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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.11

ఖరాశ్చ కర్కశై: క్షత్త: ఖురైర్ఘ్నన్తో ధరాతలమ్ । ఖార్కారరభసా మత్తా: పర్యధావన్ వరూథశ: ॥ ౧౧ ॥
kharāś ca karkaśaiḥ kṣattaḥ
[kharaash cha karkashaih kshattah]
khurair ghnanto dharā-talam
[khurair ghnanto dharaa-talam]
khārkāra-rabhasā mattāḥ
[khaarkaara-rabhasaa mattaah]
paryadhāvan varūthaśaḥ
[paryadhaavan varoothashah]
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kharāś ca karkaśaiḥ kṣattaḥ
kharāḥ
asses
ca
and
karkaśaiḥ
hard
kṣattaḥ
O Vidura
khurair ghnanto dharā-talam
khuraiḥ
with their hooves
ghnantaḥ
striking
dharā-talam
the surface of the earth
khārkāra-rabhasā mattāḥ
khāḥ-kāra
braying
rabhasāḥ
wildly engaged in
mattāḥ
mad
paryadhāvan varūthaśaḥ
paryadhāvan
ran hither and thither
varūthaśaḥ
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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Vidura! Wild Asses ran about in herds, striking the earth with their hard hooves and braying in glee. O Vidura! The asses were joyful (rabhasā), making braying sounds.
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