Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra

Sacred Sanskrit

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्

Transliteration

Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushti-vardhanam Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Mamritat

Meaning & Significance

We worship the Three-Eyed One (Lord Shiva), who is fragrant and who nourishes all beings. May He liberate us from death for the sake of immortality, even as the cucumber is severed from its bondage (to the creeper).