Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra (Expanded)
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ॐ हौं जूं सः ।
Om Hauṁ Jūṁ Saḥ
ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः ।
Om Bhūr Bhuvaḥ Svaḥ
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे
Om Tryambakaṃ Yajāmahe
सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् ।
Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭi-vardhanam
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्
Urvārukam-iva Bandhanān
मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ।
Mṛtyor Mukṣīya Mā'mṛtāt
ॐ स्वः भुवः भूः ।
Om Svaḥ Bhuvaḥ Bhūḥ
ॐ सः जूं हौं ॐ ॥
Om Saḥ Jūṁ Hauṁ Om
Meaning
Om. Haum, Jum, Sah — sacred seed syllables of protection, carrying power rather than literal sense.
Om. The earth, the atmosphere, the heaven.
Om, we worship the three-eyed Lord,
the fragrant one, who nourishes and increases all;
as a cucumber is freed from its bond,
may we be freed from death, but not from immortality.
Om. The heaven, the atmosphere, the earth.
Om. Sah, Jum, Haum. Om — the seed syllables closing the invocation.
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