Verse Text
bhinnatvaṁ sthāna-vibhraṁśaḥ kauṇṭhyaṁ syāt sanna-kaṇṭhatā |
vyākulatvaṁ tu nānocca-nīca-gupta-viluptatā ||67||
Translation
Breaking of the voice means failure of the vocal cords to pronounce properly. Weakness means inability to make any sound. Fluctuation means high, low, indistinct and inaudible tones.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Failure of the vocal chords results in making a gurgling sound. Inability to make sound means that no sound is able to come from the throat. Fluctuation means that at every moment there are various volumes of sound.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
E.g., when the throat is choked up because of a faltering voice, there may be a sound like “ghura.” Such sounds choke the voice, and with extreme mental anxiety they may be manifest in different ways.