Mettā-bhāvanā
May all beings be happy
Ahaṃ avero homi, abyāpajjho homi.
Anīgho homi, sukhī attānaṃ pariharāmi.
May I be free from enmity, free from ill will.
May I be untroubled; may I keep myself happy.
Mātā-pitu-ācariya-ñāti-samūhā,
averā hontu, abyāpajjhā hontu.
Anīghā hontu, sukhī attānaṃ pariharantu.
May my mother and father, my teachers and my relatives
be free from enmity, free from ill will.
May they be untroubled; may they keep themselves happy.
Ārakkhadevatā bhūmaṭṭhadevatā
rukkhaṭṭhadevatā ākāsaṭṭhadevatā,
averā hontu, abyāpajjhā hontu.
Anīghā hontu, sukhī attānaṃ pariharantu.
May the guardian devas, the devas of the earth,
of the trees and of the sky
be free from enmity, free from ill will.
May they be untroubled; may they keep themselves happy.
Puratthimāya disāya, puratthimāya anudisāya,
dakkhiṇāya disāya, dakkhiṇāya anudisāya,
pacchimāya disāya, pacchimāya anudisāya,
uttarāya disāya, uttarāya anudisāya,
uparimāya disāya, heṭṭhimāya disāya.
In the east and the south-east,
in the south and the south-west,
in the west and the north-west,
in the north and the north-east,
above and below.
Sabbe sattā, sabbe pāṇā, sabbe bhūtā,
sabbe puggalā, sabbe attabhāvapariyāpannā,
sabbā itthiyo, sabbe purisā,
sabbe ariyā, sabbe anariyā,
sabbe manussā, sabbe amanussā,
sabbe devā, sabbe vinipātikā,
averā hontu, abyāpajjhā hontu.
Anīghā hontu, sukhī attānaṃ pariharantu.
May all beings, all that breathe, all creatures,
all individuals, all who have taken on a body,
all women, all men,
all noble ones, all who are not yet noble,
all humans, all non-humans,
all devas, all in states of woe
be free from enmity, free from ill will.
May they be untroubled; may they keep themselves happy.
Bhavatu sabba maṅgalaṃ
Bhavatu sabba maṅgalaṃ
Bhavatu sabba maṅgalaṃ
May all beings be happy