Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 22
Pad 22 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: “नैंननिं पर वारौं कोटिक खंजन”.
The pad in full
नैंननिं पर वारौं कोटिक खंजन ।
चंचल चपल अरुन अनियारे,
अग्र भाग बन्यौ अंजन ।।
रुचिर मनोहर बंक बिलोकनि,
सुरत समर दल गंजन ।
(जै श्री)हित हरिवंश कहत न बनै छबि,
सुख समुद्र मन रंजन
In Roman letters
nainnanin par vaaraun kotik khanjan .
chanchal chapal arun aniyaare,
agr bhaag banyau anjan .
ruchir manohar bank bilokani,
surat samar dal ganjan .
(jai shree)hit harivansh kahat n banai chhabi,
sukh samudr man ranjan
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 22
Who wrote pad 22 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 22 begin?
It opens “नैंननिं पर वारौं कोटिक खंजन”, in Roman letters “nainnanin par vaaraun kotik khanjan .”.
Is pad 22 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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