Om Tryambakam Homa
Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat Swaahaa We Meditate on the Three-eyed reality Which permeates and nourishes all like a fragrance. Even as the cucumber is severed from bondage to the creeper, We receive the nectar that removes ignorance and brings liberation. In this HOMA after the word Swaha you add a drop of ghee to the fire each time you repeat the Mantra. You can do this for any period of time continuously. It is good if one can do this HOMA at night in a room where a child is sleeping. It has a good effect on the child. There are thousands of people in all continents who practice this HOMA regularly in the evening for fifteen minutes in their homes. In U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia there are hundreds of places where whe re this HOMA fire is kept for several hours a day. This HOMA fire can be maintained round the clock continuously and the atmosphere becomes very healing. Om Tryambakam HOMA is great to chant on full moon and no moon days, this is a very special cycle which has terrific
impact on the mind. The word 'lunatic' meaning a mad person comes from “luna” meaning moon.
Tryamabak Trya mabakam am Mantra Mantr a and its meaning meani ng Tryamabakam Mantra is one of the more potent of the ancient Sanskrit mantras. It is a call for enlightenment and is a practice of purifying the karmas of the soul at a deep level. It is also said to be quite beneficial for mental, emotional, and physical health. As Krishna Bhaktas we chant this Mantra to Lord Siva in his 3 Eyed form Tryamabakam, He is both in incarnation of Lord Krishna and His number 1 devotee. Lord Siva reigns reigns over the mode of ignorance ignorance or darkness that is most prevalent in this planet earth so we ask for his help in our service and for protection of our loved ones. The Tryamabakam Mantra can be chanted by anybody. It is important one understands the meaning of this mantra word for word before chanting it. That’s because by knowing the meaning, the aspirant can easily contemplate on the aspect of birth and death cycle.
Here’s a word by word translation of the Tryamabakam Mantra: AUM/OM: Absolute reality. That which encompasses the three states of waking, of waking, dreaming, deep sleep, sleep , represented by AUM, the three levels of gross, of gross, subtle, causal, causal , the three levels of conscious, of conscious, unconscious, subconscious , and the three universal processes of coming, being, and going. Tryambakam: Trya means three. Ambakam means eyes. It means the three eyes of the Absolute, which are the processes of creation, existence, and dissolution, as well as the other triads, which are part of AUM. The three "eyes" means experiencing these three stages and triads at one time, from the higher, all pervasive vantage point of the Absolute. Yajamahe: We rejoice in meditation on all of this. Sugandhim: Means fragrance. Like a spreading fragrance, all of this permeates the whole of existence, while at the same time being that existence Pushtivardhanam: Means that which sustains and nourishes all. Thus, the fragrance that permeates all is the sustainer of all beings, while also the essence of all beings. Urvarukamiva: Urva means big and powerful. Arukam means disease, disease, like the spiritual diseases of ignorance and untruth, which are like the death of Wisdom or Truth.
Bandhanan: Means bound down, as in bound down to the ignorance and untruth. Mrityor: Means ignorance and untruth. Mukshiya : Means liberation from the cycles of physical, mental, and spiritual death. Maamritat: Means please give me rejuvenating nectar, so as to have this liberation, like the process of severing the cucumber from the creeping vine.
