Meaning
Of Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra :
It is important to understand the meaning of the words as this makes
the rucurrence meaningful and brings forth the results.
OM is not spelt out in the Rig-Veda,
but has to be added to the beginning of all Mantras as given in
an earlier Mantra of the Rig-Veda addressed to Ganapati.
TRYAMBAKKAM refers to the Three eyes
of Lord Shiva. 'Trya' means 'Three' and 'Ambakam' means eyes. These
three eyes or sources of enlightenment are the three primary deities,
namely Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and the three 'AMBA' means Mother
or Shakti' are Saraswati, Lakshmi and Gouri. Thus in this word,
we are referring to God as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
YAJAMAHE means, "We sing Thy praise".
SUGANDHIM refers to His fragrance of
knowledge, presence and strength as being the best and always spreading
around. Fragrance refers to the joy that we get on knowing, seeing
or feeling His moral deeds.
PUSTIVARDHANAM Pooshan refers to Him
as the sustainer of this world and in this manner, He is the Father
of all. Pooshan is also the inner impeller of all knowledge and
is thus the Sun and also symbolizes Brahma the Creator.
URVAAROKAMEVA 'URVA' means "VISHAL"
or big and powerful or deadly. 'AAROOKAM' means 'Disease'. Thus
URVAROOKA means deadly and overpowering diseases. The diseases are
also of three kinds caused by the influence of the three Guna's
and are ignorance, falsehood , and weaknesses.
BANDANAAN means bound down. Thus read
with URVAROOKAMEVA, it means 'I am bound down by deadly and overpowering
diseases.
MRITYORMOOKSHEYA means to deliver us
from death for the sake of Mokshya.
MAAMRITAAT means 'please give me some
Amritam to get out of the death inflicting diseases as well as the
cycle of re-birth.
Maha
Mrityunjaya Mantra
