- Language
- Sanskrit
- Author or source
- From the Rigveda, 7.59.12; seer Vasishtha
- Length
- One verse
About this text
The verse closes a hymn in the seventh book of the Rigveda, attributed to the seer Vasishtha, and it also stands in the Taittiriya Samhita and the Vajasaneyi Samhita. It addresses Tryambaka, the three-eyed one, whom tradition knows as Shiva. Families recite it in the daily practice of Shiva devotion and at Mahashivratri, often in the Om form shown here.
Its image is a ripe cucumber slipping from the vine, a picture of being freed from death's hold.
The text
Mantra
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् ।
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥
Om tryambakam yajaamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanam
Urvaarukamiva bandhanaanmrityormuksheeya maamritaat
Om, we worship the three-eyed one, fragrant, who increases nourishment. As the cucumber from its stem, may I be freed from death, not from immortality.
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