[Advaita-l] mRtyunjaya mantra commentary

[Kartik Vashishta]

https://www.dlshq.org/download/lord-siva-and-his-worship/#_VPID_96

On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 10:58 PM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
> Is there any commentary on the mRtyunjaya mantra - "त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे ..."
>
> In particular does the उर्वारुक refer to the yellow cucumber which needs to
> be manually cut from it's vine. (It does not "fall off by itself" as is
> often wrongly assumed esp. in the context of the mantra). Ishvara's
> intervention/grace is this required for mukti - that is the idea. There is
> a common mistranslation which says that the mRtyunjaya mantra refers to the
> "automatic/natural falling off of the उर्वारुक" - something that in fact
> never happens.
>
> In view of the above, I was trying to locate an accurate commentary or
> reference about what exactly is the उर्वारुक fruit and why it's analogy is
> invoked.
>
> Any information on this is welcome।
>
> Om
> Raghav
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