The asses ran hither and thither in herds, striking the earth with their hard hooves and wildly braying

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"The asses ran hither and thither in herds, striking the earth with their hard hooves and wildly braying"

SB Canto 3

O Vidura, the asses ran hither and thither in herds, striking the earth with their hard hooves and wildly braying.

SB 3.17.11, Translation and Purport:

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.