Rudri Path Practice · Vedic mantra
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
महामृत्युंजय मंत्र
Rig Veda 7.59.12; also in the Yajur Veda
The “great death-conquering” mantra to Tryambaka, the three-eyed Lord, one of the most widely recited Vedic prayers: a prayer for release from death into immortality.
Shown without Vedic accent marks. Om is added at the start, as in recitation.
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ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्।
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात्॥
oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭivardhanam |
urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya mā’mṛtāt ||
- oṁ
- the sacred syllable
- tryambakaṁ
- the three-eyed One
- yajāmahe
- we worship
- sugandhiṁ
- the fragrant
- puṣṭivardhanam
- who increases nourishment and strength
- urvārukam
- a cucumber (gourd)
- iva
- like
- bandhanāt
- from its bond (the vine)
- mṛtyoḥ
- from death
- mukṣīya
- may I be freed
- mā
- not
- amṛtāt
- from immortality
We worship the three-eyed One, fragrant, who nourishes all beings. As the ripe cucumber is freed from its vine, may I be freed from death, and not from immortality.
djjs.us/bhakti/mahamrityunjaya-mantra · Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan · Rig Veda 7.59.12; also in the Yajur Veda