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Yatara, also known as Tatta, is a Pariah, the lowest caste beneath even slaves. As a child, he possesses the supernatural ability to project his consciousness into animals, seeing through their eyes and controlling their actions. This gift attracts the Brahmin Naradatta, who exploits it. Yatara forms a deep friendship with Chapra, an ambitious slave boy. After Kosalan soldiers murder Chapra and his mother, and later Yatara's own mother and sister during a rampage, Yatara burns with a desire for vengeance against the kingdom of Kosala.
Growing into adulthood, Yatara leads a bandit group. He encounters the young Prince Siddhartha, devising a plan to expose the prince to the world's harshness, hoping this will push Siddhartha to overthrow Kosala as king. During this time, Yatara meets and forms a relationship with the bandit Migaila. After Migaila is blinded on orders from Siddhartha's father and nearly dies from illness, Yatara assists Siddhartha in saving her. They later have children, including a stillborn son and eventually triplets.
Yatara encounters the ascetic monk Dhepa, who preaches that human suffering is inevitable. Dhepa burns out one of his own eyes to join Yatara and Migaila. Though Siddhartha befriends Dhepa, he ultimately rejects Dhepa's philosophy. Dhepa, after initially ridiculing Siddhartha's teachings and attempting to harm him, becomes Siddhartha's disciple after his life is saved. Yatara agrees to cease banditry only if Siddhartha returns with him after ten years.
Years later, Yatara becomes a lay disciple of the now-enlightened Buddha but resists full monkhood, unwilling to cut his hair. He struggles to embrace the Buddha's teachings on forgiveness, consumed by hatred for Kosala and Prince Virudhaka (Crystal Prince), who ordered the massacre of his family and the Shakyan people. Unable to relinquish his quest for revenge, Yatara joins a renegade Shakyan army led by a one-eyed warrior seeking retribution against Kosala. He fights in a battle against Virudhaka's forces and is killed by Virudhaka's war elephant. Migaila, aware of his enduring obsession, accepts his death as inevitable. Yatara's life concludes without peace or reconciliation, defined by trauma and an unfulfilled thirst for vengeance.
Growing into adulthood, Yatara leads a bandit group. He encounters the young Prince Siddhartha, devising a plan to expose the prince to the world's harshness, hoping this will push Siddhartha to overthrow Kosala as king. During this time, Yatara meets and forms a relationship with the bandit Migaila. After Migaila is blinded on orders from Siddhartha's father and nearly dies from illness, Yatara assists Siddhartha in saving her. They later have children, including a stillborn son and eventually triplets.
Yatara encounters the ascetic monk Dhepa, who preaches that human suffering is inevitable. Dhepa burns out one of his own eyes to join Yatara and Migaila. Though Siddhartha befriends Dhepa, he ultimately rejects Dhepa's philosophy. Dhepa, after initially ridiculing Siddhartha's teachings and attempting to harm him, becomes Siddhartha's disciple after his life is saved. Yatara agrees to cease banditry only if Siddhartha returns with him after ten years.
Years later, Yatara becomes a lay disciple of the now-enlightened Buddha but resists full monkhood, unwilling to cut his hair. He struggles to embrace the Buddha's teachings on forgiveness, consumed by hatred for Kosala and Prince Virudhaka (Crystal Prince), who ordered the massacre of his family and the Shakyan people. Unable to relinquish his quest for revenge, Yatara joins a renegade Shakyan army led by a one-eyed warrior seeking retribution against Kosala. He fights in a battle against Virudhaka's forces and is killed by Virudhaka's war elephant. Migaila, aware of his enduring obsession, accepts his death as inevitable. Yatara's life concludes without peace or reconciliation, defined by trauma and an unfulfilled thirst for vengeance.