9: Karaṇīyamettasuttaṁ
yamhi ve cānuyuñjanto CBhp:
evam-ādiguṇopetam, ~ parittaṁ taṁ bhaṇāmahe.
karaṇīyam-atthakusalena, ~ yan-taṁ PPV2:
sakko ujū ca sūjū ca, ~ suvaco cassa mudu anatimānī, [1]
santussako ca subharo ca, ~ appakicco ca sallahukavutti,
santindriyo ca nipako ca, ~ appagabbho kulĕsu ananugiddho, Metre: sometimes a syllable has been taken as light m.c., against its normal weight, this is indicated by a breve ⏑ above the syllable in question. [2]
na ca khuddaṁ samācare kiñci ~ yena viññū pare upavadeyyuṁ.
“sukhino vā khĕmino hontu, ~ sabbe sattā bhavantu sukhitattā! [3]
ye keci pāṇabhūtatthi CBhp, PPV2: -
dīghā vā ye mahantā vā, ~ majjhimā rassakāṇukathūlā, Metre: in the first half of the pādayuga we need to read short a in
diṭṭhā vā ye ca addiṭṭhā, ~ ye ca dūre vasanti avidūre, PPV2:
bhūtā vā sambhavesī vā - ~ sabbe sattā bhavantu sukhitattā!” [5]
na paro paraṁ nikubbetha, ~ nātimaññetha katthaci năṁ kañci,
byārosanā paṭighasaññā ~ nāññam-aññassa dukkham-iccheyya. [6]
mātā yathā niyaṁ puttaṁ ~ āyusā ekaputtam-anurakkhe,
evam-pi sabbabhūtesu ~ mānasaṁ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṁ, [7]
mettañ-ca sabbalokasmiṁ ~ mānasaṁ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṁ,
uddhaṁ adho ca tiriyañ-ca, ~ asambādhaṁ avĕraṁ asapattaṁ. [8]
tiṭṭhaṁ caraṁ nisinno vā, ~ sayāno vā yāvatassa vigatamiddho, Metre: the second half of the pādayuga is very irregular, and just how we should scan it is not clear.
etaṁ satiṁ adhiṭṭheyya, ~ brahmam-etaṁ vihārăṁ idha-m-āhu. [9]
diṭṭhiñ-ca anupagamma, ~ sīlavā dassanena sampanno, Metre: it may be we should take the first half of the pādayuga as a Siloka line showing the savipula. If it is Old Gīti it is very irregular.
kāmĕsu vineyya gedhaṁ, ~ na hi jātu gabbhaseyyaṁ puna-r-etī ti. Metre: this is a Classical Gīti line as it stands, with the caesura coinciding with the end of the first half of the pādayuga. But the jagaṇa (⏑−⏑) in the second half of the pādayuga is irregular, being in an odd gaṇa instead of an even one. [10]