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Mantra as Medicine

Om Trayambakum / Mahamrityunjaya Mantra

Rig Veda

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The words

Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushti Vardhanam Urva – Rukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor – Mukshiya Ma Amritat We pray for healing We pray for peace We pray for harmony We pray for ease

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We worship the three-eyed one (Lord Shiva) who is fragrant (in a state of supreme bliss), and who sustains all living beings. May he liberate us from (the eternal cycle of birth and) death. May he lead us to immortality, just as the cucumber is released from its bondage (the vine to which it is attached).

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