Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 41
Pad 41 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: “प्रीति की रीति रंगिलोइ जानै”.
The pad in full
प्रीति की रीति रंगिलोइ जानै ।
जद्यपि सकल लोक चूड़ामनि दीन अपनपौ मानै ।।
जमुना पुलिन निकुंज भवन में मान मानिनी ठानै ।
निकट नवीन कोटि कामिनि कुल धीरज मनहिं न आनै ।।
नस्वर नेह चपल मधुकर ज्यों आँन आँन सौं बानै ।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश चतुर सोई लालहिं छाड़ि मैंड पहिचानै
In Roman letters
preeti kee reeti rangiloi jaanai .
jadyapi sakal lok chooraamani deen apanapau maanai .
jamunaa pulin nikunj bhavan men maan maaninee thaanai .
nikat naveen koti kaamini kul dheeraj manahin n aanai .
nasvar neh chapal madhukar jyon aann aann saun baanai .
(jai shree) hit harivansh chatur soee laalahin chhaari maind pahichaanai
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 41
Who wrote pad 41 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 41 begin?
It opens “प्रीति की रीति रंगिलोइ जानै”, in Roman letters “preeti kee reeti rangiloi jaanai .”.
Is pad 41 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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