Madhya 22.61

TEXT 61

TEXT

তাবৎ কর্মাণি কুর্বীত ন নির্বিদ্যেত যাবতা ।
মৎকথাশ্রবণাদৌ বা শ্রদ্ধা যাবন্ন জায়তে ॥ ৬১ ॥

tavat karmani kurvita

na nirvidyeta yavata

mat-katha-sravanadau va

sraddha yavan na jayate

SYNONYMS

tavat-up to that time; karmani-fruitive activities; kurvita-one should execute; na nirvidyeta-is not satiated; yavata-as long as; mat-katha-of discourses about Me; sravana-adau-in the matter of sravanam, kirtanam, and so on; va-or; sraddha-faith; yavat-as long as; na-not; jayate-is awakened.

TRANSLATION

" 'As long as one is not satiated by fruitive activity and has not awakened his taste for devotional service by sravanam kirtanam visnoh, one has to act according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions.'

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.20.9).