tadā - then; abravīt - spoke; nabhaḥ - in the sky; vāṇī - a voice; balena - by Lord Balarāma; eva - indeed; jitaḥ - won; glahaḥ - the wager; dharmataḥ - fairly; vacanena - with words; eva - certainly; rukmī - Rukmī; vadati - speaks; vai - indeed; mṛṣā - duplicitous.

Just then a voice from the sky declared, “Balarāma has fairly won this wager. Rukmī is surely lying.”