tau -- They; ratha-sthau -- present on the chariot; katham -- how; iha -- here; sutau -- the two sons; anakadundubheh -- of Vasudeva; tarhi -- then; svit -- whether; syandane -- on the chariot; na stah -- They are not there; iti -- thinking this; unmajjya -- rising from the water; vyacashta -- saw; sah -- he; tatra api -- in the same place; ca -- and; yatha -- as; purvam -- previously; asinau -- sitting; punah -- again; eva -- indeed; sah -- he; nyamajjat -- entered the water; darsanam -- the vision; yat -- if; me -- my; mrisha -- false; kim -- perhaps; salile -- in the water; tayoh -- of Them.

Akrura thought, "How can the two sons of Anakadundubhi, who are sitting in the chariot, be standing here in the water? They must have left the chariot." But when he came out of the river, there They were on the chariot, just as before. Asking himself "Was the vision I had of Them in the water an illusion?" Akrura reentered the pool.