With Divine inspiration this Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra Sloka is shared here. Mediate with this beautiful deep sloka that has the power to reach to your soul and uncover all the layers of mind. Mrityunjaya Mantra Sloka is not about immortality it is all about releasing the fears of mind and getting rid of the dominance of mind which is dual in nature. Therefore we have both positive and negative emotions, thoughts and feelings. If positive will come then it will also bring negative too just like if day comes it will bring night. Mrityunjaya Mantra Sloka is all about moving beyond mind so it is a prayer to Lord Shiva to release us from the prison of mind and take us to the soul where can sustain love, peace and bliss forever... Be with Mrityunjaya Mantra Sloka without moving your body and closed eyes and observe what happens when you feel your every breath that comes from cosmos to you... ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ।। oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭi-vardhanam ǀ urvārukam-iva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt ǁ Word to Word meaning of the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra:- ॐ oṁ = is a Divinical mystical representation of Divine (whatever you may called God, Allah, Vahe Guru, Parameshwar etc.) त्र्यम्बकम् tryambakam = the three-eyed one त्रि + अम्बकम् = tri + ambakam = three + eye यजामहे yajāmahe = We worship, adore, honour, revere, call, invite सुगन्धिम् sugandhim = sweet smell or fragrance पुष्टि puṣṭi = A well-nourished condition, thriving, prosperous, fullness of life, full energy, vitality वर्धनम् vardhanam = One who nourishes, strengthens, causes to increase (in health, wealth, well-being); who gladdens, heals, exhilarates, and restores health; a divine gardener, पुष्टि-वर्धनम् = puṣṭi+vardhanam = पुष्टि: वर्धते अनेन तत् = puṣṭiḥ vardhate anena tat उर्वारुकमिव urvārukamiva = like the cucumber, melon बन्धनान् bandhanān = "from captivity" {i.e. from the stem of the cucumber} (of the gourd); (the ending is actually long a then -t which changes to n/anusvara because of sandhi) Note: bandhanān means bound down. Thus read with urvārukam iva, it means 'I am bound down just as a cucumber (to a vine)'. मृत्योर्मुक्षीय mṛtyormukṣīya = Free, liberate From death मृत्यु: + मुक्षीय = mṛtjuḥ + mukṣīya= from death + free (Vedic usage) मामृतात् māmṛtāt = (give) me immortality, emancipation Note: Here are two possible combinations 1) मा + अमृतात् = mā + amṛtāt = not + immortality, nectar Translation would be: (Free me from death but) not from immortality. 2) मा (माम) + अमृतात् = mā (short form of mām) + amṛtāt = myself + sure, definitely Translation would be: Free me from certain death.

• published: 24 Nov 2013
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