Canto 3, Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Verse 11 (SB 3.17.11)
SB 3.17.11 • मूल श्लोक

खराश्च कर्कशै: क्षत्त: खुरैर्घ्नन्तो धरातलम् । खार्काररभसा मत्ता: पर्यधावन् वरूथश: ॥ ११ ॥

Transliteration

kharāś ca karkaśaiḥ kṣattaḥ khurair ghnanto dharā-talam khārkāra-rabhasā mattāḥ paryadhāvan varūthaśaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

kharāḥ — asses; ca — and; karkaśaiḥ — hard; kṣattaḥ — O Vidura; khuraiḥ — with their hooves; ghnantaḥ — striking; dharā-talam — the surface of the earth; khāḥ-kāra — braying; rabhasāḥ — wildly engaged in; mattāḥ — mad; paryadhāvan — ran hither and thither; varūthaśaḥ — in herds.

Translation

“O Vidura, the asses ran hither and thither in herds, striking the earth with their hard hooves and wildly braying.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
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.