7. Maha Mriyunjaya Mantra Lyrics

The complete Mrityunjaya Mantra from Upanishad ( Samskrit)

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं य्यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्।

उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माSमृतात् ॥ १ ॥

ये ते सहस्रा मयुतं पाशा मृत्यो मर्त्याय हन्तवे ।

तान् - यज्ञस्य मायया सर्वा नव यजामहे ॥ २ ॥

मृत्यवे स्वाहा मृत्यवे स्वाहा ॥ ३ ॥

Om tryambakam yajaamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanam

urvarukamiva barndhanaanmrtyormukshiya mamritaat || 1 ||

Ye te sahastra mayutam paasha mrityo mratyay hantawe |

taan yagyasya mayayaa sarwaa nawa yajamahe || 2 ||

mrityawey swaahaa mrityawey swaahaa || 3 ||

Meaning of the Mantras:

Mantra 1:

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं य्यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्।

उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माSमृतात् ॥ १ ॥

We worship the three-eyed Lord (Shiva) who is fragrant and who increasingly nurtures the disciples. By Worshipping Him, we easily slip off from death like the ripened cucumber separates itself easily, from the binding stem. Let us be never separated from Immortality.

Mantra 2:

ये ते सहस्रा मयुतं पाशा मृत्यो मर्त्याय हन्तवे ।

तान् - यज्ञस्य मायया सर्वा नव यजामहे ॥ २॥

O Death, those thousand and ten thousand snares (net) which you have laid for slaying man; with the power of our worship and devotion, we will remove them all.

Mantra 3:

मृत्यवे स्वाहा मृत्यवे स्वाहा ॥३॥

Let this be an oblation made to Mṛtyu, the creator of death.

Repetition of the same Mantra twice implies that two separate oblations are made to the Devata in the sacred fire, with a view to destroy all the sins connected with the person who makes the offering.