Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 42
Pad 42 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 न काहु की कानि बिचारै”.
The pad in full
प्रीति न काहु की कानि बिचारै ।
मारग अपमारग विथकित मन को अनुसरत निवारै ।।
ज्यौं सरिता साँवन जल उमगत सनमुख सिंधु सिधारै ।
ज्यौं नादहि मन दियें कुरंगनि प्रगट पारधी मारै ।।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश हिलग सारँग ज्यौं सलभ सरीरहि जारै ।
नाइक निपून नवल मोहन बिनु कौन अपनपौ हारै
In Roman letters
preeti n kaahu kee kaani bichaarai .
maarag apamaarag vithakit man ko anusarat nivaarai .
jyaun saritaa saanvan jal umagat sanamukh sindhu sidhaarai .
jyaun naadahi man diyen kurangani pragat paaradhee maarai .
(jai shree) hit harivansh hilag saarang jyaun salabh sareerahi jaarai .
naaik nipoon naval mohan binu kaun apanapau haarai
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 42
Who wrote pad 42 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 42 begin?
It opens “प्रीति न काहु की कानि बिचारै”, in Roman letters “preeti n kaahu kee kaani bichaarai .”.
Is pad 42 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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