Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra:

"Om Tryambhakam Yajamahe, Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam,

Urvarukamiva Bandhanan, Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat."

We worship Lord Shiva the three-eyed one,

the one who is the master of all senses and qualities and the
one who is the sustainer of all growth.
May He release us from the bondage of death
as a ripened cucumber is released from its stalk
and may He grant us immortality

Significance of Mrityunjaya Mantra:

The Maha Mrityunjay is a mantra that is said to rejuvenate, bestow health,

wealth, a long life, peace, propsperity and contentment. The Mantra is a
centuries old technique of connecting one to pure consciousness and bliss. Even
Shani Maharaj can be appeased by this mantra.
The prayer is addressed to LORD SHIVA. By chanting this Mantra, Divine
vibrations are generated which ward off all the negative and evil forces and
create a powerful protective shield. And it is said to protect the one who chants
against accidents and misfortunes of every kind. It is a vibration that pulsates
through every cell, every molecule of our body and tears away the veil of
ignorance. It ignites a fire within us that consumes all our negativity and
purifies our entire system. It is also said to have a powerful healing of diseases
declared uncurable even by the doctors. It is a Mantra to conquer death and
connects us to our own inner divinity.
Known as the Moksha Mantra of Lord Shiva, Maha Mrityunjay evokes the
Shiva within and removes the fear of death, liberating one from the cycle of
death and rebirth.

The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra is very much a protector from accidents,

mishaps and daily calamities in the modern busy life.

When to chant :

Chanting the Maha Mrityunjay Mantra with sincerity, faith and devotion in
Bramha Muhurata is very beneficial. But one can also chant it anytime in a
pure environment with great benefit and discover the happiness that's already
within.
This Maha Mirityunyaya Mantra is a life giving mantra. It is a mantra to keep
us safe from harm, safely in the arms of the Lord. It has a great curative effect,
against diseases of body and mind, if it is chanted with sincerity, faith and
devotion. In these days, when life is very complex and accidents are an
everyday affair, this holy Mantra comes to your rescue. It wards off death by
snake-bits, lightning, water accidents, motor accidents, air accidents, and
accidents of all kinds. Besides, It has a great curative power. Diseases that are
pronounced incurable by doctors are cured by this Mantra, when chanted with
sincerity, faith and devotion. It is a Mantra too conquer death.

It is also a Moksha-Mantra. It is Lord Shiva’s mantra. It bestows health

(Arogya), long life (Durgha Ayus), peace (Shanti), wealth (Aishwarya),
prosperity (Rishti), satisfaction (Tushti) and immortality (Moksha).

On your birthday, repeat this Mantra with faith. It will bestow long life. You
may repeat also at bed-side of alling persons.
To chant with the mantra or to have it playing in the background can be helpful
in everyway as we allow its influence to permeate our consciousness

UNDERSTAND THE MAHAMANTRA:

It is important to understand the meaning of the words as this makes the

repetition meaningful and brings forth the results.

OM is not spelt out in the Rig-Veda, but has to be added to the beginning of all
Mantras as given in an earlier Mantra of the Rig-Veda addressed to Ganapati.
This Mantra is given in the Prayer page of Book "Maharishi Jaimini's Upadesa
Sutra".

TRYAMBAKKAM refers to the Three eyes of Lord Shiva. 'Trya' means

'Three' and 'Ambakam' means eyes. These three eyes or sources of
enlightenment are the Trimurti or three primary deities, namely Brahma,
Vishnu and Shiva and the three 'AMBA' (also meaning Mother or Shakti' are
Saraswati, Lakshmi and Gouri. Thus in this word, we are referring to God as
Omniscient (Brahma), Omnipresent (Vishnu) and Omnipotent (Shiva). This is
the wisdom of Brihaspati and is referred to as Sri Duttatreya having three heads
of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

YAJAMAHE means, "We sing Thy praise".

SUGANDHIM refers to His fragrance (of knowledge, presence and strength

i.e. three aspects) as being the best and always spreading around. Fragrance
refers to the joy that we get on knowing, seeing or feeling His virtuous deeds.

PUSTIVARDHANAM: Pooshan refers to Him as the sustainer of this world

and in this manner, He is the Father (Pater) of all. Pooshan is also the inner
impeller of all knowledge and is thus Savitur or the Sun and also symbolizes
Brahma the Omniscient Creator. In this manner He is also the Father (Genitor)
of all.

URVAAROKAMEVA: 'URVA' means "VISHAL" or big and powerful or

deadly. 'AAROOKAM' means 'Disease'. Thus URVAROOKA means deadly
and overpowering diseases. The diseases are also of three kinds caused by the
influence (in the negative) of the three Guna's and are ignorance (Avidya etc),
falsehood (Asat etc as even though Vishnu is everywhere, we fail to perceive
Him and are guided by our sight and other senses) and weaknesses (Shadripu
etc. a constraint of this physical body and Shiva is all powerful).

BANDANAAM means bound down. Thus read with URVAROOKAMEVA, it

means 'I am bound down by deadly and overpowering diseases'.

MRITYORMOOKSHEYA means to deliver us from death (both premature

death in this Physical world and from the neverending cycle of deaths due to re-
birth) for the sake of Mokshya (Nirvana or final emancipation from re-birth).

MAAMRITAAT means 'please give me some Amritam (life rejuvinating

nectar). Read with the previous word, it means that we are praying for some
'Amrit' to get out of the death inflicting diseases as well as the cycle of re-birth.