Guest guest Posted May 30, 2002 Report Share Posted May 30, 2002 The following Poem was sent by 'Atmaram' The Holy Man and the Snake A sonnet sequence In a cozy hole lived a deadly snake Folks living by did verily dread the site A wandering monk came there one dark night Good People warned him, Sir, risk thou not take The monk said I’ve mantra to tame all creatures The angry snake was charmed by a gentle word Soon it quit hurting took to fruits as food Let go its spite, gentle turned its features Boys thereby noticed this phenomena A daring naughty boy poked it with stick The gentle snake just coiled itself thick Guru’s word minding, forgave their lacuna Losing all dread they pelted it with stones Left it for dead, it limped back to it’s hole The holy man chanced back there one morning Asked people there `bout his disciple the snake “`tis dead Sir” they said, their words he didn’t take Called with a word, the snake knew the meaning Out came the snake, lean and haggard looking Shocked the man asked, `why are thou in such state Eating leaves, fruits I’ve thinned at this rate Only that oh, yea, boys hurt me poking `Oh, my poor, poor fool, indeed thou shouldn’t kill But thou can hiss and drive off the wicked Put not venom, but hiss indeed thou should That’s the way to be good and survive still Such a charming tale did Ramkrishna tell To teach worldly folks to live but be good still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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