Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 82
Pad 82 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: “नागरता की राशि किसोरी”.
The pad in full
नागरता की राशि किसोरी।
नव नागर कुल मौलि साँवरी,
वर बस कियो चितै मुख मोरी।।
रूप रुचिर अंग अंग माधुरी,
विनु भूषन भूषित ब्रज गोरी।
छिन छिन कुसल सुधंग अंग में,
कोक रमस रस सिंधु झकोरी।
चंचल रसिक मधुप मौंहन मन. राखे कनक कमल कुच कोरी।
प्रीतम नैंन जुगल खंजन खग,
बाँधे विविध निबंध डोरी।
अवनी उदर नाभि सरसी में,
मनौं कछुक मदिक मधु घोरी।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश पिवत सुंदर वर,
सींव सुदृढ़ निगमनि की तोरी
In Roman letters
naagarataa kee raashi kisoree.
nav naagar kul mauli saanvaree,
var bas kiyo chitai mukh moree.
roop ruchir ang ang maadhuree,
vinu bhooshan bhooshit braj goree.
chhin chhin kusal sudhang ang men,
kok ramas ras sindhu jhakoree.
chanchal rasik madhup maunhan man. raakhe kanak kamal kuch koree.
preetam nainn jugal khanjan khag,
baandhe vividh nibandh doree.
avanee udar naabhi sarasee men,
manaun kachhuk madik madhu ghoree.
(jai shree) hit harivansh pivat sundar var,
seenv sudrirh nigamani kee toree
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 82
Who wrote pad 82 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 82 begin?
It opens “नागरता की राशि किसोरी”, in Roman letters “naagarataa kee raashi kisoree.”.
Is pad 82 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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