Ananda, the favourite disciple of the Buddha, having been sent by the Lord on a mission, passed by a well near a village, and seeing Pakati, a girl of the Matanga caste, he asked her for water to drink. Pakati said: “O Bhrhman, I am too huble and sean to give thee water to drink, do not ask any service of me lest thy holiness be contaminated, for I am of low caste.” And Ananda...