karmātmakaṁ yena śarīra-bandhaḥ

parabhavah-defeat, misery; tavat-so long; abodha-jatah-produced from ignorance; yavat-as long as; na-not; jijnasate-inquires about; atma-tattvam-the truth of the self; yavat-as long as; kriyah-fruitive activities; tavat-so long; idam-this; manah-mind; vai-indeed; karma-atmakam-absorbed in material activities; yena-by which; sarira-bandhah-bondage in this material body.