[583] Toward all breathing beings (pāṇā) in the eastern direction, all creatures (bhūtā), all persons (puggalā), all those included in individual existence (attabhāvapariyāpannā), all women, all men, all noble ones, all ignoble ones, all devas, all humans, all beings fallen into states of misery (vinipātikā); toward all beings fallen into states of misery in the western direction; toward all beings fallen into states of misery in the northern direction; toward all beings fallen into states of misery in the southern direction; toward all beings fallen into states of misery in the eastern intermediate direction; toward all beings fallen into states of misery in the western intermediate direction; toward all beings fallen into states of misery in the northern intermediate direction; toward all beings fallen into states of misery in the southern intermediate direction; toward all beings fallen into states of misery in the direction below; toward all beings fallen into states of misery in the direction above — avoiding oppression, with non-oppression; avoiding injury, with non-injury; avoiding tormenting, with non-tormenting; avoiding destruction, with non-destruction; avoiding harassment, with non-harassment — [wishing:] "May all beings fallen into states of misery in the direction above 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 modes one extends loving-kindness (mettā) toward all beings fallen into states of misery in the direction above: hence it is "loving-kindness." One intends toward that dhamma: hence it is "mind (ceto)." It is released from all obsessions of ill will (byāpāda): hence it is "deliverance (vimutti)." It is both loving-kindness and deliverance of mind: hence it is "the deliverance of mind through loving-kindness (mettācetovimutti)."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.