Maha Mrithyunjaya Mantra
(Congregational Chanting: Repeated three times)
OM THRAYAMBAKAM YAJAAMAHE
SUGANDHIM PUSHTIVARDHANAM
OORVAARUKAMIVA BANDHANAAT
MRITYOR MUKSHEEYA MAAMRUTAT
OM HREEM NAMAH SHIVAAYA
We worship the Three-eyed One (Lord Shiva) who is fragrant and who nourishes all beings well; may He liberates us from death to reach immortality just as the cucumber severs itself from bondage to the creeper (when the fruit is fully ripe).