Kuberdutta (Kuber-datta) ki kahani Jain dharm me bahut prasiddh hai. Is kahani me do bachche, Kuberdatta aur Kuberdatta (dui tarah se likha jata hai) ko maa dwara ancharit roop se pita ke ghar chhoda jaata hai. Dono bachche alag-alag parivar me pal-te-badhte hain, par jab ve bado honge to apne- apne parivaarik rishton me milte hain aur anjaane me ek dusre se shaadi kar lete hain. Baad me ring ya patton ke jodne se pata chal jaata hai ki ve bhai-behen hain. Is gatna ke baad ve apne paap-prabhav ko samajh kar man-purn shram se sanyas ki ore badhte hain.

Mool arth (arth) jo Jain dharm se milta hai:

• Ye kahani karm, sansar-sampark, aur parinaamon ki pehchaan karati hai ki kaise maya, bhakti, aur galat samajh pavitrata ko bhramit kar sakte hain.
• “18 sambandhon” ya “athara sajjay” ki dharna ko samjhaaya jaata hai: kai prakar ke rishton ka ek sahaj, par asatya roop vyavahar dikhaya jata hai ki kaise sambandhon ki srishti aur unke parinaam inse judi sankat me le ja sakte hain.
• Ishvar aur shravak- shravika ki sanyas aur dharm ki or agrasar hone ki avashyakta ko prakat kiya jaata hai.

Digambar aur Śvetāmbara paramparaon me kuch vyakhya ya chhote- bade farak milte hain, lekin mool kahani ka saar aur uddeshya samaan hi rehta hai: yaani samsaarik chanchalata aur karma ke phal se mukti ki oor dharm ki or badhna.

Aap is vishay par adhik padh sakte hain:

• kuber dutta story of 18 relations sajjay (Jain dharm ki kahaniyon me is kathan ka sankshipt vivaran)