Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 33
Pad 33 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 बन राजत जुगल किसोर”.
The pad in full
आजु बन राजत जुगल किसोर ।
नंद नँदन वृषभानु नंदिनी उठे उनीदें भोर ।।
डगमगात पग परत सिथिल गति परसत नख ससि छोर ।
दसन बसन खंडित मषि मंडित गंड तिलक कछु थोर।।
दुरत न कच करजनि के रोकें अरुन नैन अलि चोर ।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश सँभार न तन मन सुरत समुद्र झकोर
In Roman letters
aaju ban raajat jugal kisor .
nand nandan vrishabhaanu nandinee uthe uneeden bhor .
dagamagaat pag parat sithil gati parasat nakh sasi chhor .
dasan basan khandit mashi mandit gand tilak kachhu thora.
durat n kach karajani ke roken arun nain ali chor .
(jai shree) hit harivansh sanbhaar n tan man surat samudr jhakor
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 33
Who wrote pad 33 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 33 begin?
It opens “आजु बन राजत जुगल किसोर”, in Roman letters “aaju ban raajat jugal kisor .”.
Is pad 33 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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