nimajjya - immersing himself; tasmin - in that; salile - water; japan - reciting; brahma - Vedic mantras; sanātanam - eternal; tau - Them; eva - indeed; dadṛśe - saw; akrūraḥ - Akrūra; rāma-kṛṣṇau - Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa; samanvitau - together.

While immersing himself in the water and reciting eternal mantras from the Vedas, Akrūra suddenly saw Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa before him.