Bhagwan Mahavir Swami ke liye gochari (bhiksha) ka prabandh kisi ek nishchit vyakti ne roj–roj “lata tha” aisa varnan Jain agamom mein nahin milta.

Mukhy baatein:

• Tirthankar ke liye bhiksha lena bhi bahut niyamit niyam se hota hai –

ve kisi ke liye vishesh pakvān banvātē nahin, na hi kisi ek ghar se roj bhiksha grahan karte.

• Ve jo bhi uchit, ahiṃsa-yukt, niyam ke anusar grihasthon dwara sahaja roop se prastut hota, usme se thoda sa grahan karte.
• Isliye “falāna vyakti Mahavir Swami ko gochari lata tha” ye baat itihaasik, shastriya roop se pramāṇit nahin hai; zyada se zyada lok-kathā ya bhakti-gītom mein aise varnan mil sakte hain, lekin wo agamādharit nishchit tathya nahi maane jate.

Saral shabdon mein: Jain shastro ke anusaar, Mahavir Bhagwan ki gochari niyamit roop se kisi ek vyakti dwara nahi, balki anek shravak–shravikāon ke gharon se, niyam ke anusaar, swatah milne wali alms ke roop mein hoti thi.