Lay Followers
Rohini Vrat
रोहिणी व्रत · રોહિણી વ્રત
Why was Queen Rohini always so calm and gentle?
- 5 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- Best shared with a grown-up
A king wonders why his queen is always so calm and gentle, and a wandering monk answers by telling the long story of her past lives and the fast that changed them.
What it teaches Karma Penance Respect for monks
The opening of the children's telling
Once upon a time there was a princess named Rohini. She was always calm and kind. She never shouted and never sulked. Her face was peaceful, like a quiet lake in the morning.
Rohini married King Ashok. One day the king met a wise monk in a garden. He asked, Why is my queen always so gentle? The monk smiled and told him a story from long, long ago.
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To carry into the day
No mistake is so heavy that patient effort and true sorrow cannot lighten it.
To talk about together
What is one small thing we could do each month, like Rohini's fast, to keep our hearts kind?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.