Madhya-līlā

Chapter 22: The Process of Devotional Service

Verse 61 of 160
Cc Madhya 22.61

তাবত্কর্মাণি কুর্বীত ন নির্বিদ্যেত যাবতা মত্কথাশ্রবণাদৌ বা শ্রদ্ধা যাবন্ন জাযতে

तावत्कर्माणि कुर्वीत न निर्विद्येत यावता मत्कथाश्रवणादौ वा श्रद्धा यावन्न जायते

tāvat karmāṇi kurvīta na nirvidyeta yāvatā mat-kathā-śravaṇādau vā śraddhā yāvan na jāyate

Synonyms

tāvatup to that time; karmāṇifruitive activities; kurvītaone should execute; na nirvidyetais not satiated; yāvatāas long as; mat-kathāof discourses about Me; śravaṇa-ādauin the matter of śravaṇam, kīrtanam, and so on; or; śraddhāfaith; yāvatas long as; nanot; jāyateis awakened..

Translation

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

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.20.9).

Verse 61 of 160
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