Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 79
Pad 79 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: “रहसि रहसि मोहन पिय के संग री”.
The pad in full
रहसि रहसि मोहन पिय के संग री,
लड़ैती अति रस लटकति।
सरस सुधंग अंग में नागरि,
थेई थेई कहति अवनि पद पटकति।।
कोक कला कुल जानि सिरोमनि,
अभिनय कुटिल भृकुटियनि मटकति।
विवस भये प्रीतम अलि लंपट,
निरखि करज नासा पुट चटकति ॥
गुन गनु रसिक राइ चूड़ामनि रिझवति पदिक हार पट झटकति।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश निकट दासीजन,
लोचन चषक रसासव गटकति
In Roman letters
rahasi rahasi mohan piy ke sang ree,
laraitee ati ras latakati.
saras sudhang ang men naagari,
theee theee kahati avani pad patakati.
kok kalaa kul jaani siromani,
abhinay kutil bhrikutiyani matakati.
vivas bhaye preetam ali lanpat,
nirakhi karaj naasaa put chatakati .
gun ganu rasik raai chooraamani rijhavati padik haar pat jhatakati.
(jai shree) hit harivansh nikat daaseejan,
lochan chashak rasaasav gatakati
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 79
Who wrote pad 79 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 79 begin?
It opens “रहसि रहसि मोहन पिय के संग री”, in Roman letters “rahasi rahasi mohan piy ke sang ree,”.
Is pad 79 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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