Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 21
Pad 21 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: “तेरे नैंन करत दोउ चारी”.
The pad in full
तेरे नैंन करत दोउ चारी ।
अति कुलकात समात नहीं कहुँ मिले हैं कुंज विहारी ।।
विथुरी माँग कुसुम गिरि गिरि परैं,
लटकि रही लट न्यारी ।
उर नख रेख प्रकट देखियत हैं,
कहा दुरावति प्यारी ।।
परी है पीक सुभग गंडनि पर,
अधर निरँग सुकुमारी ।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश रसिकनी भामिनि,
आलस अँग अँग भारी
In Roman letters
tere nainn karat dou chaaree .
ati kulakaat samaat naheen kahun mile hain kunj vihaaree .
vithuree maang kusum giri giri parain,
lataki rahee lat nyaaree .
ur nakh rekh prakat dekhiyat hain,
kahaa duraavati pyaaree .
paree hai peek subhag gandani par,
adhar nirang sukumaaree .
(jai shree) hit harivansh rasikanee bhaamini,
aalas ang ang bhaaree
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 21
Who wrote pad 21 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 21 begin?
It opens “तेरे नैंन करत दोउ चारी”, in Roman letters “tere nainn karat dou chaaree .”.
Is pad 21 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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