• lakṣam — one hundred thousand
  Lakh — the standard Sanskrit unit for 100,000. The stakes escalate exponentially: śata → sahasra → ayuta → lakṣa → nyarbuda. Bhāgavata-style numerical climb to the explosion at verse 31.
• glaham — a bet
  From √grah, 'to grasp, take.' Specifically a gambling-stake — the thing one grasps to throw in. Distinct from paṇa (also wager); glaha names the act of taking-up. Bhāgavata's gambling-lexicon is precise.
• kaitavam — deception
  From kitava, 'gambler' — kaitava means 'gambler's-trick.' The same word names the false dharmas the Bhāgavata's opening verse declares it has rejected ('dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavaḥ atra'). Rukmī here practices the very kaitava-dharma the Bhāgavata renounces.
• āśritaḥ — resorting to
  From ā + √śri, 'to take shelter in.' The same root as āśraya (shelter, refuge). Rukmī 'takes shelter' in deception — a parody of bhakti's central act, which is to take shelter in Kṛṣṇa.

Like a thief who, having lost the wrestling match in plain daylight, simply declares himself the winner and walks off with the prize — Rukmī's lie is not subtle; it does not need to be, because his accomplices outnumber the witnesses.