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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.61.29

శతం సహస్రమయుతం రామస్తత్రాదదే పణమ్ । తం తు రుక్‍మ్యజయత్తత్ర కాలిఙ్గ: ప్రాహసద్ బలమ్ । దన్తాన్ సన్దర్శయన్నుచ్చైర్నామృష్యత్తద్ధలాయుధ: ॥ ౨౯ ॥
śataṁ sahasram ayutaṁ
[shatam sahasram ayutam]
rāmas tatrādade paṇam
[raamas tatraadade panam]
taṁ tu rukmy ajayat tatra
[tam tu rukmy ajayat tatra]
kāliṅgaḥ prāhasad balam
[kaalingah praahasad balam]
dantān sandarśayann uccair
[dantaan sandarshayann uchchair]
nāmṛṣyat tad dhalāyudhaḥ
[naamrishyat tad dhalaayudhah]
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 kāliṅgaḥ — the King of Kaliṅga 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 .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śataṁ sahasram ayutaṁ
śatam
one hundred
sahasram
one thousand
ayatam
ten thousand
rāmas tatrādade paṇam
rāmaḥ
Lord Balarāma
tatra
in that (match)
ādade
accepted
paṇam
wager
taṁ tu rukmy ajayat tatra
tam
that
tu
but
rukmī
Rukmī
ajayat
won
tatra
thereupon
kāliṅgaḥ prāhasad balam
kāliṅgaḥ
the King of Kaliṅga
prāhasat
laughed loudly
balam
at Lord Balarāma
dantān sandarśayann uccair
dantān
his teeth
sandarśayan
showing
uccaiḥ
openly
nāmṛṣyat tad dhalāyudhaḥ
na amṛṣyat
did not forgive
tat
this
hala - āyudhaḥ
Balarāma, the carrier of the plow weapon .
  • rāmaḥ — Lord Balarāma
    Rāma here = Balarāma. The same name as Daśaratha's son — Gauḍīya theology recognises Balarāma as Saṅkarṣaṇa, the first vyūha, and as the Ādi-Śeṣa from whom all Rāma-avatāras emerge. Calling Him simply Rāma here aligns Him with avatāric weight.
  • kāliṅgaḥ — the King of Kaliṅga
    Names the kingdom (modern Odisha region) — the same Kaliṅga later associated with Caitanya's pilgrimage to Jagannātha Purī. The Bhāgavata's geography becomes the future devotional landscape.
  • prāhasat — laughed loudly
    pra + √has, 'to laugh forth.' The intensified form — not a smile but a guffaw. Sanskrit aesthetics distinguish six grades of laughter; prāhasat is loud-and-rude, the kind of laughter that invites consequence.
  • hala-āyudhaḥ — the carrier of the plow weapon
    hala (plow) + āyudha (weapon). Balarāma's plough — a farmer's tool turned warrior's club. The epithet underlines that He is no city-bred kṣatriya but a Vraja-anchored plough-bearer, whom the urban kings underestimate at their peril.
  • na amṛṣyat — did not forgive
    na (not) + amṛṣyat (forgave). From √mṛṣ. The verse names the moment Balarāma's fuse is lit. Gauḍīyas read His anger as righteous (dharma-koṣa) — the same anger that Kṛṣṇa's restraint at verse 39 will not match.
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 Kaliṅga laughed loudly at Lord Balarāma, showing all his teeth. Lord Balarāma could not tolerate this.

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 Kaliṅga.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
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 Kaliṅga laughed loudly at Lord Balarāma, showing all his teeth. Lord Balarāma could not tolerate this.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Balarāma first accepted a wager of one hundred coins, then one thousand, then ten thousand in the gambling match (tatra). When Rukmī defeated Balarāma, Rukmī laughed loudly, conspicuously showing (san--darśayan) his teeth. Balarāma, famous for his prowess with his weapon, the plough, could not tolerate this. He became internally anger.

Concepts
Jiva

Like a fly that buzzes once near a sleeping tiger and walks away, the Kaliṅga king laughs once at Balarāma's loss and shows all his teeth — and the tiger will remember exactly how many teeth there were.

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