Text 51] Pṛthu Mahārāja's Meeting with the Four Kumāras
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actually is. The first requirement for the proper execution of  karma-yoga  is given herein.  Phalam brahmaṇi sannyasya  (or  vinyasya ): One must give the fruits of his activities to the Supreme Brahman, Parabrahman, Kṛṣṇa. By doing so, one actually situates himself in the renounced order of life,  sannyāsa . As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā , giving up the fruits of one's activities to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called  sannyāsa . Although he was living as a householder, Pṛthu Mahārāja was actually in the renounced order of life,  sannyāsa . This will be clearer in the following verses.
The word  nirviṣaṅgaḥ  (uncontaminated) is very significant because Mahārāja Pṛthu was not attached to the results of his activities. In this material world a person is always thinking of the proprietorship of everything he accumulates or works for. When the fruits of one's activities are rendered to the service of the Lord, one is actually practicing  karma-yoga . Anyone can practice  karma-yoga , but it is especially easy for the householder who can install the Deity of the Lord in the home and worship Him according to the methods of  bhakti-yoga . This method includes nine items: hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping the Deity, praying, carrying out orders, serving Kṛṣṇa as friend and sacrificing everything for Him. These methods of  karma-yoga  and  bhakti-yoga  are being broadcast all over the world by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Anyone can learn these methods simply by following the examples of the members of the Society.
In one's home or a temple, the Deity is considered the proprietor of everything, and everyone is considered the Deity's eternal servant. The Lord is transcendental, for He is not part of this material creation. The words  prakṛteḥ param  are used in this verse because everything within this material world is created by the external material energy of the Lord, but the Lord Himself is not a creation of this material energy. The Lord is the supreme superintendent of all material creations, as confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā :
mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate
"This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, producing all the moving and unmoving beings, and by its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again." (Bg. 9.10)