Mahamrityunjaya Mantra (महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र)

 

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे

सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्‌।

उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्

मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात्।।

 

OM

TR-YAM-BA-KAM YA-JĀ-MA-HE

SUGAN-DHIM PUṢTI VAR-DHA-NAM |

UR-VAA-RUKM-IVA BAN-DHA-NĀN

MṚT-YOR-MUKSHEE-YA MĀ-[A]MṚTĀT ||

NOTE: We can visualise this image of Shiva when we chant Mahamrityunjaya Mantra

MEANING (as I understand it)

OM 

TR-YAM-BA-KAM YA-JĀ-MA-HE: We Worship the Tryambaka (the Three-Eyed One = SHIVA)

SUGAN-DHIM PUṢTI VAR-DHA-NAM: Who is Fragrant (as the Spiritual Essence) and Increasing the Nourishment (of our Spiritual Core)

UR-VAA-RUKM-IVA BAN-DHA-NĀN: (may I be liberated) from the web of bondage (or Karma) that holds us captive like cucumbers entangled in their creepers
MṚT-YOR-MUKSHEE-YA MĀ-[A]MṚTĀT: may I be Liberated from Death (and attachment to Perishable Things), so that I am not separated from the perception of Immortality (immortal Essence pervading everywhere).