SB 3.17.11
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Third Canto - Chapter 17: Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa Over All the Directions of the Universe
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- kharāś ca karkaśaiḥ kṣattaḥ
- khurair ghnanto dharā-talam
- khārkāra-rabhasā mattāḥ
- paryadhāvan varūthaśaḥ
SYNONYMS
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.
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.