Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 71
Pad 71 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: “स्याम सँग राधिका रास मंडल बनी”.
The pad in full
स्याम सँग राधिका रास मंडल बनी।
बीच नंदलाल ब्रजवाल चंपक वरन,
ज्यौंव घन तडित बिच कनक मरकत मनी।।
लेति गति मान तत्त थेई हस्तक भेद,
स रे ग म प ध नि ये सप्त सुर नंदिनी।
निर्त रस पहिर पट नील प्रगटित छबी,
वदन जनु जलद में मकर की चंदिनी।।
राग रागिनि तान मान संगीत मत,
थकित राकेश नाम सरद की जामिनी।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश प्रभु हंस कटि केहरी,
दूरि कृत मदन मद मत्त गज गामिनी
In Roman letters
syaam sang raadhikaa raas mandal banee.
beech nandalaal brajavaal chanpak varan,
jyaunv ghan tadit bich kanak marakat manee.
leti gati maan tatt theee hastak bhed,
s re g m p dh ni ye sapt sur nandinee.
nirt ras pahir pat neel pragatit chhabee,
vadan janu jalad men makar kee chandinee.
raag raagini taan maan sangeet mat,
thakit raakesh naam sarad kee jaaminee.
(jai shree) hit harivansh prabhu hans kati keharee,
doori krit madan mad matt gaj gaaminee
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 71
Who wrote pad 71 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 71 begin?
It opens “स्याम सँग राधिका रास मंडल बनी”, in Roman letters “syaam sang raadhikaa raas mandal banee.”.
Is pad 71 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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