Aṅguttara Nikāya 7

6. Abyākatavagga

62. Mettasutta

“Mā, bhikkhave, puññānaṃ bhāyittha. Sukhassetaṃ, bhikkhave, adhivacanaṃ yadidaṃ puññāni. Abhijānāmi kho panāhaṃ, bhikkhave, dīgharattaṃ katānaṃ puññānaṃ dīgharattaṃ iṭṭhaṃ kantaṃ manāpaṃ vipākaṃ paccanubhūtaṃ. Satta vassāni mettacittaṃ bhāvesiṃ. Satta vassāni mettacittaṃ bhāvetvā satta saṃ­vaṭṭa­vi­vaṭṭa­kappe nayimaṃ lokaṃ punāgamāsiṃ. Saṃvaṭṭamāne sudāhaṃ, bhikkhave, loke ābhassarūpago homi, vivaṭṭamāne loke suññaṃ brahmavimānaṃ upapajjāmi.

Tatra sudaṃ, bhikkhave, brahmā homi mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī. Chat­tiṃsak­khat­tuṃ kho panāhaṃ, bhikkhave, sakko ahosiṃ devānamindo; ane­kasatak­khat­tuṃ rājā ahosiṃ cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī jana­padat­thāva­riyap­patto satta­ratana­saman­nā­gato. Tassa mayhaṃ, bhikkhave, imāni satta ratanāni ahesuṃ, seyyathidaṃ— cakkaratanaṃ, hatthiratanaṃ, assaratanaṃ, maṇiratanaṃ, itthiratanaṃ, gaha­pati­ratanaṃ, pari­ṇāya­ka­ratana­meva sattamaṃ. Parosahassaṃ kho pana me, bhikkhave, puttā ahesuṃ sūrā vīraṅgarūpā para­se­nappa­maddanā. So imaṃ pathaviṃ sāgara­pariyan­taṃ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasinti.

Passa puññānaṃ vipākaṃ,
Kusalānaṃ sukhesino;
Mettaṃ cittaṃ vibhāvetvā,
Satta vassāni bhikkhavo;
Satta­saṃ­vaṭṭa­vi­vaṭṭa­kappe,
Nayimaṃ lokaṃ punāgamiṃ.

Saṃvaṭṭamāne lokamhi,
homi ābhassarūpago;
Vivaṭṭamāne lokasmiṃ,
suññab­rah­mū­pago ahuṃ.

Sattakkhattuṃ mahābrahmā,
vasavattī tadā ahuṃ;
Chat­tiṃsak­khat­tuṃ devindo,
devaraj­ja­makāra­yiṃ.

Cakkavattī ahuṃ rājā,
jambumaṇḍassa issaro;
Muddhāvasitto khattiyo,
manussādhipatī ahuṃ.

Adaṇḍena asatthena,
vijeyya pathaviṃ imaṃ;
Asāhasena kammena,
samena manusāsi taṃ.

Dhammena rajjaṃ kāretvā,
asmiṃ pathavimaṇḍale;
Mahaddhane mahābhoge,
aḍḍhe ajāyihaṃ kule.

Sabbakāmehi sampanne,
ratanehi ca sattahi;
Buddhā saṅgāhakā loke,
tehi etaṃ sudesitaṃ.

Eso hetu mahantassa,
pathabyo me na vipajjati;
Pahūta­vit­tūpaka­raṇo,
rājā hoti patāpavā.

Iddhimā yasavā hoti,
jambumaṇḍassa issaro;
Ko sutvā nappasīdeyya,
api kaṇhābhijātiyo.

Tasmā hi attakāmena,
mahat­ta­mabhi­kaṅ­khatā;
Saddhammo garukātabbo,
saraṃ buddhā­na­sāsa­nan”ti.

Navamaṃ.