Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
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Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra

॥ महामृत्युंजय मंत्र ॥

The great life-nourishing Rigvedic prayer to the Three-Eyed Lord Shiva, seeking liberation from fear and bondage.

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ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् ।

Om tryambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushti-vardhanam |

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About this Sacred Practice

Found in the Rigveda and Yajurveda, the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra is an invocation of Lord Tryambaka. It symbolizes the ripening of a melon that gently releases itself from the vine, praying for freedom from the binding fear of mortality and attainment of spiritual immortality.

Traditional Scriptural Context:Rigveda Mandala 7.59.12. Attributed to Sage Markandeya.

Devotional Intentions

Practitioners traditionally sit with these mental orientations to cultivate inner peace, steadfast courage, and sincere devotion:

  • Overcoming existential fears and illness
  • Spiritual nourishment, vitality, and peace
  • Gentle release from worldly attachments and bondage
  • Cultivating steady equanimity in life and death
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Text & Meaning

Sacred Sanskrit Verses

ऋग्वेद ७.५९.१२

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् ।

उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्य pushyate मृक्षीय मामृतात् ॥

Om tryambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushti-vardhanam |

Urvarukamiva bandhanan mrityor mukshiya mamritat ||

Devotional Meaning:We worship the fragrant Three-Eyed Lord (Shiva) who nourishes and sustains all life. As a cucumber is effortlessly freed from its vine, may He liberate us from mortality and bondage, not from immortality.
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