Sati

1. The widows burn themselves on the pyres of their lords, but if they love their
spouses well, they'd suffer the pangs of separation even otherwise. Nanak: She who
loves not he spouse, why burns she herself in fire? For, be he alive or dead, she
owns him not. (Suhi, M. 3)

2. In the Kali-age, they (the man and the woman) meet as was Ordained; And as was
the Will, they enjoy themselves. But she attains not to her loved Lord by burning
(on his pyre), And by becoming a Sati through the effect of the Wrought deeds.
Sheepishly, she follows the habit of the mind and surrenders herself to fire; But
she attains not the Union of the Lord, and wanders through many births; Says
Nanak, "She, who looks upon the Supreme God as her Spouse, Blessed is such a Sati
and approved is she at the Lord's Court." (Gauri M. 5)