1. Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
for mental, emotional, and physical health...
Om
Trayambakam Yajaamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam
Urvaarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Muksheeya Mamritaat...
English Translation
We meditate on the three eyed reality
which permeates and nourishes all like a fragrance.
May we become liberated from death for the sake of immortality,
the same way a cucumber is severed from bondage to the creeper...
The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra or Jaap is thought to have been composed by ancient
Hindu sage, the Rishi Markandeya. He was the devotee of both Shiva and Vishnu.
2. Lord Vishnu protecting Markandeya from Yama, the lord of Death...
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