Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.61.29
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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rāmaḥ
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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.
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kāliṅgaḥ
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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.
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prāhasat
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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.
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hala-āyudhaḥ
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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.
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na amṛṣyat
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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.
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.
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.
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.
My note
Source: vedabase.io