Persuasion
October, 1963
from the prose fables of the Hindu TantrakhyayikaIn a certain village of India lived a Brahman whose duty it was to tend the sacred fire in the temple. This holy man of noble caste, though poor, worried mightily that people might overlook the purity of his position. One day he journeyed to a nearby village to beg for a slave to help him with the tending of the fire, and a rich man gave him one, saying: "Take this damsel, for she is comely and will be skillful in tending the fire."Havin...
