Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 77
Pad 77 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: “लटकति फिरति जुवति रस फूली”.
The pad in full
लटकति फिरति जुवति रस फूली।
लता भवन में सरस सकल निसि,
पिय सँग सुरत हिंडोरे झूली।।
जद्दपि अति अनुराग रसासव पान विवस नाहिंन गति भूली।
आलस वलित नैंन विगलित लट,
उर पर कछुक कंचुकी खूली।।
मरगजी माल सिथिल कटि बंधन,
चित्रित कज्जल पीक दुकूली।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश मदन सर जरजर ,
विथकित स्याम सँजीवन मूली
In Roman letters
latakati phirati juvati ras phoolee.
lataa bhavan men saras sakal nisi,
piy sang surat hindore jhoolee.
jaddapi ati anuraag rasaasav paan vivas naahinn gati bhoolee.
aalas valit nainn vigalit lat,
ur par kachhuk kanchukee khoolee.
maragajee maal sithil kati bandhan,
chitrit kajjal peek dukoolee.
(jai shree) hit harivansh madan sar jarajar ,
vithakit syaam sanjeevan moolee
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 77
Who wrote pad 77 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 77 begin?
It opens “लटकति फिरति जुवति रस फूली”, in Roman letters “latakati phirati juvati ras phoolee.”.
Is pad 77 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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