Most of the times we forgot our actual position and puffed up by material things which is temporary and gifted by Krishna to us. But in the mode of passion and ignorance we think, we are the achievers of everything and whatever I have it will help me in future for my sense gratifications.
But in Srimad Bhagwadam Canto 1.15.21, Arjuna explained his position to King Yudhisthira. It's very interesting and eye opening conversation between Arjuna and King Yudhisthira.
Arjuna accept I am nothing but zero without Krishna, if we have so many zeroes but no figure before zero then it has no value. If we have everything but we don't have Krishna in our life then we have nothing.
Srila Prabhupada has given in commentary of this verse, one should not be puffed up by borrowed plumes. All energies and powers are derived from the supreme source, Lord Kṛṣṇa, and they act as long as He desires and cease to function as soon as He withdraws.
All electrical energies are received from the powerhouse, and as soon as the powerhouse stops supplying energy, the bulbs are of no use. In a moment’s time such energies can be generated or withdrawn by the supreme will of the Lord.
Material civilization without the blessing of the Lord is child’s play only. As long as the parents allow the child to play, it is all right. As soon as the parents withdraw, the child has to stop.
Human civilization and all activities thereof must be dovetailed with the supreme blessing of the Lord, and without this blessing all advancement of human civilization is like decoration on a dead body.
It is said here that a dead civilization and its activities are something like clarified butter on ashes, the accumulation of money by a magic wand and the sowing of seeds in a barren land.
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