Sant Sakkubai
Pranams at the lotus feet
of Sant Sakkubai!
Chapter – 4
The lady tied on the pole assumed the form of Sakkubai. The
mother-in-law and son became worried about the situation at home, if they keep Sakkubai starving for long, she
would die of hunger and the villagers will not spare them. So mother-in-law instructed her son to serve a handful of meals to Sakkubai. He went to the dark
attic and saw Sakkubai, her face was serene, glowing and pleasant. She smiled at her husband who released her
from the pole and fed her. He felt
ashamed of his rude behavior against his innocent wife. Sakkubai was extremely calm as usual, she did
not complain about anything to him.
Instead, she inquired about his well-being.
Her husband made up his mind that he will not support his mother for
further torture against Sakkubai. Days
went on, Sakkubai performed all the household tasks, took great care of her
in-laws and husband. Eventually, all the
members of the family started behaving very different, pleasant and calm,
previously the house was a battlefield, now all three started performing
worship of Lord Krishna, listening stories from scriptures and started living
in harmony.
The real Sakkubai once again joined
with the crowd of Varkari Saints singing and praising the glories of Lord
Panduranga. In this way, they have
traveled a long route by foot to the famous shrine of Panduranga. Finally, they have arrived in the shrine, Sakkubai was anxiously waiting for her turn
to worship Lord Vittobha, when her turn arrived she rushed to the sanctum and
embraced the feet of Lord Vittobha “ Oh! My Krishna, Oh! Prabho, I have been
waiting for this moment. I have to go through many tortures to take shelter on
your lotus feet. I am truly fortunate,
kindly liberate me from this worldly matters, I want to be freed from this
worldly illusion. I do not want anything
other than shelter on your lotus feet.” Saying this she bowed her head down on the
feet of Lord Panduranga. The people
waiting in the queue for getting the Dharshan of Vittal became impatient, they
started complaining about Sakkubai. One
of the Varkari saints went near Sakkubai and called “ Daughter, get up we have
two more days to worship. Please give
way to others to enter into the sanctum.”
There was no response from Sakkubai, he touched her shoulder and her lifeless body fell on his lap. The people were shocked, eventually, the Varkari saints arranged
for the funeral of Sakkubai near the shrine.
The crowd of Varkari saints mourns on the death of their beloved devotee
Sakkubai who left mortal coil at the feet of Lord Vittobha which is not easy to
attain for an ordinary soul. They picked
the remains from the funeral pyre and brought back to the village of
Karaveerapuram.
