Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 49
Pad 49 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: “देखि सखी राधा पिय केलि”.
The pad in full
देखि सखी राधा पिय केलि ।
ये दोउ खोरि खरिक गिरि गहवर,
विहरत कुँवर कंठ भुज मेलि ।।
ये दोउ नवल किसोर रूप निधि,
विटप तमाल कनक मनौ बेलि ।
अधर अदन चुंबन परिरंभन,
तन पुलकित आनँद रस झेलि ।।
पट बंधन कंचुकि कुच परसत,
कोप कपट निरखत कर पेलि ।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश लाल रस लंपट,
धाइ धरत उर बीच सँकेलि
In Roman letters
dekhi sakhee raadhaa piy keli .
ye dou khori kharik giri gahavar,
viharat kunvar kanth bhuj meli .
ye dou naval kisor roop nidhi,
vitap tamaal kanak manau beli .
adhar adan chunban pariranbhan,
tan pulakit aanand ras jheli .
pat bandhan kanchuki kuch parasat,
kop kapat nirakhat kar peli .
(jai shree) hit harivansh laal ras lanpat,
dhaai dharat ur beech sankeli
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 49
Who wrote pad 49 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 49 begin?
It opens “देखि सखी राधा पिय केलि”, in Roman letters “dekhi sakhee raadhaa piy keli .”.
Is pad 49 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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