Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
🕉️ Chant Text
ॐ त्र्यंबकं यजामहे सुगंधिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् ।
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥
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🪔 Significance
The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, found in the Rigveda (7.59.12) and also in the Yajurveda, is a powerful and ancient invocation to Lord Shiva, asking for liberation from death and suffering.
- Tryambakam: Referring to Lord Shiva, the three-eyed one.
- Yajamahe: “We worship”.
- Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam: “Sweet fragrance, increasing nourishment”.
- Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityormukshiya Mamritat: “Like the cucumber from its stem, may we be released from death, not from immortality”.
The mantra is traditionally chanted 108 times, often using a Rudraksha mala (rosary) and is one of the most sacred in Vedic tradition.