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TEXT 11
kharas ca karkasaih ksattah
khurair ghnanto dhara-talam
kharkara-rabhasa mattah
paryadhavan varuthasah
SYNONYMS
kharah—asses; ca—and; karkasaih—hard; ksattah—O Vidura; khuraih—with their hooves; ghnantah—striking; dhara-talam—the surface of the earth; khah-kara—braying; rabhasah—wildly engaged in; mattah—mad; paryadhavan—ran hither and thither; varuthasah—in herds.
TRANSLATION
O Vidura, the asses ran hither and thither in herds, striking the earth with their hard hooves and wildly braying.
PURPORT
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.
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