pika-svara-kaṇṭha, tāte rāgera vibhāga
eka-śloka paḍite phirāya tina-cāri rāga

 pika-svara-kaṇṭha - a very sweet voice like a cuckoo's; tāte - above that; rāgera - of tunes; vibhāga - division; eka-śloka - one verse; paḍite - reciting; phirāya - changes; tina-cāri rāga - three or four different tunes.


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His voice was as sweet as a cuckoo’s, and he would recite each verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in three or four tunes. Thus his recitations were very sweet to hear.

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