[581] Avoiding the oppression of all breathing beings (pāṇā), all creatures (bhūtā), all persons, all who are included in individual existence, all women, all men, all noble ones, all ignoble ones, all devas, all humans, all beings in states of loss (vinipātika) — with non-oppression; avoiding injury — with non-injury; avoiding torment — with non-torment; avoiding destruction — with non-destruction; avoiding harassment — with non-harassment: "May all beings in states of loss be free from enmity, may they not have enmity; may they be happy, may they not suffer; may they be happy in themselves, may they not be miserable in themselves" — in these eight ways one extends loving-kindness toward all beings in states of loss: therefore it is called "loving-kindness (mettā)." One intends toward that dhamma: therefore it is called "mind (ceto)." It is released¹ from all obsessions (pariyuṭṭhāna) of ill will: therefore it is called "deliverance (vimutti)." There is loving-kindness and there is deliverance of mind: therefore it is called "loving-kindness as deliverance of mind (mettā cetovimutti)."
One resolves with faith: "May all beings in states of loss be free from enmity, may they be secure, may they be happy" — the loving-kindness deliverance of mind (cetovimutti) is developed by the faith faculty (saddhindriya) … they produce it, make it shine, make it radiant.
¹ Variant: M. and Yu. editions read "vimuccatī ti."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.