महाम्रितुन्जय मंत्र
It has been mentioned in RIG VEDA, one of the four pillar vedas of HINDUISM. It is one of the more potent of the ancient Sanskrit mantras. Maha mrityunjaya is a
call for enlightenment and is a practice of purifying the karmas of the soul at
a deep level. It is also said to be quite beneficial for mental, emotional, and
physical health.
We Meditate on the Three-eyed reality
Which
permeates and nourishes all like a fragrance.
May we be liberated from death
for the sake of immortality,
Even as the cucumber is severed from bondage to
the creeper.
Meaning
AUM/OM:
Absolute reality. That which encompasses the three states of waking, dreaming, deep sleep,
represented by AUM, the three levels of gross, subtle, causal, the three
levels of conscious, unconscious,
subconscious, and the three universal processes of coming, being, and going.
Absolute silence beyond the three levels is the silence after AUM.
Tryambakam:
Trya means three. Ambakam means eyes. It means the three eyes of the Absolute,
which are the processes of creation, existence, and dissolution, as well as the
other triads, which are part of AUM. The three "eyes" means experiencing these
three stages and triads at one time, from the higher, all pervasive vantage
point of the Absolute.
Yajamahe: We
rejoice in meditation on all of this.
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Sugandhim:
Means fragrance. Like a spreading fragrance, all of this permeates the whole of
existence, while at the same time being that existence
Pushtivardhanam: Means that which sustains and nourishes all. Thus, the fragrance
that permeates all is the sustainer of all beings, while also the essence of all
beings.
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Urvarukamiva:
Urva means big and powerful. Arukam means disease, like the spiritual diseases
of ignorance and untruth, which are like the death of Wisdom or
Truth.
Bandhanan:
Means bound down, as in bound down to the ignorance and untruth.
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Mrityor: Means
ignorance and untruth.
Mukshiya:
Means liberation from the cycles of physical, mental, and spiritual
death.
Maamritat:
Means please give me rejuvenating nectar, so as to have this liberation, like
the process of severing the cucumber from the creeping vine.
