Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 83
Pad 83 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: “छाँड़िदैं मानिनी मान मन धरिबौ”.
The pad in full
छाँड़िदैं मानिनी मान मन धरिबौ।
प्रनत सुंदर सुघर प्रानवल्लभ नवल,
वचन आधीन सौं इतौ कत करिबौं। ।
जपत हरि विवस तव नाम प्रतिपद विमल,
मनसि तव ध्यान ते निमिष नहिं टरिबौ।
घटति पलु पलु सुभग सरद की जामीनी,
भामिनी सरस अनुराग दिसि ढरिबौ।।
हौं जु कहति निजु बात सुनो मनि सखि,
सुमुखि बिनु काज घन विरह दुख भरी वै।
मिलत हरिवंश हित’ कुंज किसलय सयन,
करत कल केलि सुख सिंधु में तिरिबौ
In Roman letters
chhaanridain maaninee maan man dharibau.
pranat sundar sughar praanavallabh naval,
vachan aadheen saun itau kat karibaun. .
japat hari vivas tav naam pratipad vimal,
manasi tav dhyaan te nimish nahin taribau.
ghatati palu palu subhag sarad kee jaameenee,
bhaaminee saras anuraag disi dharibau.
haun ju kahati niju baat suno mani sakhi,
sumukhi binu kaaj ghan virah dukh bharee vai.
milat harivansh hit’ kunj kisalay sayan,
karat kal keli sukh sindhu men tiribau
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 83
Who wrote pad 83 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 83 begin?
It opens “छाँड़िदैं मानिनी मान मन धरिबौ”, in Roman letters “chhaanridain maaninee maan man dharibau.”.
Is pad 83 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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