Anoop Kaur and the Ruler of Anandpur

The wife of a wealthy man is infatuated with the Raja of Anandpur. She bribes a servant to bring him to her, and the Raja comes at night, disguised as a holy man. She presses him. He refuses, and he gives reasons: his own wife, his family’s honor, dharma, and the ruin that desire brought to Indra, to Ravana and to the Kauravas.

She threatens to take her life. When that fails she cries “thief.” The household wakes and he flees, leaving behind his shoes and his silk robe. The crowd seizes her brother in his place and beats him. The woman protests and no one listens.

The next morning the Raja, now called the Guru in the text, holds his assembly. She arrives with the shoes and the robe as evidence. He announces the theft and promises a reward to any Sikh who finds the thief. His Sikhs expose her, she confesses, and her brother is freed. The Guru forgives her and grants her a pension.

Who is the ruler?

The verses do not name him. The commentary linking him to Guru Gobind Singh rests on the setting and the title in the final tale. Treat that as a reading, not a fact.

Counsel

Two refusals, not one. Refusing the seduction protects the sovereign’s house. Refusing the revenge protects his judgment. Most people manage the first and fail the second. Note also what the trap needed: a crowd ready to convict on the cry of a single voice.

Verification

Charitar numbers and plot are taken from the Sri Dasam Granth translation commentary at SREC (srec.gurmat.info/srecarticles/sridasamgranthsahib/chritar21to23.html), which follows the Jaggi translation, plus the standard chapter list. The ruler is never named in the verses. Reading him as Guru Gobind Singh is one modern commentator's interpretation, supported by the text calling him 'Guru' in the third tale; other tellings differ on details such as who is seized by the crowd. Read the Punjabi text before marking verified.