Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra

Om Mrityunjaya Mahadev Trahima Suranagatam Birth Death Minor Disease Suffering Karma Bandhan. Om Trimbakam Yajamahe Sugandhi Pushtivardhanam Urvarukamiv Bandhananmrityormukshiya Maaamritat This is addressed to Tryambaka, "the three-eyed one", an epithet of Rudra later associated with Shiva. Literal meaning of Maha Mrityunjay Mantra Tryambakam = three-eyed (accusative case), the God who protects us in all three periods or the word Ambakkam also means father. The word Tryambakam can also be used for God in the sense of the father of the three worlds. Yajamahe = we worship, we respect, we adore Sugandhim = sweet smelling, fragrant (accusative) Pushti: = a well-nourished state, the fullness of a flourishing, prosperous life Vardhanam = one who nourishes, gives strength