Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.61.29

śataḿ sahasram ayutaḿ

rāmas tatrādade paṇam

taḿ tu rukmy ajayat tatra

kālińgaḥ prāhasad balam

dantān sandarśayann uccair

nāmṛṣyat tad dhalāyudhaḥ

SYNONYMS

śatam — one hundred; sahasram — one thousand; ayatam — ten thousand; rāmaḥ — Lord Balarāma; tatra — in that (match); ādade — accepted; paṇam — wager; tam — that; tu — but; rukmī — Rukmī; ajayat — won; tatra — thereupon; kālińgaḥ — the King of Kalińga; prāhasat — laughed loudly; balam — at Lord Balarāma; dantān — his teeth; sandarśayan — showing; uccaiḥ — openly; na amṛṣyat — did not forgive; tat — this; hala-āyudhaḥ — Balarāma, the carrier of the plow weapon.

TRANSLATION

In that match Lord Balarāma first accepted a wager of one hundred coins, then one thousand, then ten thousand. Rukmī won this first round, and the King of Kalińga laughed loudly at Lord Balarāma, showing all his teeth. Lord Balarāma could not tolerate this.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that the wagers consisted of gold coins. Lord Balarāma inwardly became quite angry when He saw the gross offense of the King of Kalińga.

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