Mahamrityunjaya Mantra in Gujarati
મહામૃત્યુંજય મંત્ર
The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is a Vedic prayer to Tryambaka, the three-eyed Shiva, found in the Rig Veda (7.59.12) and again in the Yajurveda. Below is the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra in Gujarati script, also in English letters, with its meaning and a word-by-word gloss.
- Gujarati script
- 1 verse
- 0.5 min
- Rishi Vasishtha (Rig Veda 7.59.12)
- Best on Monday
Recite line by line, listen, count with a mala. The reader opens in Gujarati.
ૐ ત્ર્યમ્બકં યજામહે સુગન્ધિં પુષ્ટિવર્ધનમ્। Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam
ઉર્વારુકમિવ બન્ધનાન્મૃત્યોર્મુક્ષીય મામૃતાત્॥ Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Mamritat
Meaning
Om. We worship the three-eyed Lord, fragrant and the giver of nourishment and strength. As a ripe cucumber is released from its vine, may I be released from the bonds of death, but never from immortality.
- ૐ Om
- the sacred syllable
- ત્ર્યમ્બકં Tryambakam
- the three-eyed one (Shiva as Rudra)
- યજામહે Yajamahe
- we worship
- સુગન્ધિં Sugandhim
- fragrant, whose presence is like a sweet fragrance
- પુષ્ટિવર્ધનમ્ Pushtivardhanam
- who increases nourishment and strength
- ઉર્વારુકમ્ Urvarukam
- a ripe cucumber or melon
- ઇવ Iva
- like, just as
- બન્ધનાત્ Bandhanat
- from its bond (the stem)
- મૃત્યોઃ Mrityor
- from death
- મુક્ષીય Mukshiya
- may I be freed
- મા Ma
- not
- અમૃતાત્ Amritat
- from immortality
About Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
The mantra is the twelfth verse of Rig Veda hymn 7.59, a hymn otherwise addressed to the Maruts. This last verse, in the anushtubh metre, is addressed to Rudra as Tryambaka, "the three-eyed one". It appears again in the Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita 3.60; Taittiriya Samhita 1.8.6), which is why it is recited in both Rig Vedic and Yajur Vedic households. Later Puranic tradition links it with the boy-sage Markandeya, whom Shiva protected from Yama, the lord of death.
Questions
Is this the same Mahamrityunjaya Mantra that is sung in Hindi?
Yes. These are the same Sanskrit words, written in Gujarati letters so you can read them aloud. It is a transliteration, not a translation into Gujarati. The meaning of each verse is given in English.
How was the Gujarati text prepared?
We keep one checked Devanagari edition (Rig Veda Samhita 7.59.12 (cross-checked with sa.wikisource Rigveda 7.59 with Sayana bhashya); also Shukla Yajurveda Vajasaneyi Samhita 3.60 and Taittiriya Samhita 1.8.6) and write it in Gujarati letters with fixed spelling rules, so every verse matches the original letter for letter. The English-letter line is the common singing spelling.