# Bhakti Shatak — source page 64

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Book: Bhakti Shatak
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<a id="line-1"></a>Pronunciation Guide  
<a id="line-2"></a>VOWELS  
<a id="line-3"></a>अ a like rural, mural  
<a id="line-4"></a>आ ȧ like father, car  
<a id="line-5"></a>इ i like imagine  
<a id="line-6"></a>ई ee, i like seen, feet (Depending upon the situation  
<a id="line-7"></a>sometimes it is also written as ‘i’, like chili, ski.)  
<a id="line-8"></a>उ u like push, bush  
<a id="line-9"></a>ऊ oo, u like goose, snooze (Sometimes it is also written as  
<a id="line-10"></a>‘u’ like rule, cute.)  
<a id="line-11"></a>ए e like they, prey  
<a id="line-12"></a>ऐ ai like as in ancient with stressed ‘ai’ sound  
<a id="line-13"></a>ओ o like flow, slow  
<a id="line-14"></a>औ au like aura with fully stressed ‘a’  
<a id="line-15"></a>CONSONANTS  
<a id="line-16"></a>क k like king, meek  
<a id="line-17"></a>ख kh like khaki  
<a id="line-18"></a>ग g like go, smog  
<a id="line-19"></a>घ gh like ghastly, gherkin with stressed ‘h’  
<a id="line-20"></a>च c̣h like chant, choose  
<a id="line-21"></a>छ ch like Church(h)ill (spoken together); chubby  
<a id="line-22"></a>ज j like jog, join  
<a id="line-23"></a>झ jh like Jhansi (a town of India) combining the sound  
<a id="line-24"></a>of ‘J’ with aspirated ‘h’; hedgehog  
<a id="line-25"></a>ट t like today, time  
<a id="line-26"></a>ठ th like time with added ‘h’ where the tip of the  
<a id="line-27"></a>tongue touches the lower front of the palate, just  
<a id="line-28"></a>like ‘got-him’ when spoken together

The supplied bilingual Bhakti Shatak edition: 100 original Hindi couplets, printed Hindi explanation, Roman transliteration and published English elucidation. Source wording and contributor credits are preserved; no new meanings are generated. Supplied edition: Copyright2002; Introduction signed Guru Poornima2002. Published translation: H.D. Swami Prakashanand Saraswati.

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Unofficial source transcription. Roman transliteration is not an English translation. No missing meanings are generated.