The Powerful Mruthyunjaya Manthram - All You Need To Know About

Most devotees are mesmerized after hearing the lyrical chanting of mantras in most of the temples. Either it would be a recorded cassette or some expert brahminas encircled around a fire sacrifice, the melodious and harmonic sound of the recitation of mantras in a particular meter can make one spell bound. Many amongst us do not know what manthras are, when and where it has to be chanted and how it has be chanted. We should make sure that we learn and follow some of the important manthrams, traditions, rituals that are being followed in our religion. This is definitely for a good cause. Let our next generation know about our religion, beliefs, tradition and cultures.

Mantras form an essential portion of the Vedic system of offering worship to the supreme lord. In Bhagwad Gita (9.34 and 18.65), Lord Krishna mentions that the chanting of mantras for worship comes under the section of offering prayers to him (Vandanam).

Know About Lord Shiva’s Mrithyunjaya Manthram

Lord Shiva's Mrityunjaya Mantram is a Sanskrit

mantra that not only cures your physical well-being but also aligns your emotional and mental peace with your health. Mrityunjay mantram is one of the most powerful mantras that addresses Lord Shiva. This mantram aims at warding off evils like jealousy, greed and it also promotes longevity of human life. Ideally, for maximum benefits, the mantra should be chanted 108 times

ॐ त्र्य॑म्बकं यजामहे सु॒गन्धिं॑ पुष्टि॒वर्ध॑नम् ।

उ॒र्वा॒रु॒कमि॑व॒ बन्ध॑नान् मृ॒त्योर्मु॑क्षीय॒ माऽमृता॑॑त् ।।

oṃ tryámbakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhíṃ puṣṭi-vardhánam

urvārukam íva bandhánān mṛtyor mukṣīya mā 'mṛtā́t

“I surrender myself to Lord Shiva, who has three eyes, who is as pleasurable as a sweet smelling incense and who gives vitality to the devotee to perform devotional service. Just like a cucumber is freed from its stem naturally, be merciful upon me and release me from the shackles of death, not from immortality.”

The presentation of detailed meaning of Mrityunjaya mantram is as follows:

Om: It is the primordial sound which represents the higher forces. It is the sound representative of Lord Krishna. This Omkaram is known as maha-vakya, or the supreme sound.

Trayambakam: It represents the possessor of three eyes.

Yajamahe: It means we all together worship him.

Sugandhim: It means as pleasurable as incense.

Pushtivardhanam: It means the one which increases our vitality for a healthy spiritual life.

Uruvaurukamiva: It means like a cucumber.

Bandhanaat: It means getting freed from.

Mrityormukshiya: It means freedom from death.

Ma amritaat: It means not from immortality.

It is believed that the mrityunjaya mantram should ideally be chanted at 4 in the morning before going to work or office. If you chant this mantram with absolute conviction and generosity, it can actually help you channelize your negative and evil thoughts. One can gain maximum benefit from chanting this mantra if he /she recites it 108 times. This number has a meaning for itself; one stands for oneness, 0 stands for nothing, and 8 stands for infinity.

This mantra helps you regenerate your physical, mental, and emotional state as it is believed that it is a moksha mantra; you address to Lord Shiva, seeking his blessing to promote your longevity and prevent you and your loved ones from untimely death. Apart from this, there are several other benefits of chanting mrityunja mantram.

Origin of Mruthyunjaya Manthram

There are three interesting stories associated with the origin of mrityunjaya mantram.

One story is associated with Rishi Markandeya.

Lord Shiva bestowed the Mrityunjaya Mantra upon Rishi Markandeya. There's a backstory to this. Bhrigu Rishi and Marudmati, his wife, once prayed to Lord Shiva for a son for years. Their devotion so moved Lord Shiva that he gave them some crucial information: whether they should have an intelligent son with a short life or a low-intelligence son with a long life. Lord Shiva gave the boon as a son named Markandeya will be born to you soon with a life span of just 12 years, after Rishi Brighu accepted lord Shiva's offer of having a boy with a short life span.

Markandeya Rishi and his wife made the decision not to tell their son the truth. When Markandeya's 12th birthday rolled around, his parents became sad. Markandeya couldn't grasp their agony. The two narrated the entire incident at his request. Then, in front of Shiva ling, Markandeya began his own penance. Then, on his 12th birthday, Yama, the God of death, came to Earth to take him. His parents prayed to God but were unable to finish the act.

On the other hand, the boy remained focused and wrapped his arms around the Shiva ling, surrendering himself to Lord Shiva's mercy. Lord Yama later attempted to take his soul, but the child fell on Shiva ling, who was only Lord Shiva's protector. Shiva was taken aback by the boy and became enraged, punishing Yama. Markandeya has been given the secret mantra "Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra" by Shiva to live a long life.

The second story is associated with Shukracharya, the spiritual master of the demons. Lord Shiva revealed this mantra to him as Sanjeevani Vidya or the art of resurrection.

The third story relates to the portion of Rigveda in which it is found. That portion is said to have been composed by Maharishi Vashishtha.

Significance of Mruthyunjaya Manthram

Along with the Gayathri mantram, Maha Mrityunjaya Mantram is one of Hinduism's most powerful mantras. The strong Mrityunjaya mantram is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is said to help people overcome their fears of death and illness. The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantram is believed to have come from the Rig Veda and was brought back to the people by Rishi Markandeya. It is said to be good for mental, emotional, and physical well-being, as well as a moksha mantra that grants immortality and immorality defeating and avoiding untimely death. The Mahamrityunjaya Mantram is made up of 32 words and by putting 'Om' before this mantram, the total number of words becomes 33.

Rules of Mahamrityunjaya Jaapam

1. While chanting the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, the body and mind should be clean.

2. While chanting this mantra, you should have one of the Shivalinga or the idol/picture of Lord Shankar or the Mahamrityunjaya Yantra in the form of a symbol.

3. At the time of chanting the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra and while doing any other worship or worship, keep your face towards the east direction.

4. Chanting of the mantra should always be done only on the posture made of Kusha.

5. For the mantra to be fruitful, it is very important to pronounce it clearly, otherwise chanting the mantra will not be beneficial.

6. Do not chant the Mahamrityunjaya mantra at a slow or fast speed. While chanting, move your lips, but the sound is not heard, this is how the chanting is done.

7. After chanting the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra and after chanting, one should stay away from meat, liquor and other types of addictions.

8. Chanting should be done by lighting incense and lamps.

9. To chant the Mahamrityunjaya mantra, only Rudraksha mala (beads) should be used.

10. The mantra should be chanted by keeping the rudraksha Mala in the gau (cow)Mukhi.

By

Dheeraj Edat (DE)

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