May the lord of Immortality residing within me, free me from death, decay and sickness and unite me with immortality. like a skillful gardener, may the Lord of Life disentangle me from the binding forces of my physical, psychological, and spiritual foes. I pray to the Divine Being who manifests in the form of fragrance in the flower of life and is the eternal nourisher of the plant of life. I surrender myself to the Divine Being (Shiva) who embodies the power of will, the power of knowledge, and the power of action. There are many variations of translations and interpretations of the meaning of the Mantra. In the Shiva Purana it was called by Shukracharya himself, as the Mrita Sanjeevani Vidya (the knowledge which leads to everlasting life). It is also mentioned in the ayurvedic scripts. The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra is found several times in the Rig, in the Yajur and in the Sama Veda. Known as the Maha Moksha Mantra of Shiva, it calls Shiva in us, destroys the fear of death and leads us to liberation (Moksha). It is a Mantra to overcome death, and connects us with our own internal divinity. It lights a fire in us which purifies us and it is said to have a strong healing power which can safe us from incurable illnesses. His vibration pulsates through every cell, every molecule of our body and releases us from the veil of ignorance. It is said to have the strength to give life and to lead us to immortality. It is believed that Shiva itself gave humanity the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra, to overcome the fear of death. The word Maha means ‘great’, Mrityu means ‘death’, and Jaya means ‘victory’.
It is hailed by the sages as the heart of the Vedas and holds the highest place along with the Gayatri Mantra. The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra is also known as the Mrita Sanjeevani Mantra and as the Maha Moksha Mantra of Shiva (Moksha=liberation). The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra (Mrita Sanjeevani Mantra) In the end, it is a search for the knowledge about timeless life in you, a search for immortality. Today there is still the mystery and the search for Sanjeevani, the plant that gives back life again. The old saints and masters looked after this knowledge and transmitted the secret and the mystery only to trustworthy devotees. Mrita Sanjeevani Vidya is described as the knowledge about Mrita Sanjeevani, a sacred knowledge which lends immortality and can wake dead people to the life. Wenn he reached the mountain, Hanuman was not able to identify the herb, and decided to lift the complete mountain, and brought it to the battlefield. Hanuman (the monkey God) was called, to bring Sanjeevani from the mountain Dronagiri in the Himalayas. This plant is mentioned in the Ramayana, as, during the war with Ravana, Lakshmana was wounded and was killed almost by Indrajit. In the Hindu mythology Sanjeevani is described as a magical plant which can wake dead people to the life, or which lends immortality.
Sanjeevani (or Sanjivani) is a Sanskrit word (Old-Indian language) and is translated mostly directly as the „immortal“, „the infinite life“ or as „life giving“.