Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, also referred to as Rudra Mantra or Tryambakam Mantra, occurs in three of the ancient Vedic scriptures: Rig Veda (7.59.12), Yajur Veda (3.60), and Atharva Veda (14.17). Roughly translated, maha means “great,” mṛtyun means “death,” and jaya means “conquering.” It is a beckoning to Śiva. This mantra has many purposed benefits but was given to me as means of removing negative emotion associated with death.
Mantra
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥
Oṃ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭivardhanam । urvārukamiva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt ॥
Om We worship the three-eyed One, who is fragrant and who nourishes all. Like the fruit falls off from the bondage of the stem, may we be liberated from death, from mortality.
Transliteration
- tri त्रि - three
- ambaka अम्बक - eye
- yaj यज् - to worship
- yajāmahe यजामहे - we worship
- sugandhi सुगन्धि - fragrant
- puṣṭi पुष्टि - well nourished
- vardhana वर्धन - increasing
- urvāru उर्वारु - cucumber
- iva इव - like, in the same manner
- bandhana बन्धन - binding, tying, fettering
- mṛtyu मृत्यु - death, dying
- mṛtyoḥ मृत्योः - from death
- muc मुच् - to let loose, release, liberate
- mukṣīya मुक्षीय - may I be liberated
- mā मा - not
- amṛta अमृत - immortal
- amṛtāt अमृतात् - from immortality