rukmī - Rukmī; amarṣī - intolerant; su-saṁrabdhaḥ - extremely angry; śṛṇvatām - while they listened; sarva - all; bhū-bhujām - the kings; pratijajñe - he swore; mahā-bāhuḥ - mighty-armed; damśitaḥ - wearing his armor; sa-śarāsanaḥ - with his bow; ahatvā - without killing; samare - in battle; kṛṣṇam - Kṛṣṇa; apratyūhya - without bringing back; ca - and; rukmiṇīm - Rukmiṇī; kuṇḍinam - the city of Kuṇḍina; na pravekṣyāmi - I shall not enter; satyam - in truth; etat - this; bravīmi - I say; vaḥ - to all of you.

Frustrated and enraged, mighty-armed Rukmī, dressed in armor and wielding his bow, had sworn before all the kings, “I shall not again enter Kuṇḍina if I do not kill Kṛṣṇa in battle and bring Rukmiṇī back with me. I swear this to you.”