Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra

महा मृत्युंजय मंत्र - Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra

ॐ त्रियम्बकं यजामहे, सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनं

उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मोक्षिय मामृतात्

Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra in English (Transliteration)

OM triyambakam yajāmahe sugandhim pushTivardhanam,

urvārukamiva bandhanān mrrityormokshiya māmrritāt.

Word Meanings:

AUM: Absolute reality.

Tryambakam: Trya means three. Ambakam means eyes. Three eyed Lord Shiva.

Yajamahe: We rejoice in meditation on all of this, sing in His praise

Sugandhim: Means fragrance.

Pushtivardhanam: Means that which nourishes all.

Urvarukamiva: Urva means big. Arukam means deadly disease, which are like the death of Wisdom or physical untimely death.

Bandhanan: Means bound down (e.g. bound down to the ignorance and untruth)

Mrityor: Means untruth or physical death

Mukshiya: Means liberation from the cycles of physical, mental, and spiritual death.

Maamritat: Means please give me rejuvenating nectar( Amritam ), so as to have this liberation, like the process of severing the cucumber from the creeping vine without any pain.