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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.11
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- kharāś ca karkaśaiḥ kṣattaḥ
- khurair ghnanto dharā-talam
- khārkāra-rabhasā mattāḥ
- paryadhāvan varūthaśaḥ
kharāḥasses — asses; caand — and; karkaśaiḥhard — hard; kṣattaḥO Vidura — O Vidura; khuraiḥwith their hooves — with their hooves; ghnantaḥstriking — striking; dharāthe surface of the earth-talamthe surface of the earth — the surface of the earth; khāḥbraying-kārabraying — braying; rabhasāḥwildly engaged in — wildly engaged in; mattāḥmad — mad; paryadhāvanran hither and thither — ran hither and thither; varūthaśaḥin herds — in herds.
O Vidura, the asses ran hither and thither in herds, striking the earth with their hard hooves and wildly braying.
Asses also feel very respectable as a race, and when they run in flocks hither and thither in so-called jollity, it is understood to be a bad sign for human society.