Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 78
Pad 78 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: “सुधंग नाचत नवल किसोरी”.
The pad in full
सुधंग नाचत नवल किसोरी।
थेई थेई कहति चहति प्रीतम दिसि,
वदन चंद मनौं त्रिषित चकोरी।।
तान बंधान मान में नागरि देखत स्याम कहत हो हो होरी।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश माधुरी अँग अँग,
बरवस लियौ मोहन चित चोरी
In Roman letters
sudhang naachat naval kisoree.
theee theee kahati chahati preetam disi,
vadan chand manaun trishit chakoree.
taan bandhaan maan men naagari dekhat syaam kahat ho ho horee.
(jai shree) hit harivansh maadhuree ang ang,
baravas liyau mohan chit choree
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 78
Who wrote pad 78 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 78 begin?
It opens “सुधंग नाचत नवल किसोरी”, in Roman letters “sudhang naachat naval kisoree.”.
Is pad 78 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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