त्र्य॑म्बकं यजामहे सु॒गन्धिं॑ पुष्टि॒वर्ध॑नम् ।
उ॒र्वा॒रु॒कमि॑व॒ बन्ध॑नान्मृ॒त्योर्मु॑क्षीय॒ मामृता॑त् ॥
tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam |
urvārukamiva bandhanānmṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt ||
सुगंधी व पोषण वाढवणाऱ्या त्रिनेत्र देवाचे आम्ही यजन करतो. पिकलेली काकडी जशी देठापासून सहज सुटते, तसे मला मृत्यूच्या बंधनातून मुक्त कर — अमृतत्वापासून नव्हे.
हम सुगन्धित और पोषण बढ़ाने वाले त्रिनेत्र भगवान का यजन करते हैं। जैसे पकी ककड़ी अपनी बेल के बन्धन से सहज छूट जाती है, वैसे ही मैं मृत्यु से मुक्त होऊँ — अमृत से नहीं।
We worship the three-eyed one, fragrant, who increases nourishment. As the ripe cucumber is freed from its stem, may I be freed from death — not from immortality.
Word by word (English) & note
- त्र्यम्बकम्
- the three-eyed one
- यजामहे
- we worship
- सुगन्धिम्
- fragrant
- पुष्टिवर्धनम्
- who increases nourishment
- उर्वारुकम् इव
- like a cucumber
- बन्धनात्
- from its bond, the stem
- मृत्योः
- from death
- मुक्षीय
- may I be released
- मा अमृतात्
- not from immortality
The last three words carry the theology of the verse: release is asked for in two directions at once — away from death, never away from the deathless. The ripe fruit falls not by force but because it is ready.