It was in 1942 that the late Dr. V. S. Sukthankar was engaged to deliver four lectures on the 'Meaning of the Mahabharata' under the auspices of the University of Bombay. However, the fourth and last lecture was not delivered on account of his sad and sudden demise on the morning of the day fixed for it. The large number of people who went to the lecture-hall of the University that evening were shocked at the news; they converted themselves into a condolence meeting and paid their respects to the memory of this distinguished devotee of the Great Epic.