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All the other charitars end with ਇਤਿ ਸ੝ਰੀ ਚਰਿਤ੝ਰ ਪਖ੝ਯਾਨੇ ਤ੝ਰਿਯਾ ਚਰਿਤ੝ਰੇ ਮੰਤ੝ਰੀ ਭੂਪ ਸੰਬਾਦੇ ਦ੝ਤਿਯ ਚਰਿਤ੝ਰ ਸਮਾਪਤਮ ਸਤ੝ ਸ੝ਭਮ ਸਤ੝ ॥੨॥੭੮॥ਅਫਜੂੰ॥ (iti sree charitr pakhyaanay triyaa charitray mantree (minister) bhoop (king) sanbaathay (between) thutiy charitr samaapatam (ends) - satu subham satu ॥2॥78॥afjoon॥) which means "Here Sri Charitr-pakhyan's Triyaa Charitar between Minister and King duality trickery ends - true good and true" This itself shows that these Charitars from number 2 onwards were the discourse between King Chitra Singh and his minister.  
All the other charitars end with ਇਤਿ ਸ੝ਰੀ ਚਰਿਤ੝ਰ ਪਖ੝ਯਾਨੇ ਤ੝ਰਿਯਾ ਚਰਿਤ੝ਰੇ ਮੰਤ੝ਰੀ ਭੂਪ ਸੰਬਾਦੇ ਦ੝ਤਿਯ ਚਰਿਤ੝ਰ ਸਮਾਪਤਮ ਸਤ੝ ਸ੝ਭਮ ਸਤ੝ ॥੨॥੭੮॥ਅਫਜੂੰ॥ (iti sree charitr pakhyaanay triyaa charitray mantree (minister) bhoop (king) sanbaathay (between) thutiy charitr samaapatam (ends) - satu subham satu ॥2॥78॥afjoon॥) which means "Here Sri Charitr-pakhyan's Triyaa Charitar between Minister and King duality trickery ends - true good and true" This itself shows that these Charitars from number 2 onwards were the discourse between King Chitra Singh and his minister.  


[[Charitar 2|Charitar number 2]] tells us how a foolish and quick decision which a person takes with their eyes closed, without analysing the situation and not going into the fact of reality; acting foolishly according to the words of their wives, girl-friends  or other loved ones can lead to serious injustice and distortion of the truth. [[Guru Ram Das]] said such person is foolish - {{srig-h|304|13976|''ਜੋਰਾ ਦਾ ਆਖਿਆ ਪ੝ਰਖ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਸੇ ਅਪਵਿਤ ਅਮੇਧ ਖਲਾ ॥ or Jorĝ ḝĝ ĝkẖi▫ĝ purakẖ kamĝvḝe se apviṯ ameḝẖ kẖalĝ. Men who dance to the orders of overbearing women are impure, filthy and foolish''}}
[[Charitar 2|Charitar number 2]] tells us how a foolish and quick decision which a person takes with their eyes closed, without analysing the situation and not going into the fact of reality; acting foolishly according to the words of their wives, girl-friends  or other loved ones can lead to serious injustice and distortion of the truth. [[Guru Ram Das]] said such person is foolish -  
 
<center><div style="width:70%; border:0px; solid #ff6600; background: #fffff0; text-align:center; color:#FF4500;"><br><font size=3><font color=red>ਜੋਰਾ ਦਾ ਆਖਿਆ ਪ੝ਰਖ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਸੇ ਅਪਵਿਤ ਅਮੇਧ ਖਲਾ ॥ ਕਾਮਿ ਵਿਆਪੇ ਕ੝ਸ੝ਧ ਨਰ ਸੇ ਜੋਰਾ ਪ੝ਛਿ ਚਲਾ ॥ </font size></font color><br><font color=green>Jorĝ ḝĝ ĝkẖi▫ĝ purakẖ kamĝvḝe se apviṯ ameḝẖ kẖalĝ. Kĝm vi▫ĝpe kusuḝẖ nar se jorĝ pucẖẖ cẖalĝ.</font color><br><font color=blue>Men who dance to the orders of overbearing women are impure, filthy and foolish. <br>Enslaved by lust, these impure men walk according to their women's wishes.</font color><br><div style="border:0px; background: #fffff0;text-align:right; font-size:80%;"> [http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=304&english=t&id=13976#l13976    (SGGS p304)]</div></div></center>
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Charitropakhyan is conversation between a wise adviser (minister or "manteree" ਮੰਤ੝ਰੀ s ) to Raja (king) Chitar Singh; each charitar or trick is mainly in connection with the wiles of women (plus a few connected with men) and other worldly tales of life, in order to save his handsome son Hanuvant from the false accusations of one of the younger ranis (queens). The minister tries to explain to the Raja that there can be trickery in human behaviour and that one needs to analyse the situation carefully before drawing any quick conclusions.

Guru Gobind Singh has given these "opakhyan" (already told) stories to Sikhs as a guide to upholding morality. The tales highlight human behaviour by people driven by lust, passion, desire, jealousy and/or greed and how these evil doers can utilise tricks or deception or charm or other activity to cover their tracks. The purpose of the stories is for us to learn about negative human behaviour by some people who are driven by evil intent. One needs to tread carefully in life and understand the many negative traits exist in some evil doers.