[135] When his mind (citta) is thus concentrated (samādhi), purified, cleansed, unblemished, rid of corruptions (upakkilesa), become malleable, wieldy, steady, and attained to imperturbability, he directs and inclines his mind to the knowledge of encompassing minds (cetopariyañāṇa). Having encompassed them with his own mind, he understands the minds of other beings, of other persons: a mind with lust he understands as 'a mind with lust'; a mind without lust he understands as 'a mind without lust'; a mind with hatred he understands as 'a mind with hatred'; a mind without hatred he understands as 'a mind without hatred'; a mind with delusion he understands as 'a mind with delusion'; a mind without delusion he understands as 'a mind without delusion'; a contracted mind he understands as 'a contracted mind'; a distracted mind he understands as 'a distracted mind'; an exalted mind he understands as 'an exalted mind'; an unexalted mind he understands as 'an unexalted mind'; a surpassable mind he understands as 'a surpassable mind'; an unsurpassable mind he understands as 'an unsurpassable mind'; a concentrated mind he understands as 'a concentrated mind'; an unconcentrated mind he understands as 'an unconcentrated mind'; a liberated mind he understands as 'a liberated mind'; an unliberated mind he understands as 'an unliberated mind.'
Just as, great king, a woman or a man, young, youthful, fond of adornment, examining the reflection of his own face in a pure, bright mirror or in a bowl of clear water, would know, if it had a mole, 'it has a mole,' or if it had no mole, 'it has no mole'—even so, great king, a bhikkhu, when his mind is thus concentrated, purified, cleansed, unblemished, rid of corruptions, become malleable, wieldy, steady, and attained to imperturbability, directs and inclines his mind to the knowledge of encompassing minds. Having encompassed them with his own mind, he understands the minds of other beings, of other persons: a mind with lust he understands as 'a mind with lust'; a mind without lust he understands as 'a mind without lust'; a mind with hatred he understands as 'a mind with hatred'; a mind without hatred he understands as 'a mind without hatred'; a mind with delusion he understands as 'a mind with delusion'; a mind without delusion he understands as 'a mind without delusion'; a contracted mind he understands as 'a contracted mind'; a distracted mind he understands as 'a distracted mind'; an exalted mind he understands as 'an exalted mind'; an unexalted mind he understands as 'an unexalted mind'; a surpassable mind he understands as 'a surpassable mind'; an unsurpassable mind he understands as 'an unsurpassable mind'; a concentrated mind he understands as 'a concentrated mind'; an unconcentrated mind he understands as 'an unconcentrated mind'; a liberated mind he understands as 'a liberated mind'; an unliberated mind he understands as 'an unliberated mind.'
This too, great king, is a fruit of the ascetic life, visible here and now, more excellent and more sublime than the previous fruits of the ascetic life visible here and now.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.