Om Purnamadah Purnamidam — Complete Lyrics
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते॥
Om Purnamadah Purnamidam Purnat Purnamudachyate
Purnasya Purnamadaya Purnamevavashishyate
That is whole; this is whole. From the whole, the whole arises. When the whole is taken from the whole, the whole alone remains. Om, peace, peace, peace.
Verse 2
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti
It teaches that the infinite (Brahman) and the manifest world are both complete — and that the infinite, even as the universe springs from it, loses nothing and remains forever full.
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