# Atonement
[[bg/1/43|Bg. 1.43]], [[bg/9/31|Bg. 9.31]], [[sb/6/1/8#purport|SB 6.1.8-8]]
* Ajāmila neglected, [[sb/6/1/68#purport|SB 6.1.68]]
* chanting best process of, [[sb/6/2/9-10#purport|SB 6.2.10-12]], [[sb/6/2/16#purport|SB 6.2.16]],
* compared to cure for disease, [[sb/6/1/8#purport|SB 6.1.8]]
* compared to elephant’s bath, [[sb/6/1/10#purport|SB 6.1.10]], [[sb/6/3/33#purport|SB 6.3.33]]
* defined, [[sb/6/1/11#purport|SB 6.1.11]]
* devotional service supersedes, [[sb/6/1/15#purport|SB 6.1.15]]
* devotional service surpasses, [[sb/9/9/6#purport|SB 9.9.6]]
* insufficient for purification, [[sb/6/1/16#purport|SB 6.1.16]]
* necessity of, [[sb/6/1/7#purport|SB 6.1.7-8]]
* of brāhmaṇas, strict, [[sb/6/7/36#purport|SB 6.7.36-36]]
* of Citraketu’s wives, [[sb/6/16/14#purport|SB 6.16.14-14]]
* of Indra, [[sb/6/13/17#purport|SB 6.13.17-21]]
* planned, useless, [[sb/6/13/8-9#purport|SB 6.13.8-9]], [[sb/6/13/10#purport|SB 6.13.10]]
* rejected by Parīkṣit, [[sb/6/1/9#purport|SB 6.1.9-11]]
* rituals of, compared with chanting, [[sb/6/3/33#purport|SB 6.3.33]]
* useless if planned, [[sb/6/13/10#purport|SB 6.13.10]]
* useless without bhakti, [[sb/6/1/18#purport|SB 6.1.18]], [[sb/6/2/46#purport|SB 6.2.46-46]]
*See also:* [Purification](purification.md); [Puṁsavana-vrata](pumsavana-vrata.md)
*See:* [Repentance](repentance.md)