Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 31
Pad 31 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: “आजु अति राजत दम्पति भोर”.
The pad in full
आजु अति राजत दम्पति भोर ।
सुरत रंग के रस में भीनें नागरि नवल किशोर ।।
अंसनि पर भुज दियें विलोकत इंदु वदन विवि ओर ।
करत पान रस मत्त परसपर लोचन तृषित चकोर ।।
छूटी लटनि लाल मन करष्यौ ये याके चित चोर ।
परिरंभन चुंबन मिलि गावत सुर मंदर कल घोर ।।
पग डगमगत चलत बन विहरन रुचिर कुंज घन खोर ।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश लाल ललना मिलि हियौ सिरावत मोर
In Roman letters
aaju ati raajat dampati bhor .
surat rang ke ras men bheenen naagari naval kishor .
ansani par bhuj diyen vilokat indu vadan vivi or .
karat paan ras matt parasapar lochan trishit chakor .
chhootee latani laal man karashyau ye yaake chit chor .
pariranbhan chunban mili gaavat sur mandar kal ghor .
pag dagamagat chalat ban viharan ruchir kunj ghan khor .
(jai shree) hit harivansh laal lalanaa mili hiyau siraavat mor
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 31
Who wrote pad 31 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 31 begin?
It opens “आजु अति राजत दम्पति भोर”, in Roman letters “aaju ati raajat dampati bhor .”.
Is pad 31 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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