Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Yāni kānici, bhikkhave, opadhikāni puññakiriyavatthūni sabbāni tāni mettāya cetovimuttiyā kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ.“Monks, all the grounds for making merit leading to spontaneously arising [in heaven] do not equal one-sixteenth of the awareness-release through good will. Mettāyeva tāni cetovimutti adhiggahetvā bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati ca.Good will–surpassing them–shines, blazes, & dazzles.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yā kāci tārakarūpānaṁ pabhā sabbā tā candiyā pabhāya kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ, candapabhāyeva tā adhiggahetvā bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati ca;“Just as the radiance of all the stars does not equal one-sixteenth of the radiance of the moon, as the moon–surpassing them–shines, blazes, & dazzles, evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yāni kānici opadhikāni puññakiriyavatthūni sabbāni tāni mettāya cetovimuttiyā kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ, mettāyeva tāni cetovimutti adhiggahetvā bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati ca.even so, all the grounds for making merit leading to spontaneously arising [in heaven] do not equal one-sixteenth of the awareness-release through good will. Good will–surpassing them–shines, blazes, & dazzles.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, vassānaṁ pacchime māse saradasamaye viddhe vigatavalāhake deve ādicco nabhaṁ abbhussakkamāno sabbaṁ ākāsagataṁ tamagataṁ abhivihacca bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati ca;
deve → nabhe (bj, pts-vp-pli1) | abbhussakkamāno → abbhuggamamāno (Ma-aka) | ākāsagataṁ → ākāsaṁ (sya-all) | abhivihacca → abhihacca (sya-all)“Just as in the last month of the rains, in autumn, when the sky is clear & cloudless, the sun, on ascending the sky, overpowers the space immersed in darkness, shines, blazes, & dazzles, even so, evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yāni kānici opadhikāni puññakiriyavatthūni sabbāni tāni mettāya cetovimuttiyā kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ, mettāyeva tāni cetovimutti adhiggahetvā bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati ca.all the grounds for making merit leading to spontaneously arising [in heaven] do not equal one-sixteenth of the awareness-release through good will. Good will–surpassing them–shines, blazes, & dazzles.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rattiyā paccūsasamayaṁ osadhitārakā bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati ca;“Just as in the last stage of the night the morning star shines, blazes, & dazzles, even so, evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yāni kānici opadhikāni puññakiriyavatthūni sabbāni tāni mettāya cetovimuttiyā kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ, mettāyeva tāni cetovimutti adhiggahetvā bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati cā”ti.all the grounds for making merit leading to spontaneously arising [in heaven] do not equal one-sixteenth of the awareness-release through good will. Good will–surpassing them–shines, blazes, & dazzles.”

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Yo ca mettaṁ bhāvayati, appamāṇaṁ paṭissato;
mettaṁ → jhāyī (bj, sya-all); jhāyi (pts-vp-pli1, mr)When one develops–mindful– good will without limit, Tanū saṁyojanā honti, passato upadhikkhayaṁ.fetters are worn through, on seeing the ending of acquisitions.

Ekampi ce pāṇamaduṭṭhacitto, mettāyati kusalo tena hoti;If with uncorrupted mind you feel good will for even one being, you become skilled from that. Sabbe ca pāṇe manasānukampaṁ, pahūtamariyo pakaroti puññaṁ.But a noble one produces a mind of sympathy for all beings, an abundance of merit.

Ye sattasaṇḍaṁ pathaviṁ vijitvā, rājisayo yajamānānupariyagā;
Ye → yo (bj) rājisayo → rājīsayo (bj, sya-all, pts-vp-pli1)Kingly seers, who conquered the earth swarming with beings, went about making sacrifices: Assamedhaṁ purisamedhaṁ, sammāpāsaṁ vājapeyyaṁ niraggaḷaṁ.the horse sacrifice, human sacrifice, water rites, soma rites, & the “Unobstructed,”

Mettassa cittassa subhāvitassa, kalampi te nānubhavanti soḷasiṁ;but these don’t equal one sixteenth of a well-developed mind of good will– Candappabhā tāragaṇāva sabbe.as all the constellations don’t, one sixteenth of the radiance of the moon.

Yo na hanti na ghāteti, na jināti na jāpaye;One who neither kills nor gets others to kill, neither conquers, nor gets others to conquer, Mettaṁso sabbabhūtesu, veraṁ tassa na kenacī”ti.with good will for all beings, has no hostility with anyone at all.

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

Sattamaṁ.

Tatiyo vaggo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Cittaṁ mettaṁ ubho atthe, puñjaṁ vepullapabbataṁ; Sampajānamusāvādo, dānañca mettabhāvanā.
mettabhāvanā → mettabhāvañca (sya-all, pts-vp-pli1); mettavācañca (mr)

Sattimāni ca suttāni, purimāni ca vīsati;
Sattimāni ca → sattamānidha (bj); sattimānidha (mr) Ekadhammesu suttantā, sattavīsatisaṅgahāti.

Ekakanipāto niṭṭhito.