Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 54
Pad 54 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: “नयौ नेह नव रंग नयौ रस”.
The pad in full
नयौ नेह नव रंग नयौ रस,
नवल स्याम वृषभानु किसोरी।
नव पीतांबर नवल चूनरी;
नई नई बूँदनि भींजत गोरी।।
नव ‘वृंदावन हरित मनोहर नव चातक बोलत मोर मोरी।
नव मुरली जु मलार नई गति;
श्रवन सुनत आये घन घोरी।।
नव भूषन नव मुकुट विराजत;
नई नई उरप लेत थोरी थोरी।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश असीस देत मुख चिरजीवौ भूतल यह जोरी
In Roman letters
nayau neh nav rang nayau ras,
naval syaam vrishabhaanu kisoree.
nav peetaanbar naval choonaree;
naee naee boondani bheenjat goree.
nav ‘vrindaavan harit manohar nav chaatak bolat mor moree.
nav muralee ju malaar naee gati;
shravan sunat aaye ghan ghoree.
nav bhooshan nav mukut viraajat;
naee naee urap let thoree thoree.
(jai shree) hit harivansh asees det mukh chirajeevau bhootal yah joree
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 54
Who wrote pad 54 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 54 begin?
It opens “नयौ नेह नव रंग नयौ रस”, in Roman letters “nayau neh nav rang nayau ras,”.
Is pad 54 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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