# Pretenders
*10 references in Bhagavad-gītā As It Is*
* better to execute duty than become so-called yogī, **[[bg/3/34#translation|Bg. 3.34]]**
* demoniac as, **[[bg/16/5#translation|Bg. 16.5]]**
* deny value of tapasya, austerity, **[[bg/16/1-3#translation|Bg. 16.1-3]]**
* do not restrain mind from sense objects, **[[bg/3/6#translation|Bg. 3.6]]**
* inferior to one in controlled life, **[[bg/3/7#translation|Bg. 3.7]]**
* Kṛṣṇa did not want Arjuna to become one, **[[bg/3/8#translation|Bg. 3.8]]**
* living at cost of others, **[[bg/3/8#translation|Bg. 3.8]]**, **[[bg/3/9#translation|Bg. 3.9]]**
* make show of meditation, **[[bg/3/6#translation|Bg. 3.6]]**
* manufacture own process, **[[bg/4/35#translation|Bg. 4.35]]**