Mahamrtunjaya Mantra (Tryambakam)

(Berkeley, CA) | (Worldwide) The Mahamrtyunjaya Mantra invokes Lord Siva and prays for liberation from ephemeral existence. It states “may we be liberated as the cucumber is liberated from the vine“. When the cucumber is ripe, it does not need any more nourishment from the vine; similarly, when we are spiritually ripe, we are in the world, but not of the world; we are free from the influences of change. ॐ शान्तिः॒ शान्तिः॒ शान्तिः॑॥ om śāntiḥ̱ śāntiḥ̱ śāntiḥ̍ बोलो सद्गुरु श्रीशिवानन्द महारज् जी की जै॥