Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 14
Pad 14 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: “अधर अरुन तेरे कैसे कै दुराऊँ”.
The pad in full
अधर अरुन तेरे कैसे कै दुराऊँ,
रवि शशि शंक भजन कियौ अपवस,
अध्बुध रंगन कुसुम बनाऊँ ।।
सुभ कौसेय कसिव कौस्तुभमणि,
पंकज-सुतन लेे अंगनि लुपाऊँ ।
हरषित इन्दु तजत जैसे जलधर,
सो भ्रम ढूँढि कहाँ हों पाऊँ ।।
अम्बुन दम्भ कछू नहीं व्यापत,
हिमकर तपै ताहि कैसे कैं बुझाऊँ ।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश रसिक नवरग पिय,
भृकुटि भौंह तेरे खंजन लराऊँ
In Roman letters
adhar arun tere kaise kai duraaoon,
ravi shashi shank bhajan kiyau apavas,
adhbudh rangan kusum banaaoon .
subh kausey kasiv kaustubhamani,
pankaj-sutan leे angani lupaaoon .
harashit indu tajat jaise jaladhar,
so bhram dhoondhi kahaan hon paaoon .
ambun dambh kachhoo naheen vyaapat,
himakar tapai taahi kaise kain bujhaaoon .
(jai shree) hit harivansh rasik navarag piy,
bhrikuti bhaunh tere khanjan laraaoon
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 14
Who wrote pad 14 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 14 begin?
It opens “अधर अरुन तेरे कैसे कै दुराऊँ”, in Roman letters “adhar arun tere kaise kai duraaoon,”.
Is pad 14 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.
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