tām - that (voice); anādṛtya - disregarding; vaidarbhaḥ - Rukmī, Prince of Vidarbha; duṣṭa - wicked; rājanya - by the kings; coditaḥ - urged on; saṅkarṣaṇam - to Lord Balarāma; parihasan - ridiculing; babhāṣe - he spoke; kāla - by the force of time; coditaḥ - impelled.

Urged on by the wicked kings, Rukmī ignored the divine voice. In fact destiny itself was urging Rukmī on, and thus he ridiculed Lord Balarāma as follows.