CC Antya 2.72

Antya-līlā, Chapter 2, Text 72

শুনি শিবানন্দের চিত্তে হইল সংশয় ।
কিবা প্রেমাবেশে কহে, — কিবা সত্য হয় ॥ ৭২ ॥

śuni śivānandera citte ha-ila saṁśaya
kibā premāveśe kahe, kibā satya haya

Word by word

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

Translation

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.