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Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra — Chapter 60: Mrityunjaya Japa for Longevity

Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.

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Verse 1 — The Great Mantra for Victory over Death

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् ॥

oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam | urvārukamiva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya mā'mṛtāt ||

We worship the three-eyed one (Shiva), fragrant and increaser of nourisment; like a cucumber freed from its stalk, may I be released from death, not from immortality.

Verse 2 — Japa Counts According to Affliction Severity

पीडायां दशसहस्रं जपयेन्नियतं शिवम् । आयुर्हानौ तु लक्षं तु जपमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥ 2॥

pīḍāyāṃ daśasahasraṃ japayen niyataṃ śivam | āyurhānau tu lakṣaṃ tu japam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ || 2 ||

In planetary affliction one should steadily perform ten thousand repetitions of the Shiva (Mrityunjaya) mantra; when longevity is diminished, the wise declare a hundred thousand japa.

Verse 3 — Homa with Bilva and Apamarga Samidhs

बिल्वापामार्गसमिधा घृताहुतिपुरःसरैः । होमयित्वा त्र्यम्बकं तु आयुरारोग्यवर्धनम् ॥ 3॥

bilvāpāmārgasamidhā ghṛtāhutipuraḥsaraiḥ | homayitvā tryambakaṃ tu āyurārogyavardhanam || 3 ||

Performing homa to Tryambaka with samidhs of bilva and apamarga, preceded by oblations of ghee, one obtains increase of life and health.

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