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ROHINI KATHĀ THE LEGEND OF ROHIŅI
This story from the sixth primary canonical volume (Ariga Āgama) Iñata-Dharmakathanga brings out, in vivid details, the importance of steadfastly adhering to the monastic vows and the glory or otherwise that the observers or the shirkers earn as a result of their earnest endeavour or the lack of it.
Rohini
In the Rājagrhī town of yore, ruled by King Śrenika, there lived a wealthy merchant by the name of Dhanya. His wife, Bhadrā, was gentle and beauteous. He had four sons named Dhanapāla, Dhanadeva, Dhanagopa and Dhanaraksita, in that order. The four daughters in law of the merchant Dhanya were, respectively, called Ujjhikā, Bhogavatī, Raksikā and Rohini.
Dhanya's Thought
Once, while sleeping at night, Dhanya had a thought that he was quite influential in the matters of the state and the society. So much so that even the king consulted him on important social, political and business matters of the state. It was because he was
