Purnamadah Purnamidam is the opening invocation of the Isha Upanishad, one of the shortest and most profound Upanishads in the Vedic canon.
It consists of four lines built around the concept of Purna — completeness — and presents one of the most radical ideas in all of Indian philosophy: that both the universe and the individual self are complete, and that completeness cannot be diminished by any subtraction.
It is recited at the beginning of Vedic study and spiritual gatherings across India.
