### SB 3.17.11

> खराश्च कर्कशैः क्षत्तः खुरैर्घ्नन्तो धरातलम् ।\
> खार्काररभसा मत्ताः पर्यधावन्वरूथशः ॥११॥

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

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

**O Vidura, the asses ran hither and thither in herds, striking the earth with their hard hoofs 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.