--- In [email protected], "tertonzeno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --For those who would like to start chanting the Mahamritunjaya > mantra: > Om Tryambakam Yajamahe > Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam > Urvarukamiva Bandhanan > Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat > > We Meditate on the Three-eyed reality > Which permeates and nourishes all like a fragrance. > May we be liberated from death for the sake of immortality, > Even as the cucumber is severed from bondage to the creeper. > > Simple. I recommend getting Shreemaa's audio tape of her continuous > chant, from http://www.shreema.org > Play it a number of times to get a big dose of Shakti, and then start. > If you start chanting it on your own from scratch, the amount of > Shakti will be far less than if you learn it from Shreemaa. But even > before getting her audio, you can start right now. >
I'm sorry to say this, but I wouldn't recommend starting on the basis of that "substandard" transliteration. IMO, it's better to listen very carefully when someone familiar with Sanskrit chants it, before starting to do it. I'm not sure how much the correct length of vowels means, but I guess the rhythm is rather important. Just checked that out, that mantra is from Rgveda VII 59, 12. Here it is in ITX - transliteration, with pitch accents: tryambakaM yajaamahe su\`gandhi\'m puShTi\`vardha\'nam |\\ u\`rvaa\`ru\`kam i\'va\` bandha\'naan mR^i\`tyor mu\'kShiiya\` maamR^itaa\'t I don't pretend to be familiar with those accent marks (\, ` and '). Perhaps \ is for anudaatta, ` for udaatta and ' for svarita. About the Vedic accent: http://tinyurl.com/4vpeyy
