Text 12]
The Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa
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saṅgītavad rodanavad unnamayya śirodharām vyamuñcan vividhā vāco grāma-siṁhās tatas tataḥ
saṅgītavat—like singing; rodanavat—like wailing; unnamayya—raising up; śiras-dharām—the neck; vyamuñcan—uttered; vividhāḥ—various; vācaḥ—cries; grāma-siṁhāḥ—the dogs; tataḥ tataḥ—here and there.
TRANSLATION
Raising their necks, dogs cried here and there, now in the manner of singing and now of wailing.
TEXT 11
खराश्च कर्कशैः क्षत्तः खुरैर्घ्रन्तो धरातलम् । खाकर्तरभसा मत्ताः पर्यधावन् वरूयशः ॥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.
TRANSLATION
O Vidura, the asses ran hither and thither in herds, striking the earth with their hard hoofs 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.
TEXT 12
रुदन्तो रासभत्रस्ता नीडादुदपतन् खगाः । घोषेऽरण्ये च पशवः शक्रन्मूत्रमकुर्वत ॥१२॥