तावत् कर्माणि कुर्वीत न निर्विद्येत यावता । मत्कथाश्रवणादौ वा श्रद्धा यावन्न जायते ॥ ९ ॥
tāvat karmāṇi kurvīta na nirvidyeta yāvatā mat-kathā-śravaṇādau vā śraddhā yāvan na jāyate
- tāvat
- up to that time
- karmāṇi
- fruitive activities
- kurvīta
- one should execute
- na nirvidyeta
- is not satiated
- yāvatā
- as long as
- mat-kathā
- of discourses about Me
- śravaṇa-ādau
- in the matter of śravaṇam, kīrtanam and so on
- vā
- or
- śraddhā
- faith
- yāvat
- as long as
- na
- not
- jāyate
- is awakened
As long as one is not satiated by fruitive activity and has not awakened his taste for devotional service by śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ, one has to act according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions.