Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 67
Pad 67 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: “रुचिर राजत वधू कानन किसोरी”.
The pad in full
रुचिर राजत वधू कानन किसोरी।
सरस षोडस कियें, तिलक मृगमद दियें,
मृगज लोचन उबटि अंग सिर खोरी।।
गंड पंडीर मंडित चिकुर चंद्रिका,
मेदिनि कबरि गुंथित सुरंग डोरी।
श्रवण ताटंक कै. चिबुक पर बिंदु दै,
कसूँभी कंचुकी दुरै उरज फल कोरी।।
वलय कंकन दोति, नखन जावक जोति,
उदर गुन रेख पट नील कटि थोरी।
सुभग जघन स्थली क्वनित किंकिनि भली,
कोक संगीत रस सिंधु झक झोरी।।
विविध लीला रचित रहसि हरिवंश हित;
रसिक सिरमौर राधा रमन जोरी।
भृकुटि निर्जित मदन मंद सस्मित वदन,
किये रस विवस घन स्याम पिय गोरी
In Roman letters
ruchir raajat vadhoo kaanan kisoree.
saras shodas kiyen, tilak mrigamad diyen,
mrigaj lochan ubati ang sir khoree.
gand pandeer mandit chikur chandrikaa,
medini kabari gunthit surang doree.
shravan taatank kai. chibuk par bindu dai,
kasoonbhee kanchukee durai uraj phal koree.
valay kankan doti, nakhan jaavak joti,
udar gun rekh pat neel kati thoree.
subhag jaghan sthalee kvanit kinkini bhalee,
kok sangeet ras sindhu jhak jhoree.
vividh leelaa rachit rahasi harivansh hit;
rasik siramaur raadhaa raman joree.
bhrikuti nirjit madan mand sasmit vadan,
kiye ras vivas ghan syaam piy goree
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 67
Who wrote pad 67 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 67 begin?
It opens “रुचिर राजत वधू कानन किसोरी”, in Roman letters “ruchir raajat vadhoo kaanan kisoree.”.
Is pad 67 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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