Visuddhimagga IX-49

255. Yathā cāyaṃ appanāppattacittasseva vikubbanā sampajjati,

（种种的慈心解脱）因为这样变化是心证安止（定）的人而得成就，

Ñ(IX,49): And just as this versatility is successful only in one whose mind has reached absorption,

tathā yampi paṭisambhidāyaṃ (paṭi. ma. 2.22) ‘‘pañcahākārehi anodhisopharaṇā mettācetovimutti,

如《无碍解道》中说：「（1）以五种行相无限制的遍满慈心而解脱；

Ñ: so too that described in the Paṭisambhidā should be understood to be successful only in one whose mind has reached absorption, that is to say: 'The mind-deliverance of lovingkindness is [practised] with unspecified pervasion in five ways.

sattahākārehi odhisopharaṇā mettā cetovimutti,

（2）以七种行相有限制的遍满慈心而解脱；

Ñ: The mind-deliverance of lovingkindness is [practised] with specified pervasion in seven ways.

dasahākārehi disāpharaṇā mettā cetovimuttī’’ti vuttaṃ,

（3）以十种行相十方遍满慈心而解脱」，

Ñ: The mind-deliverance of lovingkindness is [practised] with directional pervasion in ten ways' (Ps.ii,130).

tampi appanāppattacittasseva sampajjatīti veditabbaṃ.

当知这种变化也是心证安止而得成就的。

Ñ:

Notes: the English translation is above 'should be understood to be successful only in one whose mind has reached absorption'.