Om Purnamadah
Vedic / Upanishadic ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते \| पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते \|\| ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः \|\| Om Purnamadah Om Purnamadah Purnamidam \| Purnat Purnam Udachyate \| Purnasya Purnam Adaya \| Purnam Evavashishyate \|\| Om Shanti Shanti Shanti \|\| "That is whole, this is whole — from wholeness, wholeness arises" Chords — Key of Am · Spacious and slow (~54 bpm pulse); one line of the verse per breath AmOm Purnamadah PurnamiEmdam AmPurnat Purnam UdaGchyaEmte AmPurnasya Purnam AFdaEmya AmPurnam EvavashishEmyaAmte Word by Word Om the primordial sound, the seed vibration of all creation Purnam full, whole, complete, infinite Adah that — the unmanifest Absolute Idam this — the manifest world Purnat from wholeness Udachyate arises, comes forth Purnasya of wholeness Adaya having taken Eva alone, indeed Avashishyate remains Shanti peace Full Translation This shanti (peace) mantra declares that the Absolute is complete and whole, that the manifest world arising from it is equally whole, and that when wholeness is taken from wholeness, wholeness alone remains. It is a meditation on the paradox that infinity cannot be diminished — everything is already full, lacking nothing. Pronunciation Tips om POOR-nam-ah-dah POOR-nam-ee-dam — the "u" in purnam is a long "oo"; chanted slowly and evenly, often concluding with three rounds of "om shanti" Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice. kirtans.com/mantras/om-purnamadah

Vedic / Upanishadic

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते | पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते || ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ||

Om Purnamadah

Om Purnamadah Purnamidam | Purnat Purnam Udachyate | Purnasya Purnam Adaya | Purnam Evavashishyate || Om Shanti Shanti Shanti ||

"That is whole, this is whole — from wholeness, wholeness arises"

Chords — Key of Am · Spacious and slow (~54 bpm pulse); one line of the verse per breath

AmOm Purnamadah PurnamiEmdam

AmPurnat Purnam UdaGchyaEmte

AmPurnasya Purnam AFdaEmya

AmPurnam EvavashishEmyaAmte

Word by Word

Om: the primordial sound, the seed vibration of all creation
Purnam: full, whole, complete, infinite
Adah: that — the unmanifest Absolute
Idam: this — the manifest world
Purnat: from wholeness
Udachyate: arises, comes forth
Purnasya: of wholeness
Adaya: having taken
Eva: alone, indeed
Avashishyate: remains
Shanti: peace

Full Translation

This shanti (peace) mantra declares that the Absolute is complete and whole, that the manifest world arising from it is equally whole, and that when wholeness is taken from wholeness, wholeness alone remains. It is a meditation on the paradox that infinity cannot be diminished — everything is already full, lacking nothing.

Pronunciation Tips

om POOR-nam-ah-dah POOR-nam-ee-dam — the "u" in purnam is a long "oo"; chanted slowly and evenly, often concluding with three rounds of "om shanti"

Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice.

kirtans.com/mantras/om-purnamadah