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Om tryambakam yajamahe, sugandhim pushtivardhanam urvarukamiva bandhanan, mrityor mukshiya mamritat.

'I bow down to that three-eyed Lord Shiva, who is full of sweet fragance, who nourishes all living beings. May He free me from tha bondage of samsara and death, just as a ripe cucumber is separated from the vine. May I be fixed in immortality!'

Maha Mrityunjaya literally means the great victory over death. It is associated with Shiva, the destroyer of ignorance, and the liberator from the cycle of death and rebirth. It is therefore a life giving mantra that not only protects the physical body and gives heatlh, but purifies the mind at a deep level.