Mettasutta
Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
vuttañhetaṁ → (sya-all, pts) | sutaṁ → C. has no punctuation from Mā bhikkhave to padesarajjassa; in B. and M. there is after bhāyittha, puññāni, homi, upapajjāmi, vasavatti, before Ko pana, in M. also after paccanubhūtaṁ, indo; in D. after manāpassa, paccanubhūtaṁ, āgamāsi, upapajjāmi, vasavatti, indo, dhammarājā, before Ko pana; in E. after bhāyittha, adhivacanaṁ, manāpassa, paccanubhūtaṁ, etc., as in D. (pts note) | vuttañhetaṁ → vuttaṁ hetaṁ (bjt) | vuttamarahatāti → vuttamarahatā ti (pts)This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:
“Mā, bhikkhave, puññānaṁ bhāyittha.“Monks, don’t be afraid of acts of merit.
Sukhassetaṁ, bhikkhave, adhivacanaṁ iṭṭhassa kantassa piyassa manāpassa yadidaṁ puññāni.
puññāni → puññānanti, (cck: a. ni. 7.62) | sukhassetaṁ → sukhass-etaṁ (pts) | yadidaṁ → yad-idaṁ (pts)This is a synonym for what is blissful, desirable, pleasing, endearing, charming–i.e., acts of merit.
Abhijānāmi kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, dīgharattaṁ katānaṁ puññānaṁ iṭṭhaṁ kantaṁ piyaṁ manāpaṁ vipākaṁ paccanubhūtaṁ.
puññānaṁ → puññānaṁ dīgharattaṁ (sya-all, pts) | iṭṭhaṁ → M. omits the second dīgharattaṁ; bhikkhave dīgharattaṁ addhānaṁ iṭṭhaṁ, B. (pts note)I directly know that, having long performed meritorious deeds,
I long experienced desirable, pleasing, endearing, charming results.
Satta vassāni mettacittaṁ bhāvetvā satta saṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe nayimaṁ lokaṁ punarāgamāsiṁ.
saṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe → satta om. D. E.; sattasavaṭṭakappe, P. Pa. (pts note) | punar-āgamāsi → puna, B. C. M. P. Pa; agam- C. M. (pts note) | nayimaṁ → na-yimaṁ (pts)Having developed a mind of good will for seven years,
then for seven eons of contraction & expansion I didn’t return to this world.
Saṁvaṭṭamāne sudaṁ, bhikkhave, kappe ābhassarūpago homi;Whenever the eon was contracting, I entered the [realm of] Radiance.
vivaṭṭamāne kappe suññaṁ brahmavimānaṁ upapajjāmi.Whenever the eon was expanding, I reappeared in an empty Brahma-abode.
Tatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmā homi mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī.
homi → ahosi, P. Pa. (pts note) | aññadatthudaso → -tthuso, D. E.; -tthute, C.; annaṁdatthudassā, P.; aññaṁdatthu, Pa; cp. sutt. 112, where the same words reoccur. (pts note)There I was Brahma, the Great Brahma, the Unconquered Conqueror, Total Seer, Wielder of Power.
Chattiṁsakkhattuṁ kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sakko ahosiṁ devānamindo;
ahosiṁ → ahosiṁ, D. M.; -i all other MSS. (pts note) | devānamindo → devānam-indo (pts)Then for thirty-six times I was Sakka, ruler of the gods.
anekasatakkhattuṁ rājā ahosiṁ cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.
sattaratanasamannāgato → sattaratanasampanno (bj) | ahosiṁ → ahosiṁ, M.; -i all other MSS. (pts note) | vijitāvī → -i all MSS., except vijitāvī, E. M. (pts note) | janapadatthāvariyappatto → -patto, B. M. (pts note) | sattaratanasamannāgato → -sampanno, B. M. (pts note) | cakkavattī → cakkavatti (th)For many hundreds of times I was a king, a wheel-turning emperor,
a righteous king of Dhamma, conqueror of the four corners of the earth,
maintaining stable control over the countryside,
endowed with the seven treasures –to say nothing of the times I was a local king.
Ko pana vādo padesarajjassa.
padesarajjassa → padesa-rajjassa (pts)
Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:
etadahosi → etad-ahosi (pts)The thought occurred to me,
‘kissa nu kho me idaṁ kammassa phalaṁ, kissa kammassa vipāko, yenāhaṁ etarahi evaṁmahiddhiko evaṁmahānubhāvo’ti?
Kissa → tassa, D. E. (pts note) | kammassa → om. D. E. (pts note) | evaṁmahiddhiko evaṁmahānubhāvoti → evaṁ mahiddhiko evaṁ mahānubhāvoti (bjt) | evaṁmahiddhiko evaṁmahānubhāvoti → evaṁ mahiddhiko evaṁ mahānubhāvo ti (pts)‘Of what action of mine is this the fruit, of what action the result, that I now have such great power & might?’
Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:
etadahosi → etad-ahosi (pts)Then the thought occurred to me,
‘tiṇṇaṁ kho me idaṁ kammānaṁ phalaṁ, tiṇṇaṁ kammānaṁ vipāko, yenāhaṁ etarahi evaṁmahiddhiko evaṁmahānubhāvoti, seyyathidaṁ—
seyyathidaṁ → seyyathīdaṁ (bj, sya-all, km, pts-vp-pli1) | seyyathidaṁ → seyyathīdaṁ (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.) | Tiṇṇaṁ → Tinnaṁ, C. (pts note) | seyyathīdaṁ → -thidaṁ, B. M. P. Pa. (pts note) | evaṁmahiddhiko evaṁmahānubhāvoti → evaṁ mahiddhiko evaṁ mahānubhāvoti (bjt) | evaṁmahiddhiko evaṁmahānubhāvoti seyyathidaṁ → evaṁ mahiddhiko evaṁ mahānubhāvo ti seyyathīdaṁ (pts)‘This is the fruit of my three [types of] action,
the result of three types of action, that I now have such great power & might:
dānassa, damassa, saññamassā’”ti.
saññamassāti → saññamassā-ti (pts)i.e., generosity, self-control, & restraint.’”
Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam-atthaṁ (pts)
Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
“Puññameva so sikkheyya, āyataggaṁ sukhudrayaṁ;
puññameva → puññam-eva (pts) sukhudrayaṁ → sukhindriyaṁ (pts) | sukhindriyaṁ → su indriyaṁ, D. E. (pts note)Train in acts of merit that yield the foremost profit of bliss– Dānañca samacariyañca, mettacittañca bhāvaye.
mettacittañca → mettā-, B. (pts note)develop generosity, a life in tune, a mind of good will.Ete dhamme bhāvayitvā, tayo sukhasamuddaye;
sukhasamuddaye → sukhasamudraye (pts-vp-pli1) | sukhasamuddaye abyāpajjaṁ → sukhasamudraye abyāpajjhaṁ (pts) | sukhasamuddaye → sukhasamudraye (cck: sī. aṭṭha.) | sukha-samudraye → -samuddaye, M.; -samudaye, P. Pa; sukhe samuddise, B.; tato sukhasamuddisse, C.; yo sukhasamudriye, D.; samundriye, E.; A. has only: sukhasamundriye (sic !) ti sukhānisaṁse ānisaṁsaphalam-pi nesaṁ sukham-evā-ti dasseti abyāpajjhaṁ . . .; also in sutta 60 where the same two gāthās occur, the reading of the best MSS. points to samuddaye. A similar word occurs Telakaṭāhagāthā 89: Dānādipuññakiriyāni sukhudrayāni katvā, cp. Aṅgutt. Part I. p. 97. (pts note)Developing these three things that bring about bliss, Abyāpajjaṁ sukhaṁ lokaṁ, paṇḍito upapajjatī”ti.
Abyāpajjaṁ → abyāpajjhaṁ (bj, pts-vp-pli1, csp1ed); abyābajjhaṁ (an4.40:1 [40. Udāyīsutta]; iti60:1 [Puññakiriyavatthusutta]) | abyāpajjaṁ → abyāpajjhaṁ (bj, cck) | Abyāpajjhaṁ → abyāpajjaṁ (cck: syā. ka.); abyābajjhaṁ (cck: ?) | abyāpajjhaṁ → jj, B. M. (pts note)the wise reappear in a world of bliss unalloyed.
Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.
ayampi → ayam-pi (pts) | sutanti → sutan-ti ek (pts)
