Everything exists as Krishna's energy; we own nothing, control nothing, and must surrender all to Him.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Anantarām Śāstrījī: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [chants verse; Prabhupāda and devotees respond] yasmin yato yarhi yena ca yasya yasmād yasmai yathā yad uta yas tv aparaḥ paro vā bhāvaḥ karoti vikaroti pṛthak svabhāvaḥ sañcoditas tad akhilaṁ bhavataḥ svarūpam [SB 7.9.20] Dayānanda: [chants synonyms; devotees respond] [03:24] Translation: "My dear Lord, everyone within this material world under the modes of material nature, being influenced by the mode of goodness, the mode of passion, the mode of ignorance, all of them being influenced by the particular mode of nature and working, all of them, including the greatest personality, Lord Brahmā, down to the smallest ant—everyone is working under such influence.
Therefore everyone within this material world is influenced by Your energy, under the cause of which they are working, the place where they are working, the time when they are working, the matter for which they are working, the ultimate goal of life as they have considered as final, and the process and ways of activity—all of them are nothing but different manifestation of Your energy. And as the energy and energetic being identical, all such activities are Your different forms of energy only." Prabhupāda: yasmin yato yarhi yena ca yasya yasmād yasmai yathā yad uta yas tv aparaḥ paro vā bhāvaḥ karoti vikaroti pṛthak svabhāvaḥ sañcoditas tad akhilaṁ bhavataḥ svarūpam [SB 7.9.20] This is summarized in the Vedic language, sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.14.1(1)]. Without Kṛṣṇa there is nothing existing. In the Bhagavad-gītā also it is said, mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam.
Whatever we see, very superior or inferior, good or bad, that is all from Kṛṣṇa. "Bad is also Kṛṣṇa?" Yes. Bad is also Kṛṣṇa because there cannot be anything existing without Kṛṣṇa—no existentional position. Mat-sthāni... mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni [Bg 9.4] Everything existing on Kṛṣṇa.
This material energy—earth, water, fire, air, sky—that is Kṛṣṇa's energy. Bhinnā me prakṛtir aṣṭadhā [Bg 7.4]. They are also Kṛṣṇa's energies. Opposite elements also.
Just like heat and cold, so they are opposite. Śītoṣṇa. [Bg 2.14] Śīta means winter, and uṣṇa means summer: warm and cold, cool. We see practically that the expert electrician by the same electric energy is running on the heater and the cooler. The cooler is also working under electric energy, and the heater is also working.
So ephemerally heat is opposite to coolness, and coolness is opposite to heat. But both of them are working under the same energy; simply it is a question of adjustment by the expert electrician. So God is one and His energy is also one, and there is no separation of energy from the energetic. Just like fire and heat: heat cannot be separated from fire, but still, heat is not fire. I may be heated by high temperature, but if there is fire, then I will be burned—different action—although both of them are the same, heat and fire.
Therefore the conclusion should be sarvedam akhilaṁ jagat parasya brahmaṇaḥ śakti. Parasya. Parasya means "of the Supreme Brahman." Supreme Brahman is Kṛṣṇa. Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ [Bs 5.1]. And Arjuna also accepts Kṛṣṇa as Para-brahman. [Bg 10.12] So everything is Kṛṣṇa.