Bhai Kanhaiya was reported to the Guru for giving water to wounded enemy soldiers during the siege of Anandpur. Asked to explain, he said he saw no enemies — only the Guru's face in every face. Gobind Singh did not merely acquit him: he gave him ointment and told him to treat their wounds as well. Sikhs cite the episode as the origin of their tradition of battlefield and disaster relief without regard for side, and it is the clearest statement the tradition makes about the limits of seva.