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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 5.210

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Ullāsa 5 · Verse 210

Verse 210

ओँ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्द्धनम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् ॥ २१० ॥

ōm̐ tryambakaṁ yajāmahē sugandhiṁ puṣṭivarddhanam | urvārukamiva bandhanānmṛtyōrmukṣīya mā’mṛtāt || 210 ||

Translation

"Oṁ, we worship the three-eyed one, fragrant, increasing nourishment; like a cucumber from its stalk, may I be freed from death, not from immortality."

Word by word

ōm̐
oṁ
tryambakaṁ
the three-eyed one
yajāmahē
we worship
sugandhiṁ
fragrant
puṣṭivarddhanam
increasing nourishment
urvārukamiva
like a cucumber
bandhanānmṛtyōrmukṣīya
from its stalk, from death may I be freed
mā’mṛtāt
not from immortality

Meaning

The Tryambaka mantra of the Ṛgveda.