Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 51
Pad 51 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: “दान दै री नवल किसोरी”.
The pad in full
दान दै री नवल किसोरी ।
माँगत लाल लाड़िलौ नागर,
प्रगट भई दिन दिन की चोरी ।।
नव नारंग कनक हीरावलि,
विद्रुम सरस जलज मनि गोरी ।
पूरित रस पीयूष जुगल घट,
कमल कदलि खंजन की जोरी ।।
तोपैं सकल सौंज दामिनि की,
कत सतराति कुटिल दृग भोरी ।
नूपुर रव किंकिनी पिसुन घर,
‘हित हरिवंश’ कहत नहिं थोरी
In Roman letters
daan dai ree naval kisoree .
maangat laal laarilau naagar,
pragat bhaee din din kee choree .
nav naarang kanak heeraavali,
vidrum saras jalaj mani goree .
poorit ras peeyoosh jugal ghat,
kamal kadali khanjan kee joree .
topain sakal saunj daamini kee,
kat sataraati kutil drig bhoree .
noopur rav kinkinee pisun ghar,
‘hit harivansh’ kahat nahin thoree
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 51
Who wrote pad 51 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 51 begin?
It opens “दान दै री नवल किसोरी”, in Roman letters “daan dai ree naval kisoree .”.
Is pad 51 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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