Once there lived a culprit by the name of Poornananda in a village far away. He had two disciples–Nagendra and Krishna. One day while the two were coming to the village from the city, Naga (Nagendra’s nickname) picked a fight with a horse-cart driver. The fight reached a flashpoint and Naga unable to control himself any longer, slapped the horse-cart driver. The driver fell down. Feeling ashamed of himself, after hearing his guru’s words, Naga fell at his feet and begged forgiveness.
But Krishna was watching all this with glee. “Naga was a big bully. It’s good that you came along, guru. This incident is a shame even to me,” Krishna said. On hearing this Poornananda’s face turned red. He told,“One is a big bully. But what about the other bully ? Quietly watching the fight with glee! So you, too, are equally guilty.” Krishna hung his head in shame.
