Is prashn ka ek hi, sabse‑prasiddh aur nishchit uttar Jain granthon me seedhe‑seedhe nahi milta.

Bhagwan Mahavir ke anek shravak–shravikaon ke jeevan kisse hain jahan:

• pati patni se,
• patni pati se,
• bachche mata‑pita se

maafi maangte hain, par alag‑alag granthon aur pravachanon me unke naam bhi alag‑alag bataye jaate hain. Kisi ek vishesh, sabhi dwarik svikrit “falane shravak ne apni patni se maafi maangi” waale prasiddh naam ka zikr pramukh Jain aagamon / lokpriya charitro me spasht roop se nahi milta.

Jain dharm ka siddhant yeh hai ki:

• galti ho to use svikar karo (ālochana),
• pachhtao (pratikraman),
• aur jis se ahit hua hai usse vinamrata se kṣamā maango.

Yeh sabhi shravak‑shravika par lagu hota hai, isliye kai lok‑kathāon me is tarah ke kisse sunne ko milte hain, lekin unme se bahut se kisse itihaas se zyada śikṣā‑prad kahānī ke roop me hote hain, jinka ek hi pakka itihāsik nām bata pana mushkil hai.

Agar aap kisi khaas kahani ka sanket de rahe hon (jaise kisi pravachan me suna ho), to ho sakta hai ki wo sthānik/pravachanik kathā ho, jo sab granthon me ek jaise naam se na ho.

Isliye imaandāri se kahuñ to: Bhagwan Mahavir ke kisi ek vishesh shravak ka, jo sabhi paramparāon me “jisne apni patni se maafi maangi” ke roop me mashhūr ho, aisa spasht aur ek‑mat uttar upalabdh nahi hai.