śuni - hearing; śivānandera - of Śivānanda; citte - in the mind; ha-ila samśaya - there was some doubt; kibā - whether; prema-āveśe kahe - was speaking something in ecstatic love; kibā - or; satya haya - it was a fact.

When Śivānanda Sena heard this statement, he was unsure whether Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī was speaking that way because of ecstatic love or because it was actually a fact.