खार्काररभसा मत्ताः पर्यधावन्वरूथशः ॥११॥
kharÄÅ› ca karkaÅ›aiḥ ká¹£attaḥ
khurair ghnanto dharÄ-talam
khÄrkÄra-rabhasÄ mattÄḥ
paryadhÄvan varÅ«thaÅ›aḥ
kharÄḥ - asses; ca - and; karkaÅ›aiḥ - hard; ká¹£attaḥ - O Vidura; khuraiḥ - with their hooves; ghnantaḥ - striking; dharÄ-talam - the surface of the earth; khÄḥ-kÄra - braying; rabhasÄḥ - wildly engaged in; mattÄḥ - mad; paryadhÄvan - ran hither and thither; varÅ«thaÅ›aḥ - in herds.
O Vidura, the asses ran hither and thither in herds, striking the earth with their hard hooves 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.
