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pika-svara-kantha, tate ragera vibhaga

eka-sloka padite phiraya tina-cari raga

SYNONYMS

pika-svara-kantha—a very sweet voice like a cuckoo’s; tate—above that; ragera—of tunes; vibhaga—division; eka-sloka—one verse; padite—reciting; phiraya—changes; tina-cari raga—three or four different tunes.

His voice was as sweet as a cuckoo’s, and he would recite each verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam in three or four tunes.

Thus his recitations were very sweet to hear.