Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 45
Pad 45 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: “आवति श्रीवृषभानु दुलारी”.
The pad in full
आवति श्रीवृषभानु दुलारी ।
रूप रासि अति चतुर सिरोमनि अंग अंग सुकुमारी ।।
प्रथम उबटि मज्जन करि सज्जित नील बरन तन सारी ।
गुंथित अलक तिलक कृत सुंदर सैंदूर माँग सँवारी ।।
मृगज समान नैंन अंजन जुत रुचिर रेख अनुसारी ।
जटित लवंग ललित नासा पर दसनावलि कृत कारी ।।
श्रीफल उरज कँसूभी कंचुकि कसि ऊपर हार छबि न्यारी ।
कृस कटि उदर गँभीर नाभि पुट जघन नितंबनि भारी ।।
मनौं मृनाल भूषन भूषित भुज स्याम अंस पर डारी ।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश जुगल करिनी गज विहरत वन पिय प्यारी
In Roman letters
aavati shreevrishabhaanu dulaaree .
roop raasi ati chatur siromani ang ang sukumaaree .
pratham ubati majjan kari sajjit neel baran tan saaree .
gunthit alak tilak krit sundar saindoor maang sanvaaree .
mrigaj samaan nainn anjan jut ruchir rekh anusaaree .
jatit lavang lalit naasaa par dasanaavali krit kaaree .
shreephal uraj kansoobhee kanchuki kasi oopar haar chhabi nyaaree .
kris kati udar ganbheer naabhi put jaghan nitanbani bhaaree .
manaun mrinaal bhooshan bhooshit bhuj syaam ans par daaree .
(jai shree) hit harivansh jugal karinee gaj viharat van piy pyaaree
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 45
Who wrote pad 45 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 45 begin?
It opens “आवति श्रीवृषभानु दुलारी”, in Roman letters “aavati shreevrishabhaanu dulaaree .”.
Is pad 45 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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