Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

I see a man and a woman sitting together, I sayto myself, ‘Oh, they are doomed!’ (Glancing atM.) Haru was such a good-looking boy, but awitch possessed him. ‘Oh Haru, where are you?Where have you gone? I say, where is Haru!’People saw him sitting quietly under a banyantree – he had lost his beauty, his strength andhis joy. The witch who lives in the banyan treehad cast her spell on him.“If a wife says, ‘Go there for awhile,’ thefellow immediately rises to take leave. And ifshe says, ‘Sit down,’ he at once takes his seat.“A certain job-seeker became frustrated,continually visiting the manager of an officefor a job and not getting it. The manager said tohim, ‘There is no vacancy now, but come fromtime to time and enquire about it.’ In this way anumber of days passed and the candidatebecame thoroughly disappointed. He shared hisfrustration with a friend. The friend said, ‘Howdumb you are! Why do you wear out yourshoes visiting him again and again? You mustcontact Golap and you’ll get a job in no time.’The candidate said, ‘All right, I will go see herright now.’ Golap was the manager’s mistress.The candidate met her and said, ‘Mother,unless you help me, I won’t get a job. I am ingreat distress. I am a brahmin’s son, where elseshall I go? Mother, I have been without workfor so many days! My children are starvingwithout food. Just a word from you and I will