Folklore:A Tale of Sage Sukri and the Human Flesh
Kishor Subba Limbu
Source: Lal Bahadur Rai
Once upon a time, there was a sage named Shukri. He was fed up with poverty. He tried everything to alleviate poverty, but all of his efforts were futile.There was no way to run a household and feed his family. Then he went to King Mahishasoor and begged some alms. King Mahisasoor advised him to proceed to the south.There is the king of the vultures. He might help you. The sage Sukri then went to the vulture king for alms.The king of the vultures asked, "Why did you come here, sages?" Sage Sukri explains the reason to visit the king of the vultures. The vulture king asked, "If you could run Purana (the holy book recitation ritual)," "I'll give you alms if you can run the Purana."The sage said, "Yes, I can worship; I can run Saptah Purana (a week-long purana)." The king of the vultures said that "if it is, I would have to run the Purana of the week." The sage made a mandapa, took out a holy book, and started the Saptaha Purana. As the week wore on, news came to the vulture king on the fifth day. Many people have died in the West due to the disease. The news came that the vultures had to come to eat the human flesh. The king of the vultures said, "The message came with urgent news to go there." If I'm not there, other vultures won't eat the flesh. I'm sorry, but I have to leave now.You keep running the Purana and complete it. After completion of the Purana, the queen would give you food and alms. The vulture king flew away to find out where the message came from.Sage finished the Purana, and the queen lavished him with food and as much property as he could carry.The queen sends a message to the king: "You can meet our king on the way." Please tell him that if you find the human flesh, please don't forget to take that some portion of the human flesh should remember for the home".
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The sage wonders, "Oh my god. What is she talking about?" The message came that a lot of people had died, and the king went to eat the human flesh. how the king wouldn't find the human flesh." The sage was back home, storming his mind. On the way, the sage met the king of vultures. The king of the vultures asked, "Sage, did you finish the Purana?" And how was the food? "Did you receive a donation?" The sage said, "Yes, of course, I finished that. They provided a lot of food.I have brought as many donations as I can carry. But the queen has sent a message for you: "If you find any human flesh, you should remember to save even a piece of meat for the home." Hearing that, the king of the vultures said, "Is this to send such embarrassing news?" "Where to find human flesh" Now the sage is even more surprised. There are numerous human bodies all over the place.and the vultures are talking about where to find human flesh. Then the sage asked the king, "What do you want to say—there are lots of human dead bodies all around here?" And you are telling me that I should find human flesh? "Please explain it to me." The vulture king spreads his right wing and pulls out a feather to look through.If you look through that feather, you will notice that all dead bodies—insects, pigs, dogs, and so on—are scattered on the ground.The sage looks through the feather and sees it as the same as what the vulture king said. The sage begged her to give him that feather for a few days.
That feather is given by the vulture king to a few days, but he should not be lost.The king of the vultures was aware of him: "If this does not come with me, my right hand will be broken; I couldn't do anything without it." so please be careful with it." The sage promised the king of the vultures and came to the house and looked through the feather. He saw that the animals, like dogs and pigs, were in his house as members of his family. The sage then looked around for a human being and discovered that the daughter of a leather worker was seen as a human being.The sage then asked the girl's father for her hand in marriage.The leather workers were in trouble with how a lower-caste daughter could give to the upper-caste sage. It was against social customary law, norms, and values. When the sage convinced him, he married the girl.
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(Source: Lal Bahadur Rai, Pachkhapan Municipality-5, Sankhuwasabha, Nepal)
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