1This is what should be done
by one who is skilled in goodness,
and who knows the path of peace:
Let them be able and upright,
Straightforward and gentle in speech,

2Humble and not conceited,
Contented and easily satisfied,
Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways.
Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful,
Not proud or demanding in nature.

3Let them no do the slightest thing
That the wise would later reprove
Wishing: In gladness and in safety,
May all beings be happy!

4Whatever living beings there may be;
Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none,
The great or the mighty, medium, short or small,

5The seen and the unseen,
Those living near and far away,
Those born and to-be-born —
May all beings be happy!

6Let none deceive another,
Or despise any being in any state.
Let none through anger or ill-will
Wish harm upon another.

7Even as a mother protects with her life
Her child, her only child,
So with a boundless heart
Should one cherish all living beings;

8Radiating kindness over the entire world:
Spreading upwards to the skies,
and downwards to the depths;
Outwards and unbounded,
Freed from hatred and ill-will.

9Whether standing or walking,
seated or lying down, Free from drowsiness,
One should sustain this recollection.
This is said to be the sublime abiding.

10By not holding to fixed views,
The pure-hearted one,
having clarity of vision,
Being freed from all sense desires,
Is not born again into this world.

1. Karaṇīyam-atthakusalena,
yan-taṁ santaṁ padaṁ abhisamecca:
sakko ujū ca sūjū ca,
suvaco c' assa mudu anatimānī,

2. santussako ca subharo ca,
appakicco ca sallahukavutti,
santindriyo ca nipako ca,
appagabbho kulesu ananugiddho,

3. na ca khuddaṁ samācare kiñci
yena viññū pare upavadeyyuṁ.
"Sukhino vā khemino hontu,
sabbe sattā bhavantu sukhitattā!

4. Ye keci pāṇabhūt' atthi -
tasā vā thāvarā vā anavasesā,
dīghā vā ye mahantā vā,
majjhimā rassakā aṇukathūlā,

5. diṭṭhā vā ye va addiṭṭhā,
ye ca dūre vasanti avidūre,
bhūtā vā sambhavesī vā -
sabbe sattā bhavantu sukhitattā!"

6. Na paro paraṁ nikubbetha,
nātimaññetha katthaci naṁ kañci,
byārosanā paṭighasaññā
nāññam-aññassa dukkham-iccheyya.

7. Mātā yathā niyaṁ puttaṁ
āyusā ekaputtam-anurakkhe,
evam-pi sabbabhūtesu
mānasaṁ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṁ,

8. Mettañ-ca sabbalokasmiṁ
mānasaṁ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṁ,
uddhaṁ adho ca tiriyañ-ca,
asambādhaṁ averaṁ asapattaṁ.

9. Tiṭṭhaṁ caraṁ nisinno vā,
sayāno vā yāvat' assa vigatamiddho,
etaṁ satiṁ adiṭṭheyya,
brahmam-etaṁ vihāraṁ idha-m-āhu.

10. Diṭṭhiñ-ca anupagamma,
sīlavā dassanena sampanno,
kāmesu vineyya gedhaṁ,
na hi jātu gabbhaseyyaṁ puna-r-etī ti.