# Austerity (austerities) [[bg/11/48|Bg. 11.48]], [[bg/16/1|Bg. 16.1]] * *candrāyaṇa,*, 4.28 * as brahminical activity, [[bg/18/42|Bg. 18.42]] * as brahminical quality, [[bg/18/42|Bg. 18.42]] * as offering to Kṛṣṇa, [[bg/9/27|Bg. 9.27]] * as qualification for confidential knowledge, [[bg/18/67|Bg. 18.67]] * as sacrifice, [[bg/2/29|Bg. 2.29]], [[bg/4/28|Bg. 4.28]] * as temporary without faith in Lord, [[sb/5/7/6#purport|SB 5.7.6]] * by *brahmacārī, *, 4.26, [[bg/8/28|Bg. 8.28]] * by Āgnīdhra, [[sb/5/2/2#purport|SB 5.2.2]] * by brāhmaṇas, [[sb/5/5/24#purport|SB 5.5.24]] * by Nābhi, [[sb/5/4/5#purport|SB 5.4.5]] * by Priyavrata, [[sb/5/1/7#purport|SB 5.1.7]] * defined, [[bg/10/4|Bg. 10.4]] (8) * devotional service &, 8.28 * devotional service via, [[sb/5/5/1#purport|SB 5.5.1]] * fasting as, [[bg/9/14|Bg. 9.14]], [[bg/10/4|Bg. 10.4]] (8) * for Cāturmāsya, [[bg/4/28|Bg. 4.28]] * for God realization, [[bg/2/29|Bg. 2.29]] * for Kṛṣṇa, [[bg/17/17|Bg. 17.17]] * human life meant for, [[sb/5/5/1#purport|SB 5.5.1]], [[sb/5/18/2#purport|SB 5.18.2]] * in bathing, [[bg/2/14|Bg. 2.14]], [[bg/2/52|Bg. 2.52]], [[bg/10/4|Bg. 10.4]] (8), [[bg/12/16|Bg. 12.16]], [[bg/13/8|Bg. 13.8]] (6) * in cooking. &, 2.14 * in eating, [[bg/4/28|Bg. 4.28]] * in family life, [[bg/4/26|Bg. 4.26]] * items of, [[bg/17/14|Bg. 17.14]] * in goodness mode, [[bg/18/17|Bg. 18.17]] * in hearing, [[bg/4/26|Bg. 4.26]] * in ignorance mode, [[bg/17/19|Bg. 17.19]] * in mode of ignorance, [[bg/10/4|Bg. 10.4]] (8) * in modes of goodness, passion, & ignorance, [[bg/17/7|Bg. 17.7]], [[bg/17/17–19|Bg. 17.17–19]], [[bg/17/23|Bg. 17.23]] * in passion mode, [[bg/17/18|Bg. 17.18]] * in retired life, [[bg/16/1|Bg. 16.1]] (11) * kinds of, detailed, [[bg/17/14–19|Bg. 17.14–19]] * knowledge via, [[sb/5/10/9#purport|SB 5.10.9]] * Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, [[bg/2/52|Bg. 2.52]], [[bg/6/40|Bg. 6.40]], [[bg/9/27|Bg. 9.27]], [[bg/12/9|Bg. 12.9]] * Kṛṣṇa origin of, [[bg/10/4|Bg. 10.4]] * Lakṣmī performs, [[sb/5/18/23#purport|SB 5.18.23]] * Lord’s order &, [[sb/5/1/12#purport|SB 5.1.12]] * meaning of, [[bg/10/4|Bg. 10.4]] (8) * Nara-Nārāyaṇa engages in, [[sb/5/19/9#purport|SB 5.19.9]] * necessity of, [[bg/16/1|Bg. 16.1]] (11) * neglect of, [[sb/5/6/3#purport|SB 5.6.3]] * of *vānaprastha,*, 8.28 * of body, items of, [[bg/17/14|Bg. 17.14]] * of mind, [[bg/17/16|Bg. 17.16]] * of penance, [[bg/2/29|Bg. 2.29]], [[bg/10/6|Bg. 10.6]], [[bg/11/53|Bg. 11.53]], [[bg/11/54|Bg. 11.54]] (1), [[bg/17/24–27|Bg. 17.24–27]] * of speech, items of, [[bg/17/15|Bg. 17.15]] * origin of, Kṛṣṇa as, [[bg/10/4|Bg. 10.4]] * purification via, [[sb/5/6/2#purport|SB 5.6.2]], [[sb/5/8/8#purport|SB 5.8.8]], [[sb/5/10/23#purport|SB 5.10.23]] * renunciation &, [[sb/5/6/2#purport|SB 5.6.2]] * required in spiritual life, [[bg/16/1|Bg. 16.1]] (11) * rising early as, [[bg/2/52|Bg. 2.52]], [[bg/10/4|Bg. 10.4]] (8), [[bg/12/16|Bg. 12.16]], [[bg/18/8|Bg. 18.8]] * sages in Daṇḍakāraṇya perform, to enter rāsa dance, [[sb/5/18/23#purport|SB 5.18.23]] * severe, unauthorized, [[bg/17/5|Bg. 17.5]]