# Bhakti Shatak — source page 65

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<a id="line-1"></a>ड d like dear, dance A variation of ड is ड़ (ḋ) which  
<a id="line-2"></a>is an aspirated sharp retroflex sound.  
<a id="line-3"></a>ढ dh like adhere A variation of ढ is ढ़ (ḋh).  
<a id="line-4"></a>Adding ‘h’ to ड़ (ḋ) becomes ढ़ (ḋh).  
<a id="line-5"></a>त ṭ like soft ‘t’, dental sound as in path without  
<a id="line-6"></a>pronouncing the ‘h’  
<a id="line-7"></a>थ ṭh like myth, thorn  
<a id="line-8"></a>द ḍ like ‘d’ dental sound as in them, those, thine  
<a id="line-9"></a>ध ḍh like dharma, dhoti, with soft ‘d’ dental sound  
<a id="line-10"></a>touching the very tipe of the tongue to the teeth  
<a id="line-11"></a>न n like neck, new, now  
<a id="line-12"></a>प p like lip, pen  
<a id="line-13"></a>फ ph labial sound, stressed and aspirated ‘p’ with ‘h’  
<a id="line-14"></a>together, just like pump-house (pronounced  
<a id="line-15"></a>together), or uphill  
<a id="line-16"></a>ब b like bird, bud, bloom  
<a id="line-17"></a>भ bh like abhor  
<a id="line-18"></a>म m like mother  
<a id="line-19"></a>य y like yes, yearn  
<a id="line-20"></a>र r like red, rose  
<a id="line-21"></a>ल l like love, light  
<a id="line-22"></a>व v like vine, voice  
<a id="line-23"></a>श, ष sh like shine, shape, bush  
<a id="line-24"></a>स s like sun, summer  
<a id="line-25"></a>ह h like honey, home  
<a id="line-26"></a>क्ष (k) ch It is pronounced with a very little touch of  
<a id="line-27"></a>sound ‘k’ with ‘c̣h’, altogether as one alphabet.  
<a id="line-28"></a>But locally it is pronounced as ‘c̣h’ in Hindi.  
<a id="line-29"></a>ज्ञ gya All the three letters pronounced together as one  
<a id="line-30"></a>alphabet (big-yacht).

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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