Satyori — Om Purnamadah Purnamidam Mantra Practice Card
Mantra Practice Card
Om Purnamadah Purnamidam
Vedic · Wholeness
Om Purnamadah Purnamidam, Purnat Purnamudachyate, Purnasya Purnamadaya, Purnamevavashishyate
That is whole. This is whole. From wholeness comes wholeness. When wholeness is taken from wholeness, wholeness remains.
About This Mantra
This Shanti Mantra from the Isha Upanishad is one of the most mathematically elegant and spiritually profound verses in the Vedic literature. It describes the nature of Brahman as purna -- fullness, wholeness, completeness -- and asserts that this wholeness cannot be diminished. When the infinite produces the finite, the infinite remains infinite.
How to Chant
Chant slowly, allowing the meaning to resonate. This verse is often chanted at the beginning and end of Upanishadic study sessions, framing the teaching within the recognition of inherent wholeness. As a personal practice, chant it when the feeling of incompleteness, inadequacy, or scarcity arises. The rhythmic repetition of 'purna' (whole, whole, whole) gradually reprograms the mind's default orientation from deficiency to abundance.
Pronunciation Guide
Ohm Poor-nah-mah-dah Poor-nah-mee-dahm / Poor-naht Poor-nah-moo-dah-chyah-tay / Poor-nah-syah Poor-nah-mah-dah-yah / Poor-nah-may-vah-vah-shish-yah-tay. The repeated 'Purna' creates a rhythmic, mantra-like quality even in simple recitation.
Benefits
Heals the deep wound of feeling incomplete or deficient. Reduces scarcity mentality and the anxiety that accompanies it. Supports abundance consciousness by recognizing the inherent fullness of existence.
Graha Connection
Jupiter (Guru) and Venus (Shukra). Jupiter represents the expansive abundance and wholeness that the mantra describes.
Your Jyotish Portrait
Your birth chart reveals which mantras resonate most with your planetary makeup. A Jyotish Portrait weaves all your placements — nakshatra, grahas, houses, dashas — into one coherent narrative.