Mahamrityunjaya Mantra in Punjabi
ਮਹਾਮ੍ਰਿਤ੍ਯੁੰਜਯ ਮੰਤ੍ਰ
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 Punjabi script, also in English letters, with its meaning and a word-by-word gloss.
- Punjabi (Gurmukhi) 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 does not show Punjabi yet; it opens in English letters.
ਓਂ ਤ੍ਰ੍ਯੰਬਕੰ ਯਜਾਮਹੇ ਸੁਗੰਧਿੰ ਪੁਸ਼੍ਟਿਵਰ੍ਧਨਮ੍। Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam
ਉਰ੍ਵਾਰੁਕਮਿਵ ਬੰਧਨਾਨ੍ਮ੍ਰਿਤ੍ਯੋਰ੍ਮੁਕ੍ਸ਼ੀਯ ਮਾਮ੍ਰਿਤਾਤ੍॥ 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.
- ਓਂ Om
- the sacred syllable
- ਤ੍ਰ੍ਯੰਬਕੰ Tryambakam
- the three-eyed one (Shiva as Rudra)
- ਯਜਾਮਹੇ Yajamahe
- we worship
- ਸੁਗੰਧਿੰ Sugandhim
- fragrant, whose presence is like a sweet fragrance
- ਪੁਸ਼੍ਟਿਵਰ੍ਧਨਮ੍ Pushtivardhanam
- who increases nourishment and strength
- ਉਰ੍ਵਾਰੁਕਮ੍ Urvarukam
- a ripe cucumber or melon
- ਇਵ Iva
- like, just as
- ਬੰਧਨਾਤ੍ Bandhanat
- from its bond (the stem)
- ਮ੍ਰਿਤ੍ਯੋਃ Mrityor
- from death
- ਮੁਕ੍ਸ਼ੀਯ Mukshiya
- may I be freed
- ਮਾ Ma
- not
- ਅਮ੍ਰਿਤਾਤ੍ 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 Punjabi letters so you can read them aloud. It is a transliteration, not a translation into Punjabi. The meaning of each verse is given in English.
How was the Punjabi 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 Punjabi letters with fixed spelling rules, so every verse matches the original letter for letter. The English-letter line is the common singing spelling.