Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 72
Pad 72 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: “सुंदर पुलिन सुभग सुख दाइक”.
The pad in full
सुंदर पुलिन सुभग सुख दाइक।
नव नव घन अनुराग परस्पर खेलत कुँवर नागरी नांइक।
सीतल हंस सुता रस बिचिनु परसि पवन सीकर मृदु वरषत।
वर मंदार कमल चंपक कुल सौरभ सरसि मिथुन मन हरषत।
सकल सुधंग विलास परावधि नाचत नवल मिले सुर गावत।
मृगज मयूर मराल भ्रमर पिक अदभुत कोटि मदन सिर नावत।
निर्मित कुसुम सैंन मधु पूरित भजन कनक निकुंज विराजत।
रजनी मुख सुख रासि परस्पर सुरत समर दोऊ दल साजत।।
विट कुल नृपति किसोरी कर धृत, बुधि बल नीबी बंधन मोचत।
‘नेति नेति’ वचनामृत बोलत प्रनय कोप प्रीतम नहिं सोचत ।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश रसिक ललितादिक लता भवन रंध्रनि अवलोकत।
अनुपम सुख भर भरित विवस असु आनँद वारि कंठ दृग रोकत
In Roman letters
sundar pulin subhag sukh daaika.
nav nav ghan anuraag paraspar khelat kunvar naagaree naanika.
seetal hans sutaa ras bichinu parasi pavan seekar mridu varashata.
var mandaar kamal chanpak kul saurabh sarasi mithun man harashata.
sakal sudhang vilaas paraavadhi naachat naval mile sur gaavata.
mrigaj mayoor maraal bhramar pik adabhut koti madan sir naavata.
nirmit kusum sainn madhu poorit bhajan kanak nikunj viraajata.
rajanee mukh sukh raasi paraspar surat samar dooo dal saajata.
vit kul nripati kisoree kar dhrit, budhi bal neebee bandhan mochata.
‘neti neti’ vachanaamrit bolat pranay kop preetam nahin sochat .
(jai shree) hit harivansh rasik lalitaadik lataa bhavan randhrani avalokata.
anupam sukh bhar bharit vivas asu aanand vaari kanth drig rokat
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 72
Who wrote pad 72 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 72 begin?
It opens “सुंदर पुलिन सुभग सुख दाइक”, in Roman letters “sundar pulin subhag sukh daaika.”.
Is pad 72 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?
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