There is this b'ful small story which was narrated to me by my mother.
This story makes absolute sense in today’s world & to the ways of living in here.
Once there was a snake. The snake was bad, as it used to bite almost everyone coming its way.The village children and villagers were very afraid of going out in the dark.
Once a saint was passing by that village & saw that bad snake almost about to bite a child. The saint raised his voice at the snake & warned that should he not leave this nature of his; he shall be cursed forever. The snake promised that from then onwards it shall not bite anyone.
Time passed. After a few months, when the same saint passes by the same village; he sees the village kids playing with the same snake. He sees that the village boys have almost beaten the snake into a pulp. The snake looks at the saint with a blaming eye & explains him that it is because of that promise only that he is in such a state. The saint tells the snake – ‘I had told you not to bite. I had not stopped you from pretending to be venomous / showing your fangs’.
My interpretation of this story:-
It is important that in the present day’s world order- you keep some nuisance value else even children might stampede your feelings. You should not be vulnerable and very much malleable and ductile so that anyone can get away with you. Your truth should be known to you. Make your fangs visible to the world. They need not know whether you have poison in them. It is basic survival instinct.
Chanakya said it so right:- Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous...
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