Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 13
Pad 13 of the 84 pads of the Shri Hit Chaurasi, composed in Braj Bhasha by Shri Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu, founder of the Radhavallabh Sampradaya. It opens: “नन्द के लाल हरयौ मन मोर”.
The pad in full
नन्द के लाल हरयौ मन मोर ।
हौं अपने मोतिन लर पोवत,
काँकर डारि गयौ सखि भोर ।।
बंक विलोकनि चाल छबीली,
रसिक शिरोमणि नन्द किसोर ।
कहि कैसे मन रहत श्रवण सुनि,
सरस मधुर मुरली की घोर ।।
इंदु गोविन्द वदन के कारण,
चितवन कौं भये नैंन चकोर ।
(जै श्री ) हित हरिवंश रसिक रस जुवती,
तू लै मिलि सखि प्राण अकोर
In Roman letters
nand ke laal harayau man mor .
haun apane motin lar povat,
kaankar daari gayau sakhi bhor .
bank vilokani chaal chhabeelee,
rasik shiromani nand kisor .
kahi kaise man rahat shravan suni,
saras madhur muralee kee ghor .
indu govind vadan ke kaaran,
chitavan kaun bhaye nainn chakor .
(jai shree ) hit harivansh rasik ras juvatee,
too lai mili sakhi praan akor
The pads of the Chaurasi are left here without a translation, as on the full Chaurasi page: sixteenth century Braj Bhasha does not survive a one-line English gloss, and a wrong meaning of a devotional text is worse than none. Each pad closes with the chhap, the signature line naming Shri Hit Harivansh, which is how a pad is known to be his.
Questions about pad 13
Who wrote pad 13 of the Shri Hit Chaurasi?
Shri Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu, founder of the Radhavallabh Sampradaya, in the sixteenth century. The closing line carries his name, the traditional signature of authorship in Braj poetry.
How does pad 13 begin?
It opens “नन्द के लाल हरयौ मन मोर”, in Roman letters “nand ke laal harayau man mor .”.
Is pad 13 sung or recited?
Sung. The pads of the Chaurasi are set to classical ragas, and rasik sants in the kunjs of Vrindavan still sing them.
Why is there no English meaning for this pad?
Braj Bhasha of this period carries layers that a short English gloss flattens, and a wrong paraphrase of a devotional text is worse than none. The text is given as it is recited.
Can I download the Shri Hit Chaurasi?
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