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ŚB 10.61.30

Devanagari

ततो लक्षं रुक्‍म्यगृह्णाद्‌ग्लहं तत्राजयद् बल: ।
जितवानहमित्याह रुक्‍मी कैतवमाश्रित: ॥ ३० ॥

Text

tato lakṣaṁ rukmy agṛhṇād
glahaṁ tatrājayad balaḥ
jitavān aham ity āha
rukmī kaitavam āśritaḥ

Synonyms

tataḥ — then; lakṣam — one hundred thousand; rukmī — Rukmī; agṛhṇāt — accepted; glaham — a bet; tatra — in that; ajayat — won; balaḥ — Lord Balarāma; jitavān — have won; aham — I; iti — thus; āha — said; rukmī — Rukmī; kaitavam — deception; āśritaḥ — resorting to.

Translation

Next Rukmī accepted a bet of one hundred thousand coins, which Lord Balarāma won. But Rukmī tried to cheat, declaring “I’m the winner!”