ओम नमः शिवाय
om, tryambakaṁ
yajāmahe
sugandhiṁ puṣṭi-vardhanam
urvā-rukamiva
bandhanān
mṛtyor-mukṣīya mā'mṛtāt
MahaMrityunjaya, one of the oldest mantras in Hindu
Scriptures which is mentioned in RigVeda, Yagur Veda, Atharva Veda and bears a very special
significance. The lines in the mantra address the Rudra avatar of Lord
Shiva(The first yogi the “Adiyogi”).
MahaMrityunjaya is a unification of three hindi words.
Maha + Mrityun + Jaya
All the three words having specific meaning Maha meaning
‘Great’, Mrityun meaning ‘Death’ with Jaya meaning ‘Victory’, it also goes by
different names like Mrita-Sanjivini , because of its life-restoring practice thus
combining 3 words we get ‘The one who has Victory over Death’.
Let us understand the term MANTRAS. Mantra is a pure form of
sound, not in terms of something being pure & impure but in the context of
sound, reverberation, it’s a pure sound, pure reverberation, as a matter of
fact everything in the universe is just a reverberation, meaning of something
only cease to exist in human head. So the function of any mantra is to use
reverberation in such a way to create a positive environment around yourself.
There are many theories about its origin, one of being Rishi Markandeya with a life
expectancy of 16 years, Rishi Markandeya became a great devotee of Lord Shiva
and one day when he was 15 years of age Yam(The god of death)came to take his
life, then Rishi Markandeya who was then worshiping one of the forms of Lord
Shiva the Shiv-Ling, grabed the shiv-ling, and it is believed that as soon as
he touched the Shivas from Kal-Bhairva(Kal meaning Time), The time stopped for
Markandeya, He was above the law of time and space and till today it is believed
he is living a life of a 15 year old boy.
The MahaMrityunjaya Mantra is a boon to humanity and a
panacea to all forms of ailments – Physical, Mental, Intellectual and
Spiritual.
So let’s just focus on the Sound/Reverberation of the
MahaMrityunjaya Mantra and not on the Meaning. So For once let’s just do something
as it is, and not ask why, when, where, how.
Just Feel
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