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Urvaarhukamiva Bandhanat Mrutyormuksheeya
Mamrutaat
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TRANSLATION
The one with divine
fragrance, one with the most sacred (holy) graciousness, the one who quenches
thirst and hunger of every being on earth, the father with three eyes, we bow
to such entity, the Hrudra Devta
(An epithet of Lord Shiv).Similar to the ripened
fruit leaving its place from the plant to be free of all attachments, release
us from the worldly attachments of life and death. Please do not deprive us
from the freedom experienced in the heavenly joys.
A BRIEF
EXPLANATION
All fragrances
are good, different and pleasant to be amongst with. Unfortunately, these
fragrances come and go. The divine fragrance however is the one that remains
with us - all the time. The fragrance spoken of here is that of good will, good
gesture; the type that is healing for the sick, entertaining for the sad,
consoling for the bereaved. Divine as in the form of a mother; her presence is
always felt around us, with us but is never intrusive. We are happy to be with
in sickness and in health, in sadness and in happiness to share our joys and
our sorrows. The one who is more than just our best friend and no less than the
Deities we offer our prayers to.
No matter how
bad, ugly and uncooperative we become, for a mother, her son, her daughter will
always be the most precious jewel in her crown. She is the most forgiving. The
graciousness spoken of is in the forgiving. It is the way in which she
forgives; we are ashamed without her ever 'telling' us, saying it or even
implying. She has the most divine way of ensuring that we lean towards that
decent path that leads us towards that beautiful garden of eternal fragrance.
There is a
proverb in Gujarati "Bhookhyo oothade pan Bhookhyo Soovdave Nahi" meaning He
will wake you feeling hungry but will never let retire to bed hungry. Within
this materialistic world, one needs to be fed and clothed. These, in the cosmic
terms, are just an illusion. The deeper meaning is the gaining of supreme
knowledge. The hunger one strives for is the knowledge of attaining salvation.
Large institutions such as Harvard,
Having more than
two eyes is not being disabled or deemed abnormal. Here, the third eye refers
to the cosmic knowledge, the eternal knowledge. The two eyes that you and I are
familiar with since birth can only see materialistic world. Than again, only
what we want to see. Some see positiveness, some see negativity. Some see to
help whereas others see to destroy. The third eye is the knowledge that helps
us endure that fragrance and that graciousness. The one that strives for thirst
and hunger within us to find eternal peace, the Heavenly joy. The ultimate
guider, the teacher, the reliever of our sorrows is Hrudra.
Hrudra is another name given to Lord Shiv for describing that side of His character, an Epithet.
It is this
knowledge that will free us from our long term sorrows and our short term joys.
I say "long term sorrows and short term joys" for the very
reason that we, the humans, are mostly - on the whole - the carriers of
unwanted baggages. We carry sad situations for a longer period than we do the
happy moments. Albeit, if one were to keep a diary note of every movement in
one's life, one will find that there are more joyous times than saddened ones.
Unfortunately, it just feels that the sorrows are a long term companion.
Just as the
ripened fruit removes itself from the attaching branch and feels happy that it
no longer is responsible to or for anyone or anything, [in other words, it is
independent] we seek guidance from Hrudra to help us
attain such eternal happiness [the ripened fruit being the soul and the
attaching branch being the mind and body that feed on negativeness]. The
happiness endured without the burden of guilt; the guilt of off-loading those
life’s unwanted negativities, the sad moments. Similar happiness that is felt
in the presence of that Fragrance or that Gracious Generosity afforded to the
one attaining salvation. We pray that Hrudra leads us
to that eternal peacefulness.
Aum
(The Word, the
Holy Ghost!)
THIS IS my Translation and Explanation
'in Brief'
of
MAHAAMRUTYUNJAY MANTRA
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