Mahamrityunjaya Mantra

The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra (Sanskrit: महामृत्युञ्जयमन्त्र, romanizedmahāmṛtyuñjayamantra, lit.'great death-conquering mantra'), also known as the Rudra Mantra or Tryambakam Mantra, is a ṛc (verse) of the Ṛgveda (RV 7.59.12) addressed to Tryambaka, 'the three-eyed one', an epithet of Rudra, who is identified with Śiva in Shaivism. It also recurs in the Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā 1.8.6.i; Vājasaneyi Mādhyandina 3.60).