tÄvat karmÄṇi kurvÄ«ta
na nirvidyeta yÄvatÄ
mat-kathÄ-Å›ravaṇÄdau vÄ
Å›raddhÄ yÄvan na jÄyate
tÄvat - up to that time; karmÄṇi - fruitive activities; kurvÄ«ta - one should execute; na nirvidyeta - is not satiated; yÄvatÄ - as long as; mat-kathÄ - of discourses about Me; Å›ravaṇa-Ädau - in the matter of Å›ravaṇam, kÄ«rtanam, and so on; vÄ - or; Å›raddhÄ - faith; yÄvat - as long as; na - not; jÄyate - is awakened.
“ ‘As long as one is not satiated by fruitive activity and has not awakened his taste for devotional service by śravaṇaṠkīrtanaṠviṣṇoḥ, one has to act according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions.’
This is a quotation from ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (11.20.9).
