Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 66

Pad 66 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: “विहरत दोऊ प्रीतम कुंज”.

Pad 66 of 84
Poet Shri Hit Harivansh
Language Braj Bhasha
Raag Not named in the text
The pad

The pad in full

विहरत दोऊ प्रीतम कुंज।
अनुपम गौर स्याम तन सोभा वन वरषत सुख पुंज।।
अद्भुत खेत महा मनमथ कौ दुंदुभि भूषन राव।
जूझत सुभट परस्पर अँग अँग उपजत कोटिक भाव।।
भर संग्राम अमित अति अबला निद्रायत काले नैन।
पिय के अंक निसंक तंक तन आलस जुत कृत सैंन लालन मिस आतुर पिय परसद उरु नाभि ऊरजात।
अद्भुत छटा विलोकि अवनि पर विथकित वेपथ गात।।
नागरि निरखि मदन विष व्यापित दियौ सुधाधर धीर।
सत्वर उठे महामधु पीवत मिलत मीन मिव नीर।।
अवहीं मैं मुख मध्य विलोके बिंबाधर सु रसाल।
जागृत त्यौं भ्रम भयौ परयौ मन सत मनसिज कुल जाल।।
सकृदपि मयि अधरामृत मुपनय सुंदरि सहज सनेह।
तव पद पंकज को निजु मंदिर पालय सखि मम देह।।
प्रिया कहति कहु कहाँ हुते पिय नव निकुंज वर राज।
सुंदर वचन वचन कत वितरत रति लंपट बिनु काज।।
इतनौं श्रवन सुनत मानिनि मुख अंतर रहयौ न धीर।
मति कातर विरहज दुख व्यापित बहुतर स्वास समीर।।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश भुजनि आकरषे लै राखे उर माँझ।
मिथुन मिलत जू कछुक सुख उपज्यौ त्रुटि लव मिव भई साँझ

In Roman letters

viharat dooo preetam kunja.
anupam gaur syaam tan sobhaa van varashat sukh punja.
adbhut khet mahaa manamath kau dundubhi bhooshan raava.
joojhat subhat paraspar ang ang upajat kotik bhaava.
bhar sangraam amit ati abalaa nidraayat kaale naina.
piy ke ank nisank tank tan aalas jut krit sainn laalan mis aatur piy parasad uru naabhi oorajaata.
adbhut chhataa viloki avani par vithakit vepath gaata.
naagari nirakhi madan vish vyaapit diyau sudhaadhar dheera.
satvar uthe mahaamadhu peevat milat meen miv neera.
avaheen main mukh madhy viloke binbaadhar su rasaala.
jaagrit tyaun bhram bhayau parayau man sat manasij kul jaala.
sakridapi mayi adharaamrit mupanay sundari sahaj saneha.
tav pad pankaj ko niju mandir paalay sakhi mam deha.
priyaa kahati kahu kahaan hute piy nav nikunj var raaja.
sundar vachan vachan kat vitarat rati lanpat binu kaaja.
itanaun shravan sunat maanini mukh antar rahayau n dheera.
mati kaatar virahaj dukh vyaapit bahutar svaas sameera.
(jai shree) hit harivansh bhujani aakarashe lai raakhe ur maanjha.
mithun milat joo kachhuk sukh upajyau truti lav miv bhaee saanjh

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.

About this pad

Questions about pad 66

Who wrote pad 66 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 66 begin?

It opens “विहरत दोऊ प्रीतम कुंज”, in Roman letters “viharat dooo preetam kunja.”.

Is pad 66 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?

Yes. All 84 pads are in a free PDF on the downloads page, with no account or email needed.