Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
Shaivism / Vedic 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" Chords — Key of Am · Even and meditative (~86 bpm); one verse line per breath AmOm Tryambakam YajaFmahe AmSugandhim PushtiFvardhanam AmUrvarukamiva FBandhanan AmMrityor Mukshiya FMamriAmtat 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. Pronunciation Tips 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 Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice. kirtans.com/mantras/mahamrityunjaya-mantra

Shaivism / Vedic

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"

Chords — Key of Am · Even and meditative (~86 bpm); one verse line per breath

AmOm Tryambakam YajaFmahe

AmSugandhim PushtiFvardhanam

AmUrvarukamiva FBandhanan

AmMrityor Mukshiya FMamriAmtat

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.

Pronunciation Tips

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

Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice.

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