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This story is recounted in full in the document entitled "Philosophical Parables".
A blind man was once trying to negotiate the path to his father-in-law's house with the help of only his walking stick. In a field nearby he heard a cowherd boy humming a tune to himself. The blind man hailed the boy and asked, "Kindly lead me to the house of my father-in-law. It is nearby, but I can't find the way myself."
The cowherd boy replied, "I'm very sorry, but if I leave this field to go with you, what will become of this herd of cows I'm tending here? There's one thing I can do for you--here, take the tail of this cow I'm handing you now. Her calf is at your father-in-law's house, so she will lead you there out of motherly affection for her young one."
But the cow became alarmed at the grip of the blind man on her tail and tried everything to shake him off. She dragged him over rough ground and through thorny brambles, and often gave him hard kicks with her hind legs. By the time he arrived at his father-in-laws house, the blind man's clothes had been ripped completely off of his body, and he was covered with scratches, bruises, blood and filth. As the house servants looked out the door to see who had come, he staggered forward, groaning in pain. They could not recognize him, and, taking him to be a cow rustler, gave him a sound beating and drove him from the premises.
This story illustrates the perils of accepting a bogus guru as one's guide in spiritual life.
This expression, "the right whip for the right dog", derives from a verse spoken by Srila Sukadeva Gosvami in SB Canto 10, chapter 68, verse 31:
[Lord Balarama said] "Clearly the many passions of these scoundrels have made them so proud that they do not want peace. Then let them be pacified by physical punishment, as animals are with a stick."
This remark was made by the Lord when the Kauravas of Hastinapura greeted with derision His efforts to make peace between the Kaurava and the Yadu dynasties after Krsna's son Sambha was imprisoned for his attempt to kidnap Duryodhana's daughter Lakmana. Lord Balarama then decided to drag away the whole city of Hastinapura with His plow and dash it into the Ganges.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments, "People who have no respect for any good thing in this world usually turn a deaf ear to preaching. It is also offensive to offer good advice and preaching to them. They should be simply treated on the principle of 'right whip for the right dog.'"
In this connection, though a Vaisnava will tolerate any offense to himself, he does not stand idly by to hear criticism of his spiritual master and the Vaisnava community. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says it is "a true Vaisnava attitude that one becomes agitated at any criticism hurled against the spiritual master and the Vaisnava community." He points out that Mayavadis will tolerate any offense even to their own gurus because according to their philosophy, their gurus are just ordinary men.
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