This essay retells the widely shared Bhagavatam parable “Again become mouse” and analyzes its enduring relevance for self-assessment. It shows how external upgrades without inner transformation intensify fear, inflate ego, and erode gratitude. Drawing on Srimad Bhagavatam’s ethical psychology—and resonances from Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—it proposes an integrative, dharmic path where power follows purification. Readers…