পিকস্বর-কণ্ঠ, তাতে রাগের বিভাগ ।
একশ্লোক পড়িতে ফিরায় তিন-চারি রাগ ॥ ১২৮ ॥
pika-svara-kantha, tate ragera vibhaga
eka-sloka padite phiraya tina-cari raga
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.