Everything belongs to Krishna; we merely use His gifts temporarily through His grace.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: …kāma-rāga-vivarjitam dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo 'smi bharatarṣabha [Bg 7.11] [I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O Lord of the Bhāratas [Arjuna]] [break] [pause] Kṛṣṇa says, balaṁ balavatāṁ. Balavat means one who has got strength—strong man. But that strength is Kṛṣṇa.
We have, every one of us, we have got some strength, but this strength… [aside: They are talking. Ask them to go away. [Hindi] Chelo] [break] We are moving our hands, moving our legs, talking, but because all these strength are Kṛṣṇa, they are under Kṛṣṇa’s control. It is not in our control, although we are thinking that it is my strength.
Just like a wrestler… In Vṛndāvana, there was—eh, not was; he is still living—one wrestler. He became bāljī. So he was very proud of his strength, and he was quarreling with anyone, and everyone was afraid of his encroachment. But at the present moment that man is paralyzed; he cannot even talk.
So all his strength is finished now. So here Kṛṣṇa says, balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ: “I am the strength.” So long Kṛṣṇa allows you to use the strength, you can become proud of your strength. But as soon as He withdraws, then you are useless. This is Kṛṣṇa conscious. If anyone understands this philosophy, that “I possess this strength, I possess this wealth, I possess this beauty, I possess such and such education, riches—but they are all Kṛṣṇa's gift.
Actually I do not possess anything. Kṛṣṇa has given them to use, and He has given the privilege to me to use it. But I must know that these things are possession of Kṛṣṇa,” this is Kṛṣṇa consciousness sense. Therefore because we are wrongly thinking that “I am the proprietor of this thing; I possess this thing,” this is māyā.
When you come to the conclusion that “I do not possess anything; everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa. I am simply allowed to use it, that's all…” Everything. We are claiming, “This is our country,” “This is my land.” Actually it is not so. The land belongs to Kṛṣṇa.
He has already explained it, bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ [Bg 7.4]: [Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego—altogether these eight comprise My separated material energies.] “Earth, water, fire, air, they are My differentiated energies.” So when we claim that “The land belongs to me,” that is called māyā, that that land does not belong to me or you—it belongs to Kṛṣṇa. We are allowed to use it for some time. We come here naked, and we pass, go away, naked. The things which we are proud of possessing, they remain there.