Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 34
Pad 34 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: “बन की कुंजनि कुंजनि डोलनि”.
The pad in full
बन की कुंजनि कुंजनि डोलनि ।
निकसत निपट साँकरी बीथिनु,
परसत नाँहि निचोलनि ।।
प्रात काल रजनी सब जागे,
सूचत सुख दृग लोलनि ।
आलसवंत अरुन अति व्याकुल,
कछु उपजत गति गोलनि ।।
निर्तनि भृकुटि वदन अंबुज मृदु,
सरस हास मधु बोलनि ।
अति आसक्त लाल अलि लंपट,
बस कीने बिनु मोलनि ।।
विलुलित सिथिल श्याम छूटी लट,
राजत रुचिर कपोलनि ।
रति विपरित चुंबन आलिंगन,
चिबुक चारु टक टोलनि ।।
कबहुँ श्रमित किसलय सिज्या पर,
मुख अंचल झकझोलनि ।
दिन हरिवंश दासि हिय सींचत,
वारिधि केलि कलोलनि
In Roman letters
ban kee kunjani kunjani dolani .
nikasat nipat saankaree beethinu,
parasat naanhi nicholani .
praat kaal rajanee sab jaage,
soochat sukh drig lolani .
aalasavant arun ati vyaakul,
kachhu upajat gati golani .
nirtani bhrikuti vadan anbuj mridu,
saras haas madhu bolani .
ati aasakt laal ali lanpat,
bas keene binu molani .
vilulit sithil shyaam chhootee lat,
raajat ruchir kapolani .
rati viparit chunban aalingan,
chibuk chaaru tak tolani .
kabahun shramit kisalay sijyaa par,
mukh anchal jhakajholani .
din harivansh daasi hiy seenchat,
vaaridhi keli kalolani
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 34
Who wrote pad 34 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 34 begin?
It opens “बन की कुंजनि कुंजनि डोलनि”, in Roman letters “ban kee kunjani kunjani dolani .”.
Is pad 34 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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