Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra - Recitation Practice

A call-and-response recitation practice for the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra. This session is designed for those who have already been introduced to the mantra. We move through the practice word by word, then line by line, building toward a full recitation together. If you'd like to go deeper into the history and meaning behind this mantra, there are live sessions available. For now, we simply practice. Come with an open mind and a comfortable seat. All are welcome.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to this practice session for Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra. This session assumes that we've done some work together before. And so this is strictly a recitation practice. I won't go into the history or details of the mantra. But there are other videos or live sessions that we can join together for a deeper dive in the history and science of mantra. So let's Just find a comfortable seat to begin. Sitting up tall. Relaxed through the body. Breathing through the nose. And keeping an open mind as we move into this. Call-and-response recitation. I'll recite one word, You respond it back. We'll continue like this. We'll go word by word. We'll go line by line. We'll move into the full mantra, The four lines of this mantra. So, Call and response. Home. Trium Bakum. Yajah Mahe Aum. Trium Bakum. Yajah Mahe Aum Triumbacum. Yajamahe. Next line, Sugandhim. Push D. Vardhanam. Sugandhim. Push D. Vardhanam. Sugandhim. Pooh Stee. Vārdhanam. Next line. Urwaa! Rukamiva. Bandhanam. Urwaaah! Rukamiba. Bandhanam. OOORBAH! Rukamiva. Bandhanan. Last line. Mrityor. Muxia. MAM RATAT Mrityor. Muxia. MAM RATAT. Mrityor. Muxia. Mom Ratatouille. Let's go back to the top. Start with that first line, Maybe we'll combine a few lines. Let's see how it goes. Aum. Triyambakam. Yajamahe. And we'll do that a little bit faster, We'll connect the whole line. Repeat at the end of the line. Um. . . Tryambhakam yajamah. Om trayambhakam yajamah. Next line. The whole line. Repeat at the end. Su-gandhim pūṣṭhi vāradhanam su-gandhim pūṣṭhi vārdhanam Next line Whole line URVA RUKAMIVA BANDHANAM URVA PRUKAMIVA BANDHANAN Last line. Mrityor Moksha Mamrtaat Mritjor, Muxia, Mamrtaat. Okay, Back to the top. Let's try to combine two lines. First and second line. You can join in at the same time or you can repeat after. Just go for it. Om trayambakam yajamah. SUGANDHIM PUSHTI VARDHANAM Let's try again. Om Trayambakam Yajamahe SUGANDHIM PURSHDI VARGHANAM One more time. Om Trayambakam Yajamahe. So gandhim pūrṣati vardhanam. Okay, Let's do the last two lines together. Just go for it. URVA RUKAMIVA BANDHANAM Mrityur Moksha Mamrta URVA RUKAMIVA BANDHANAM Mrityor Moksha Mamrtaat Let's do one line again, Each line separately. Then let's go for it. We'll just keep reciting a few rounds of the full mantra. So line one. Om trayambakam yajamah. Line 2. Su-gandhim puṣṭi vārdhanam Line 3. URVA PRUKAMIVA BANDHANAM last line mrityur moksya mam rtaat Okay, Now we're gonna just recite the whole mantra No call and response. Join in as you can. I'm going to close my eyes. We'll just keep reciting until we're not reciting anymore. Maybe three or five rounds or see how it feels, See how it goes. Join in as you can. Om trayambakam yajamah. SUGANDHIM PUSHTI VARDHANAM URVA RUKAMIVA BANDHANAM Mrityor Moksha Mamrtaat om trayambakam yajamah su-gandhim puṣṭhivārdhanam Urvarukamivabandhanam Mrityurmuksyamamrtaat Om trayambakam yajamahe su-gandhim puṣṭhivārdhanam urvārukam iva bandhanam mṛtyor mukṣyā māmṛtā-tattvam Oṁ trayambhakaṁ yajāmahe su-gandhim pūṣṭhi-vārdhanam urvā rūka-mīvā-bandhanam mṛtyor mokṣiyā māmṛtā-tattvam om trayambakam yajamah su-gandhim puṣṭevārdhanam urvāhrukam ivābandhanam Mritjor Moksha Mahamrata Take a few deep breaths. We'll do another. Brief set will go a bit faster just to kind of see where things are at. All right, So a few more rounds faster, And then we'll wrap up our session. Join in as you can. Om trayambhakam yajamah su-gandhim puṣṭi-vardhanam urvārukam eva bandhanam mṛtyor mokṣīyam āmṛtātmā Om Trayambhagam yajamah su-gandhim puṣṭi-vardhanam urvārrukam eva bandhanam mṛtyor mokṣīya māmṛtā-tattvam om trayampakaṁ yajāma he sugaṁ tiṁ puṣṭi-vardhanaṁ urvāruka-mīva-bandhanam mithyor mokṣiyam āmṛtatmaṁ om trembakam yajamah sugandhim puṣṭhivardhanam urvārukam iva vandanam mṛtyor mokṣīyam āmṛtatmaṁ om drayambhakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhim puṣṭe varadhanam urvārukam eva bandhanam mṛtyor mokṣīya māmṛtāt Om Shanti. Shanti shanti Let's pause for a moment. Awareness inward. Body relaxed. When you're ready to release out of the practice, You might bring hands together at heart center, Gently bowing the head. Take a few breaths here. You can rub your palms. Generate some heat into the palms. Cover your eyes. Allow the warmth to nourish the eyes. Open the eyes into the palms. Release the hands when you're ready. Thank you for joining. Good luck with your practice. Keep coming back to this. And hope to see you very soon.