Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 68
Pad 68 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: “रास में रसिक मोहन बने भामिनी”.
The pad in full
रास में रसिक मोहन बने भामिनी।
सुभग पावन पुलिन सरस सौरभ नलिन,
मत्त मधुकर निकर सरद की जामिनी।।
त्रिविध रोचक पवन ताप दिनमनि दवन,
तहाँ ठाढ़े रमन संग सत कामिनी।
ताल बीना मृदंग सरस नाचत सुधंग;
एक ते एक संगीत की स्वामिनी।।
राग रागिनि जमी विपिन वरसत अमी,
अधर बिंबनि रमी मुरलि अभिरामिनी।
लाग कट्टर उरप सप्त सुर सौं सुलप लेति सुंदर सुघर राधिका नामिनी।।
तत्त थेई थेई करत गांव नौतन धरत,
पलटि डगमग ढरति मत्त गज गामिनी।
धाइ नवरंग धरी उरसि राजत खरी;
उभय कल हंस हरिवंश घन दामिनी
In Roman letters
raas men rasik mohan bane bhaaminee.
subhag paavan pulin saras saurabh nalin,
matt madhukar nikar sarad kee jaaminee.
trividh rochak pavan taap dinamani davan,
tahaan thaarhe raman sang sat kaaminee.
taal beenaa mridang saras naachat sudhang;
ek te ek sangeet kee svaaminee.
raag raagini jamee vipin varasat amee,
adhar binbani ramee murali abhiraaminee.
laag kattar urap sapt sur saun sulap leti sundar sughar raadhikaa naaminee.
tatt theee theee karat gaanv nautan dharat,
palati dagamag dharati matt gaj gaaminee.
dhaai navarang dharee urasi raajat kharee;
ubhay kal hans harivansh ghan daaminee
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 68
Who wrote pad 68 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 68 begin?
It opens “रास में रसिक मोहन बने भामिनी”, in Roman letters “raas men rasik mohan bane bhaaminee.”.
Is pad 68 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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