344 Appendix 5 The wicked surrender to their wilful minds Their ways are false, their reward evil. The good win their battles over their minds for they have their thoughts fixed on God. Nanak says: The good through Troth attain salvation The wicked escape not the cycle of birth and death. (Sn) ma.ya kis no iiMiai, kja maya kmm kamiu 1 What is maya? What acts spring from it? The snare of joy and sorrow in which our lives are caught, The thought of self that moves us Lo action. Without the word there is no wisdom Nothing to tear apart maya's veil of illusion, Nothing to exorcise the ego. Without love you cannot be a devotee. Without the word, you will find no rest. It is the word alone that conquers self And destroys illusion. The pious receive the gift of the Name By gentle ways and good conducL Without the Guru one cannot tell The good from the bad. Without goodness, prayer has no meaning. If God is in the heart He can be met face to face. He comes as gently as comes sleep. 0 Nanak, raise your voice in praise of the Guru By His grace you shall attain salvation. (Sn) kajal phii.l tambol ras She put black in her eyes, flowers in her hair, With betel leaves sweetened her breath and her lips stained; But the, Lord came not to her bed All her adornments were in vain. Woman and man who just live together, speak not of them as tmly wed, When in two bodies a single light burns, then are man and woman tmly wed.