Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 47
Pad 47 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: “वन की लीला लालहिं भावै”.
The pad in full
वन की लीला लालहिं भावै ।
पत्र प्रसून बीच प्रतिबिंबहिं नख सिख प्रिया जनावै ।।
सकुच न सकत प्रकट परिरंभन अलि लंपट दुरि धावै ।
संभ्रम देति कुलकि कल कामिनि रति रन कलह मचावै ।।
उलटी सबै समझि नैंननि में अंजन रेख बनावै ।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश प्रीति रीति बस सजनी स्याम कहावै
In Roman letters
van kee leelaa laalahin bhaavai .
patr prasoon beech pratibinbahin nakh sikh priyaa janaavai .
sakuch n sakat prakat pariranbhan ali lanpat duri dhaavai .
sanbhram deti kulaki kal kaamini rati ran kalah machaavai .
ulatee sabai samajhi nainnani men anjan rekh banaavai .
(jai shree) hit harivansh preeti reeti bas sajanee syaam kahaavai
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 47
Who wrote pad 47 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 47 begin?
It opens “वन की लीला लालहिं भावै”, in Roman letters “van kee leelaa laalahin bhaavai .”.
Is pad 47 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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