The Tirthankaras
Parshvanath and Kamath: Ten Lives
पार्श्वनाथ और कमठ: दस भव · પાર્શ્વનાથ અને કમઠ: દસ ભવ
One heart that kept hating, one heart that kept forgiving, through ten lives
- 5 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- Best shared with a grown-up
Two brothers fall out over a terrible wrong, and the anger of one follows the other from life to life, until it meets a peace it cannot break.
What it teaches Forgiveness Anger Karma
The opening of the children's telling
Long, long ago, there were two brothers. The older one was Kamath, and he got angry very easily. The younger one was Marubhuti, and he was gentle and kind.
One day Kamath did something very wrong, and the king sent him away from the city. Kamath was angry with his brother for it. But kind Marubhuti thought, he is still my brother. I will go and make peace with him. When he found Kamath in the forest, Kamath was still full of anger, and Marubhuti's life came to an end.
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To carry into the day
Anger can follow us for a long time, but forgiveness is what finally sets us free.
To talk about together
Marubhuti forgave Kamath many times. Do you think forgiving someone helps them, or helps us, or both?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.