Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 35
Pad 35 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: “झूलत दोऊ नवल किसोर”.
The pad in full
झूलत दोऊ नवल किसोर ।
रजनी जनित रंग सुख सुचत अंग अंग उठि भोर ।।
अति अनुराग भरे मिलि गावत सुर मंदर कल घोर ।
बीच बीच प्रीतम चित चोरति प्रिया नैंन की कोर ।।
अबला अति सुकुमारि डरत मन वर हिंडोर झँकोर।
पुलकि पुलकि प्रीतम उर लागति दे नव उरज अँकोर।।
अरुझी विमल माल कंकन सौं कुंडल सौं कच डोर ।
वेपथ जुत क्यों बनै विवेचत आनँद बढ़यौ न थोर ।।
निरखि निरखि फूलतीं ललितादिक विवि मुख चंद चकोर ।
दे असीस हरिवंश प्रसंसत करि अंचल की छोर
In Roman letters
jhoolat dooo naval kisor .
rajanee janit rang sukh suchat ang ang uthi bhor .
ati anuraag bhare mili gaavat sur mandar kal ghor .
beech beech preetam chit chorati priyaa nainn kee kor .
abalaa ati sukumaari darat man var hindor jhankora.
pulaki pulaki preetam ur laagati de nav uraj ankora.
arujhee vimal maal kankan saun kundal saun kach dor .
vepath jut kyon banai vivechat aanand barhayau n thor .
nirakhi nirakhi phoolateen lalitaadik vivi mukh chand chakor .
de asees harivansh prasansat kari anchal kee chhor
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 35
Who wrote pad 35 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 35 begin?
It opens “झूलत दोऊ नवल किसोर”, in Roman letters “jhoolat dooo naval kisor .”.
Is pad 35 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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