Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 36
Pad 36 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 नीकौ रास बनायौ”.
The pad in full
आजु बन नीकौ रास बनायौ ।
पुलिन पवित्र सुभग जमुना तट मोहन बैंनु बजायौ ।।
कल कंकन किंकिनि नूपुर धुनि सुनि खग मृग सचु पायौ ।
जुवतिनु मंडल मध्य स्याम घन सारँग राग जमायौ ।।
ताल मृदङ्ग उपंग मुरज डफ मिलि रससिंधु बढ़ायौ ।
विविध विशद वृषभानु नंदिनी अंग सुघंग दिखायौ ।।
अभिनय निपुन लटकि लट लोचन भृकुटि अनंग नचायौ ।
ताता थेई ताथेई धरत नौतन गति पति ब्रजराज रिझायौ ।।
सकल उदार नृपति चूड़ामनि सुख वारिद वरषायौ ।
परिरंभन चुंबन आलिंगन उचित जुवति जन पायौ ।।
वरसत कुसुम मुदित नभ नाइक इन्द्र निसान बजायौ ।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश रसिक राधा पति जस वितान जग छायौ
In Roman letters
aaju ban neekau raas banaayau .
pulin pavitr subhag jamunaa tat mohan bainnu bajaayau .
kal kankan kinkini noopur dhuni suni khag mrig sachu paayau .
juvatinu mandal madhy syaam ghan saarang raag jamaayau .
taal mridang upang muraj daph mili rasasindhu barhaayau .
vividh vishad vrishabhaanu nandinee ang sughang dikhaayau .
abhinay nipun lataki lat lochan bhrikuti anang nachaayau .
taataa theee taatheee dharat nautan gati pati brajaraaj rijhaayau .
sakal udaar nripati chooraamani sukh vaarid varashaayau .
pariranbhan chunban aalingan uchit juvati jan paayau .
varasat kusum mudit nabh naaik indr nisaan bajaayau .
(jai shree) hit harivansh rasik raadhaa pati jas vitaan jag chhaayau
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 36
Who wrote pad 36 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 36 begin?
It opens “आजु बन नीकौ रास बनायौ”, in Roman letters “aaju ban neekau raas banaayau .”.
Is pad 36 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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