Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 50
Pad 50 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: “नवल नागरि नवल नागर किसोर मिलि”.
The pad in full
नवल नागरि नवल नागर किसोर मिलि,
कुञ्ज कौंमल कमल दलनि सिज्या रची ।
गौर स्यामल अंग रुचिर तापर मिले,
सरस मनि नील मनौं मृदुल कंचन खची ।।
सुरत नीबी निबंध हेत पिय, मानिनी – प्रिया की भुजनि में कलह मोंहन मची ।
सुभग श्रीफल उरज पानि परसत, रोष – हुंकार गर्व दृग भंगि भामिनि लची ।।
कोक कोटिक रभस रहसि ‘हरिवंश हित’,
विविध कल माधुरी किमपि नाँहिन बची ।
प्रनयमय रसिक ललितादि लोचन चषक,
पिवत मकरंद सुख रासि अंतर सची
In Roman letters
naval naagari naval naagar kisor mili,
kunj kaunmal kamal dalani sijyaa rachee .
gaur syaamal ang ruchir taapar mile,
saras mani neel manaun mridul kanchan khachee .
surat neebee nibandh het piy, maaninee – priyaa kee bhujani men kalah monhan machee .
subhag shreephal uraj paani parasat, rosh – hunkaar garv drig bhangi bhaamini lachee .
kok kotik rabhas rahasi ‘harivansh hit’,
vividh kal maadhuree kimapi naanhin bachee .
pranayamay rasik lalitaadi lochan chashak,
pivat makarand sukh raasi antar sachee
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 50
Who wrote pad 50 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 50 begin?
It opens “नवल नागरि नवल नागर किसोर मिलि”, in Roman letters “naval naagari naval naagar kisor mili,”.
Is pad 50 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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