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Got this from Bau’s blog , with Gurujis interpretation to it. His interpretation makes it so much more relevant to anyone today.
Many charming stories about Lord Krishna are told… One of them is about His fight with the Serpent King Kaaliya. The (very) young Krishna jumps into the waters of a lake known to be inhabited by an extremely poisonous many hooded snake called Kaaliya. He emerges victorious (of course!) and is seen dancing on the many hoods of the snake.
As a “punishment”, He charges the snake to become the guardian of the very waters he terrorized and protect the nearby villagers from other demons, etc.
Its a beautiful story… told to all young children in India and i think the world over to illustrate the bravery and spunk of Lord Krishna… but there is a fantastic interpretation that Guruji told us and it really blew my mind away when i heard it for the first time…
A snake signifies awareness, a heightened alertness, a desire for absolute perfection. And when a person has this, he becomes quite a terror to people around him, constantly berating them, scolding them because very few, if any, can live up to their standards. A person who is not so alert is very easy to get along with… but a person who has high standards and expects everyone around him to toe the line continuously becomes very much like Kaaliya the snake, spitting poison and fire on all around him 
Krishna signifies Love. When Love is dancing on top of Kaaliya… When Love has defeated Kaaliya, then the same person who was earlier a source of fear to his surroundings, becomes a source of great peace…
Krishna brings about a very interesting equation:
Absolute perfection + Love = Bliss for the person concerned as well as the people around him!
Krishna doesn’t kill the snake, He just subdues it and then charges it to protect! So the Lord appreciates perfection, only by His presence (dancing on the heads of perfection) he converts a malignant terror into a benevolent guardian!
So all you perfectionists out there reading this… tinge your perfection with love (keep the Lord in your mind at all times, allow Him to dance on your head…) and give birth to Bliss inside you as well as all around you!
Jai Gurudev
