Shiva
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
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ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् ॥
ഓം ത്ര്യമ്ബകം യജാമഹേ സുഗന്ധിം പുഷ്ടിവർധനമ് । ഉർവാരുകമിവ ബന്ധനാന്മൃത്യോർമുക്ഷീയ മാഽമൃതാത് ॥
Oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam | Urvārukamiva bandhanānmṛtyormukṣīya mā'mṛtāt ||
Meaning
We worship the three-eyed One, fragrant, who nourishes all. As the ripe cucumber is freed from its stalk, may He free us from death, not from immortality.
Word by word
- त्र्यम्बकम्
- the three-eyed one
- यजामहे
- we worship
- सुगन्धिम्
- fragrant
- पुष्टिवर्धनम्
- who increases nourishment
- उर्वारुकम् इव
- like a cucumber
- बन्धनात्
- from its bondage (stalk)
- मृत्योः मुक्षीय
- may I be released from death
- मा अमृतात्
- not from immortality