Purnamadah Purnamidam
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदंपूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते ।पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादायपूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥
oṃ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṃ pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate | pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate ||
🔊 om poor-nam a-dah poor-nam i-dam · poor-naat poor-nam u-dach-ya-tay · poor-nas-ya poor-nam aa-daa-ya · poor-na-may-vaa-va-shish-ya-tay
📖 What it means
That is whole; this is whole. From the whole, the whole arises. Take the whole from the whole, and the whole alone remains.
🔍 Word by word
| पूर्णम् pūrṇam | full, whole, complete |
|---|---|
| अदः adaḥ | that (distant) |
| इदम् idam | this (near) |
| उदच्यते udacyate | arises, comes forth |
| आदाय ādāya | having taken |
| अवशिष्यते avaśiṣyate | remains behind |
🕰️ When it is used
Opening a reading of the Upanishads.
💡 Worth knowing
A statement about infinity written long before the mathematics of infinity: remove an infinite quantity from an infinite quantity and what remains is still infinite. Mathematically it is exactly right.
🔬 Does it do anything?
A straight answer, with the evidence and its limits — including the claims that are popular and untrue.
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