Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 70
Pad 70 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: “आजु सँभारत नाँहिन गोरी”.
The pad in full
आजु सँभारत नाँहिन गोरी।
फूली फिर मत्त करिनी ज्यौं सुरत समुद्र झकोरी।।
आलस वलित अरुन धूसर मषि प्रगट करत दृग चोरी।
पिय पर करुन अमी रस बरषत अधर अरुनता थोरी।।
बाँधत भृंगं उरज अंबुज पर अलकनि बंध किसोरी।
संगम किरचि किरचि कंचुकि बँध सिथिल भई कटि डोरी।।
देति असीस निरखि जुवती जन जिनकें प्रीति न थोरी।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश विपिन भूतल पर संतत अविचल जोरी
In Roman letters
aaju sanbhaarat naanhin goree.
phoolee phir matt karinee jyaun surat samudr jhakoree.
aalas valit arun dhoosar mashi pragat karat drig choree.
piy par karun amee ras barashat adhar arunataa thoree.
baandhat bhringan uraj anbuj par alakani bandh kisoree.
sangam kirachi kirachi kanchuki bandh sithil bhaee kati doree.
deti asees nirakhi juvatee jan jinaken preeti n thoree.
(jai shree) hit harivansh vipin bhootal par santat avichal 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 70
Who wrote pad 70 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 70 begin?
It opens “आजु सँभारत नाँहिन गोरी”, in Roman letters “aaju sanbhaarat naanhin goree.”.
Is pad 70 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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