# Atonement [[bg/1/43|Bg. 1.43]], [[bg/9/31|Bg. 9.31]], [[sb/6/1/8-8#purport|SB 6.1.8-8]] * Ajāmila neglected, [[sb/6/1/68#purport|SB 6.1.68]] * chanting best process of, [[sb/6/2/10-12#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/6/1/7-8#purport|SB 6.1.7-8]] * of brāhmaṇas, strict, [[sb/6/7/36-36#purport|SB 6.7.36-36]] * of Citraketu’s wives, [[sb/6/16/14-14#purport|SB 6.16.14-14]] * of Indra, [[sb/6/13/17-21#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/6/1/9-11#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/6/2/46-46#purport|SB 6.2.46-46]] *See also:* [Purification](entries/purification.md); Puṁsavana-vrata *See:* [Repentance](entries/repentance.md)