Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 23: Khara Disregards Evil Omens on the Way
Text 3.23.10
कङ्कगोमायुगृध्राश्च चुक्रुशुर्भयशंसिनः।
चक्रिरे विस्वरान्घोरान्मांसादा वनगोचराः॥
kaṅka-gomāyu-gṛdhrāś ca cukruśur bhaya-śaṁsinaḥ
cakrire visvarān ghorān māṁsādā vana-gocarāḥ
kaṅka-gomāyu-gṛdhrāḥ = kaṅkas, jackals and vultures; ca = and; cukruśuḥ = cried; bhaya-śaṁsinaḥ = portending danger; cakrire = made; visvarān = noises; ghorān = terrible; māṁsādāḥ = flesh-eating; vana-gocarāḥ = forest-dwelling [creatures].
Kaṅkas, jackals and vultures cried out, portending danger and flesh-eating forest-dwelling [creatures] made terrible noises.
1 A commentator has stated that kaṅkas are white vultures: kaṅkāḥ śveta-gṛdhraḥ.
Kaṅkas are large-bodied, frightening birds habituated to eating [carcasses of] dead animals, humans and so on.1