Conquer anger by a smile

Conquer    anger by a  smile

By

P.R.Ramachander

(Based on a tamil folk story that  I read)

One  Rakshasa   challenged   to fight  with Lord Balarama,

Who   accepted   and jumped   to fight   with  great anger,

The  Rakshasa  became double his size  and Balaram became double angry,

It went on  like that   without an end  and Balarama asked  Krishna  to help.

Krishna agreed and asked  his brother   to sit    and relax

Krishna  threw away  all his weapons  and with a  smile   faced his enemy,

The Rakshasa took his ordinary form, Krishna  smiled   and invited,

Him to come near,The Rakshasa  became small  and further small

Balarama  asked  how and Krishna   replied   that  the Rakshasa  ,

Was anger  , others anger was food for  him and he grows eating that,

But   if you are  not angry with    him  he starves ,

Becomes   tiny and tiny   and  eventually     vanishes