacrifice, human sacrifice,
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सम्मापासंsam·mā·pā·saṃ वाजपेय्यंvā·ja·pey·yaṃ निरग्गळं।ni·rag·ga·ḷaṃ

Sammāpāsaṁ vājapeyyaṁ niraggaḷaṁ.

the sacrifices of the ‘casting of the yoke-pin’, <j>the ‘royal soma drinking’, and the ‘unimpeded’.
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मेत्तस्सmet·tas·sa चित्तस्सcit·tas·sa सुभावितस्स,su·bhā·vi·tas·sa

Mettassa cittassa subhāvitassa,

These are not worth a sixteenth part
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कलम्पिka·lam·pi तेte नानुभवन्तिnā·nu·bha·van·ti सोळसिं;so·ḷa·siṃ

Kalampi te nānubhavanti soḷasiṁ;

of the mind developed with love,
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चन्दप्पभाcan·dap·pa·bhā तारगणावtā·ra·ga·ṇā·va सब्बे,sab·be

Candappabhā tāragaṇāva sabbe,

as all the constellations of stars
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यथाya·thā नna अग्घन्तिag·ghan·ti कलम्पिka·lam·pi सोळसिं।so·ḷa·siṃ

Yathā na agghanti kalampi soḷasiṁ.

aren’t worth a sixteenth part of the moon’s light.
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योyo नna हन्तिhan·ti नna घातेति,ghā·te·ti

Yo na hanti na ghāteti,

Don’t kill or cause others to kill,
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नna जिनातिji·nā·ti नna जापये;jā·pa·ye

na jināti na jāpaye;

don’t conquer or encourage others to conquer,
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मेत्तंसोmet·taṃ·so सब्बभूतानं,sab·ba·bhū·tā·naṃ

Mettaṁso sabbabhūtānaṁ,

with love for all sentient beings,
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वेरंve·raṃ तस्सtas·sa नna केनची”ति।ke·na·cī

veraṁ tassa na kenacī”ti.

you’ll have no enmity for anyone.”
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पठमं।pa·ṭha·maṃ

Paṭhamaṁ.

(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.