ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् | उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् ||
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushti-vardhanam | Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat ||
"A healing prayer to Shiva for release from fear and death"
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Meaning & Translation
Sanskrit
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् | उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् ||
Transliteration
Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushti-vardhanam | Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat ||
Deity / Quality Invoked
Shiva
Pronunciation
ohm tree-AM-bah-kam yah-JAH-mah-hey soo-GAN-dheem POOSH-tee-var-dhah-nam | oor-VAH-roo-kah-mee-vah ban-DHAH-nahn mrit-YOR-mook-SHEE-yah mah-AM-ree-taht
Full Translation
We worship the three-eyed one (Shiva), who is fragrant and who nourishes all beings. As the ripe cucumber is freed from its vine, may we be freed from death for the sake of immortality — not from liberation itself.
Spiritual Significance
Often called the 'great death-conquering mantra,' it is chanted for healing, protection, and courage in times of illness, grief, or fear. Rather than asking to escape death, it asks for freedom from the fear that binds us to suffering, ripening the soul until it naturally releases into the eternal.
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