sukshm aur rahasyamay parantu upyogi shabd khandon aur aksharon ke samuh ko ‘‘mantra’’ kahte hain. vaigyanik svikar karte hain ki kuch khas shabdon ya mantron ke uchcharan se dhvani tarangen paida hoti hain aur in dhvaniyon ya nad se ek vishesh prakar ki sakaratmak urja prakat hoti hai jo manushya ke mastishk ko tatha vatavaran ko prabhavit karti hai. aisa hi ek jivan rakshak mantra hai - mahamrityunjay mantra. yah mantra, jo rigved v yajurved men bhi likhit hai, bhagvan shiv arthat mrityunjay ko samarpit hai. ”¬ tryanbakam yajamhe sugandhin pushtivardhanam urvarukmiv bandhnanmrityormukshiya mamritat’’ iske atirikt yah mantra anya do namon se bhi jana jata hai -
1. ‘rudra mantra’ jo ki bhagvan shiv ka raudra rup hai.
2. ‘tryanbakam mantra’ jo bhagvan shiv ki tisri ankh se sanbandhit hai. yah mrityu par vijay pane vala mantra hai. ismen 13 pramukh ‘shabda’, 8 pramukh ‘vakya’, 14 pramukh ‘pad’ aur 4 ‘charn’ hain.
mantra ka mul artha: samast sansar ke palnhar, tin netron vale shiv, jo pratyek shvas men jivan shakti ka sanchar karte hain, ki ham aradhna karte hain. vishva men surbhi failane vale, mrityu se pare bhagvan shiv se hamari prarthana hai ki ve hamen mrityu ke bandhnon se mukt kar den taki hamen moksh ki prapti ho sake jaise kakri ka paudha apne fal ko pakne tak lata ke bandhan men bandhe rakhta hai aur pak jane par mukt kar deta hai.
vibhinn nam v svarup: 52 varn v 6 pranav (¬) yukt mantra ko ‘mrit-sanjivni mantra’ kaha jata hai kyonki yah mrit vyakti ko ‘punarjivn’ dene ki prakriya men kam ata hai. danvon ke guru shukracharya ne isi mantra ko siddh kiya tha. yah mantra hi adhik prachlit hai.
¬ haun jun sah, ¬ bhurbhuvah svah, ¬ tryanbakam yajamhe sugandhin pushtivardhanam urvarukmiv bandhnanmrityormukshiya mamritat ¬ svah bhuvah bhuah, ¬ sah jun haun ¬ û 48 varn v 8 pranav yukt mantra ‘mrityunjay mantra’ kahlata hai- ¬ bhuah ¬ bhuvah ¬ svah ¬ tryanbakam yajamhe sugandhin pushtivardhanam urvarukmiv bandhnanmrityormukshiya mamritat ¬ svah ¬ bhuvah ¬ bhuah ¬ û 62 varn v 14 pranav yukt mantra ‘mahamrityunjay mantra’ kahlata hain- ‘‘¬ haun ¬ jun ¬ sah, ¬ bhu ¬ bhuvah ¬ svah, ¬ tryanbakam yajamhe sugandhin pushtivardhanam urvarukmiv bandhnanmrityormukshiya mamritat ¬ svah ¬ bhuvah ¬ bhuah ¬ sah ¬ jun ¬ haun ¬’’ 13 shabdon ke artha:
1. ¬: sarvashaktiman prabhu
2. tryanbakam ah tin netron vale, satva, raj v tam tinon gunon ke maheshvar bhagvan shiv.
3. yajamhe ah ham yajan, aradhna, prarthana, samman karte hain
4. sugandhim ah jivan men surbhi failane vale
5. pushti ah purn v samriddh jivan shakti data
6. vardhanam ah palnhar, jivnposhak, shaktisanpanna
7. urvarukam ah kakri ka paudha, jivan ke bandhn
8. iv ah jaise
9. bandhnan ah bandhan, rogayukt akarshana
10. mrityor ah mrityu se
11. mukshiya ah mukti den, ajad karen
12. ma ah nahin
13. amritat ah moksh 8 vakyon ke chakradharit artha:
1. tryanbakam ah bhut shakti, bhavesh, muladhar chakra men sthit
2. yajamhe ah sharvani shakti, sarvesh, svadhishthan chakra men sthit
3. sugandhim ah virupa shakti, rudresh, manipur chakra men sthit
4. pushtivardhanam ah vanshavardhini shakti, purushvrdesh, anahat chakra men sthit
5. urvarukmiv ah ugra shakti, ugresh, vishuddh chakra men sthit
6. bandhnan ah manvti shakti, mahadevesh, agya chakra men sthit
7. mrityormukshiya ah bhadrakali shakti, bhimesh, sahasradal chakra men sthit 8. mamritat ah ishani shakti, ishanesh, sahasradal chakra men sthit 14
padon ke artha:
1. tryanbakam ah trailokya shakti, tripura naresh, sir men sthit
2. yaja ah sugandha shakti, yagyavatish, lalat men sthit
3. mahe ah maya shakti, mahattavesh, kanon men sthit
4. sugandhim ah sugandhi shakti, sugandhish, nasika men sthit
5. pushti ah purandri shakti, purushesh, mukh men sthit
6. vardhanam ah vanshkri shakti, varesh, kanth men sthit
7. urva ah udhrvesh shakti, umaptish, hriday men sthit
8. ruk ah rukmavati shakti, rupvtish, kati men sthit
9. miv ah mitraditya shakti, nabhi men sthit
10. bandhanan ah barbari shakti, balchandramaulish, guhya men sthit
11. mrityo ah mantravti shakti, mantresh, urudvay men sthit
12. mukshiya ah muktikri shakti, muktikrish, janudvay men sthit
13. ma ah mahashakti, mahakalesh, janghadvay men sthit
14. amritat ah amritvti shakti, amritesh, padatal men sthit 4 charnon ke artha:
1. tryanbakam yajamhe ah ambika shakti sahit tryanbkesh, purva disha men pravahit shakti men sthit
2. sugandhim pushtivardhanam ah vama shakti sahit mrityunjyesh, dakshin disha men pravahit shakti men sthit
3. urvarukmiv bandhnan ah bhima shakti sahit mahadevesh, pashchim disha men pravahit shakti men sthit
4. mrityormukshiya mamritat ah draupdi shakti sahit sanjivnish, uttar disha men pravahit shakti men sthit mantra labh: pratyek vyakti apne janm divas par sava lakh mantron ka jap kare, havan kare, abhimantrit kiya hua jal pie, garibon, bimaron v sadhuon ko khana khilae to yah mantra lanbi ayu, svasthya, ayu, shanti v samriddhi dene men saksham hai.
1. yah mantra svasth jivan pradan karta hai.
2. akal mrityu se raksha karta hai.
3. agni jal vahnadi se hone vali durdhatanaon se bachav karta hai.
4. sarp evan bichchu ke katne par bhi apna prabhav rakhta hai.
5. kathin evan asadhya rogon par bhi vijay prapt karta hai.
6. har tarah ki bimari ko bhagane ka shastra hai.
7. bhagvan shiv ka moksh mantra hone ke karan dirgh ayu deta hai.
8. shanti, aishvarya, pushti, tushti(santushti) aur moksh deta hai.
9. kundli men nari dosh se mukti deta hai.
10. rashtra par vipatti se raksha karta hai. u