Upanishadic Prayers
Upanishadic Prayers
Lyrics
- Om Poornamadah Poornamidam
- Poornaat Poornamud achyate
- Poornasya Poornamaadaaya
- PoornamevaaVashishyate
- Om Shantis Shantis Shantih
Meaning
- That (Brahman) is whole
- This (Creation) is also whole
- From that whole (i.e. Brahman only)
- this whole has come out (Creation)
- but even though this whole has come out of that whole
- yet that whole remains whole only
- (i.e. Brahman remains unaffected, retains His/Its fullness and completeness.)
- et there be no discord anywhere in the world. Let peace prevail.
- Om Ishaa Vasyamidam Sarvam Yat Kincha jagatyaam Jagat.
- Tena Tyaktena Bhunjeethamaagridhah Kasyasvid Dhanam.
Mahatma Gandhi said that even if all the Upanishads and other scriptures happened all of a sudden to be reduced to ashes and if only this shloka were left in the memory of Hindus, Hinduism would live forever.
All this that we see in the Universe is all pervaded by God. Therefore we must give up the idea of ‘I’ and ‘Mine’, accept gratefully whatever is given to us by God and use it sharing it with our fellow beings. Eschew all feelings of greed and selfishness. Remember that everything really belongs to God alone.
These two upanishadic shlokas teach us that we should cultivate a sense of constant awareness of the omnipresence of the Lord and his presence in all beings. We should have love for all beings and have a spirit of surrender to God who is the all-pervading truth and the reality immanent in all beings and things.