are there any other examples like how bharat chakravarti got kevalgyan
Yes, there are several famous examples in Jain history where great kings / powerful people, like Bharat Chakravarti, finally turned inward and attained Kevalgyan.
I’ll share a few simple ones:
- Bahubali (Gomateshwar)
- He was the younger brother of Bharat Chakravarti and son of Bhagwan Rishabhdev.
- After the famous contest with Bharat, Bahubali defeated him, but felt deep shame and vairagya (detachment) from all power and pride.
- He renounced everything, stood in kayotsarga (motionless standing meditation) for a very long time – so long that vines grew around his body.
- In the end, when the last subtle ego of “I won” dropped, he attained Kevalgyan.
- This is very similar in spirit to Bharat: from rajyabhav (kingly pride) to complete inner surrender and then Kevalgyan.
- Neminath Bhagwan (as a prince)
- Before becoming the 22nd Tirthankar, Arishtanemi (Neminath) was a royal prince, engaged to Princess Rajimati.
- On the way to his wedding, he saw animals tied up to be slaughtered for the feast.
- He felt intense compassion and strong vairagya: “How can my happiness be built on the killing of so many jivas?”
- He immediately turned back, renounced the world, took diksha, did deep sadhana and later attained Kevalgyan on Girnar.
- Here also, like Bharat, a turning moment in royal life led to total inner change and then Kevalgyan (after tapas and right conduct).
- Bahu-rajā / various Chakravartis and kings
In Jain purāṇas, many Chakravartis and great kings follow a similar pattern:
- Long time as powerful rulers with great enjoyment and ego.
- Some strong shock or deep insight creates vairagya.
- They renounce, accept monkhood, practice very strong tapa and shuddh charitra.
- Finally they attain Kevalgyan and then Moksha.
- Main principle behind all examples
- Kevalgyan is never “given” from outside – it is the natural, original state of the soul when all ghati karmas are destroyed.
- Whether the person was a king, businessman, poor person, man or woman – doesn’t matter.
- What matters is: samyak darshan (right faith) + samyak gyan (right knowledge) + samyak charitra (right conduct), with strong tapa and complete non-attachment.
So, yes – Bahubali, Neminath (from prince to Tirthankar), and many other kings in Jain granths are all powerful examples similar in spirit to Bharat Chakravarti’s journey to Kevalgyan: from maximum worldly position to complete inner awakening.