Mahamrityunjaya Mantra | Vedic Mantra | Maha mrityunjaya

Mahamrityunjaya mantra is one of the maha mantras from Vedas, one of the most ancient scripture of humans. This mantra is greatest weapon for humans to ward off the evil impacts which can become threats to one’s life and health. In vedic horoscope, there are some yogas named “aristha” and “anishtha” which are very harmful for the health of the native as well as these yogas are even life threatening. If balancing impacts are not found in a horoscope, then these yoga could lead to make native short-lived and could cause death. Mahamrityunjaya is the most effective mantra to cure such yogas in the horoscope.

Apart from health and longevity of life, Mahamrityunjaya is the effective remedy against the most dreaded yogas like Kaal sarp yoga, yogas formed by rahu placed in 8th  house of vedic horoscope, sarp dosh and pitra dosh.

On the spiritual side, This mantra also frees the chanter from the bondages caused by ill placement of the planets. This frees the chanter from the death and rebirth cycle and provide “moksha”.

Maha mrityunjaya should be recited preferably for forty days both in the morning and evening, after lighting a jyoti while facing east. It should be chanted for 108 times or its multiples in each sitting. Before starting the Maha mrityunjaya mantra, the following prayer to the everlasting spirit of the Maharishi vashishtha should be chanted

OM SUCHIRMARKAIR BRIHASPATIM ADHVARESHU NAMASYATAH (21 Times)

We pray to Brihaspati , whose wishes are inviolable, for good thoughts.

VYAM VASHISHTHAYA NAMAH (21 Times)

This is the prayer to Maharishi Vashistha
 

Then the chanter should do the meditaion of lord shiva’s one form called lord Tryambakeswara and then meditate on goddess Amriteshwari (Gouri or Parvati Shakti).

Then recite the following Mahamrityunjaya mantra 108 times or multiples of this number. The Maha mrityunjaya Mantra is as follows:

OM TRYAMBAKKAM YAJAMAHE SUGANDHIM PUSTIVARDHANAM

URVAROOKAMEVA BANDANAAN MRITYORMOKSHEEYA MAAMRITAAT.

Transalation of Mahamrityunjaya mantra

OM referes to the param bhramha

TRYAMBAKKAM is one form of lord shiva which contains the whole universe. This word is made by combing “ trya” and “ambakam” . Trya means  three and ambakam refers to eyes. So TRYAMBAKKAM refers to three eyes . These three eyes are the source of all the spirituality and enlightenment. This also refers to trimurthi or the trinity of Lord Brahma , Lord vishnu and Lord shiva

YAJAMAHE: refers to "We sing their stuti".
 

SUGANDHIM: means the sugandh of the GOD or the fragrance of the intellect, knowledge and presence of Him which can be felt by the chanter of his praise or stuti

PUSTIVARDHANAM: Pooshan refers to Him as the sustainer of this world and in this manner, He is the Father of all. In this manner He is also the Father of all.
 

URVAAROKAMEVA: 'URVA' means big and powerful . 'AAROOKAM' means 'Disease'. Thus URVAROOKA means deadly and overpowering diseases.
 

BANDANAAM: means bound down ( by something). If we read this by combing with URVAROOKAMEVA , it means 'I am bound down by deadly and overpowering diseases'.
 

MRITYORMOOKSHEYA: refers to release us from the  death. Death  refers to both premature deaths in this Physical world and from the never-ending cycle of deaths due to re-birth for the sake of Mokshya or Nirvana. MAAMRITAAT means 'please give me some Amrita.

If we read with the previous word, it means that we are praying for some 'Amrit' to get out of the death inflicting diseases as well as the cycle of re-birth.