Monday, July 14, 2008

Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra

Mantra: English
Om Tryamlakam Yajamahe

Sugandhim Pusti - vardhanam

Urva - rukamiva Bandhanan

Mrtyor - muksheeya Ma - amritat


मंत्र : हिन्दी

ॐ त्र्यम्लाकम यजामहे

सुगन्धिम पुष्टि - वर्धनम्

उर्वारुकमिव बंधनान

म्र्त्योरामुक्षीय मामृतात


Meaning: Om. We worship The Three-Eyed Lord Shiva who is fragrant and who increasingly nourishes the devotees. Worshipping him may we be liberated from death for the sake of immortality just as the ripe cucumber easily separates itself from the binding stalk.


Explanation: The mantra is a prayer to Lord Shiva who is addressed as Sankara and Trayambaka. Sankara is sana (blessings) and Kara (the Giver). Trayambaka is the three eyed one (where the third eye signifies the giver of knowledge, which destroys ignorance and releases us from the cycle of death and rebirth).

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