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Posting from Smt Savitriji last year March. Boy and Rattlesnake

 

 

Dear All,Upadesho hi moorkhaanaam prakopaaya na shaanthayePaya: paanam bhujamgaanaam kevalam vishavardhanamMilk (paya:) consumed (paanam)by snakes (bhujamgaanam) only (kevalam)increases their poison (vishavardhanam). Similarly advice(upadesho)given to evil or unfriendly people(moorkhaanaam) make them morefurious( prakopaaya) instead of calming them( na shaanthaye).Milk consumed by snakes only increases their poison. Similarly advicegiven to mean people make them more furious instead of calming them.This is a subhashitam and a some what related story illustrates thefact that there is no point in helping a mean person. He/she will onlyhurt you back. Again, this story reinforces the importance ofsatsangam.Boy and Rattle SnakeA little boy was walking down a path and he came across a rattlesnake.The rattlesnake was getting old. He asked, "Please little

boy, can youtake me to the top of the mountain? I hope to see the sunset one lasttime before I die." The little boy answered "No Mr. Rattlesnake. If Ipick you up, you'll bite me and I'll die." The rattlesnake said, "No,I promise. I won't bite you. Just please take me up to the mountain."The little boy thought about it and finally picked up that rattlesnakeand took it close to his chest and carried it up to the top of themountain.They sat there and watched the sunset together. It was so beautiful.Then after sunset the rattlesnake turned to the little boy and asked,"Can I go home now? I am tired, and I am old." The little boy pickedup the rattlesnake and again took it to his chest and held it tightlyand safely. He came all the way down the mountain holding the snakecarefully and took it to his home to give him some food and a place tosleep. The next day the rattlesnake turned to the boy and

asked,"Please little boy, will you take me back to my home now? It is timefor me to leave this world, and I would like to be at my home now."The little boy felt he had been safe all this time and the snake hadkept his word, so he would take it home as asked.He carefully picked up the snake, took it close to his chest, andcarried him back to the woods, to his home to die. Just before he laidthe rattlesnake down, the rattlesnake turned and bit him in the chest.The little boy cried out and threw the snake upon the ground. "Mr.Snake, why did you do that? Now I will surely die!" The rattlesnakelooked up at him and grinned, "You knew what I was when you picked meup."regards and prayersSavitri