Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 15
Pad 15 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: “अपनी बात मोसौं कहि री भामिनी”.
The pad in full
अपनी बात मोसौं कहि री भामिनी,
औंगी मौंगी रहति गरव की माती ।
हौं तोसौं कहत हारी, सुनिरी राधिका प्यारी,
निशि कौ रंग क्यों न कहत लजाती ।।
गलित कुसुम बैनी, सुनिरी सारग-नैंनी,
छूटी लट अचरा बदत अरसाती ।
अधर निरंग रँग रच्यौरी कपोलन,
जुवति चलति गजगति अरुझाती ।।
रहसि रमी छबीले, रसन बसन ढीले,
शिथिल कसनि कंचुकी उर राती ।।
सखी सौं सुनी श्रवन, वचन मुदित मन,
चलि हरिवंश भवन मुसिकाती
In Roman letters
apanee baat mosaun kahi ree bhaaminee,
aungee maungee rahati garav kee maatee .
haun tosaun kahat haaree, suniree raadhikaa pyaaree,
nishi kau rang kyon n kahat lajaatee .
galit kusum bainee, suniree saarag-nainnee,
chhootee lat acharaa badat arasaatee .
adhar nirang rang rachyauree kapolan,
juvati chalati gajagati arujhaatee .
rahasi ramee chhabeele, rasan basan dheele,
shithil kasani kanchukee ur raatee .
sakhee saun sunee shravan, vachan mudit man,
chali harivansh bhavan musikaatee
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 15
Who wrote pad 15 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 15 begin?
It opens “अपनी बात मोसौं कहि री भामिनी”, in Roman letters “apanee baat mosaun kahi ree bhaaminee,”.
Is pad 15 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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