Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 62
Pad 62 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: “खेलत रास दुलहिनी दूलहु”.
The pad in full
खेलत रास दुलहिनी दूलहु।
सुनहु न सखी सहित ललितादिक,
निरखि निरखि नैंननि किन फूलहु।।
अति कल मधुर महा मौंहन धुनि,
उपजत हंस सुता के कूलहु।
थेई थेई वचन मिथुन मुख निसरत,
सुनि सुनि देह दसा किन भुलहु।।
मृदु पद न्यास उठत कुंकुम रज,
अदभूत बहत समीर दुकूलहु।
कबहुँ स्याम स्यामा दसनांचल- कच कुच हार छुवत भुज मूलहु।।
अति लावन्य, रूप, अभिनय, गुन,
नाहिन कोटि काम समतूलहु।
भृकुटि विलास हास रस बरषत (जै श्री) हित हरिवंश प्रेम रस झूलहु
In Roman letters
khelat raas dulahinee doolahu.
sunahu n sakhee sahit lalitaadik,
nirakhi nirakhi nainnani kin phoolahu.
ati kal madhur mahaa maunhan dhuni,
upajat hans sutaa ke koolahu.
theee theee vachan mithun mukh nisarat,
suni suni deh dasaa kin bhulahu.
mridu pad nyaas uthat kunkum raj,
adabhoot bahat sameer dukoolahu.
kabahun syaam syaamaa dasanaanchal- kach kuch haar chhuvat bhuj moolahu.
ati laavany, roop, abhinay, gun,
naahin koti kaam samatoolahu.
bhrikuti vilaas haas ras barashat (jai shree) hit harivansh prem ras jhoolahu
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 62
Who wrote pad 62 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 62 begin?
It opens “खेलत रास दुलहिनी दूलहु”, in Roman letters “khelat raas dulahinee doolahu.”.
Is pad 62 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.
Can I download the Shri Hit Chaurasi?
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