Sanskrit
मैत्रीकरुणामुदितोपेक्षाणां सुखदुःखपुण्यापुण्यविषयाणां भावनातश्चित्तप्रसादनम्
Transliteration (IAST)
maitrī-karuṇā-muditopekṣāṇāṃ sukha-duḥkha-puṇyāpuṇya-viṣayāṇāṃ bhāvanātaś citta-prasādanam
Word by word
- maitrī
- friendliness
- karuṇā
- compassion
- muditā
- gladness
- upekṣāṇām
- of equanimity
- sukha-duḥkha-puṇya-apuṇya
- happy, suffering, virtuous, non-virtuous
- bhāvanātaḥ
- by cultivating
- citta-prasādanam
- the clearing of the mind
Translation
The mind becomes clear by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion toward the suffering, gladness toward the virtuous, and equanimity toward the non-virtuous.
Source: Surenyogalaya Open Translation (English) · License: CC0-1.0