Tapasya...

Verse 1.9.48 (Uma Mji):
* A little about the austerities of Gandhari, how she followed her husband in all ways, how she blindfolded herself for her husband and how as an ascetic she withstood the wholesale killing of her 100 sons and then grandsons.
* What we need to understand here is, everyone has their own way of doing tapasya. But it should be done for the pleasure of the Lord. If we do it for our own sake, then there is no use.
* For us, tapasya means following the 4 regulative principles and following Srila Prabhupada's words. That will bring us out of the dualities and our focus will be Krishna and the Holy Name.
* We should regularly be chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra, that is our tapasya.