The Maha Mrityunjaya mantra is hailed by the sages as the heart of the Veda.

It has been recited for thousands of years

Along with the Gayatri mantra it holds the highest place among the many mantras used for meditation and healing.

OM

Tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭi-vardhanam

urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtāt

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"OM. We worship and adore you, O Lord.

You are sweet gladness, the fragrance of life, who nourishes us, restores our health, and causes us to thrive.

As the stem of the cucumber weakens, and the gourd is freed from the vine

so free us from attachment and death, and grant us immortality."

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