Bhagavad Gita 7.7मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय।मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥

mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñchid asti

dhanañjaya mayi sarvam idaṁ protaṁ sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva

Sanskrit recitation

7.6 7.8

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Translation

There is nothing higher than Me, O Arjuna. All this is strung on Me, like clusters of gems on a string.

Hindi translation

हे धनञ्जय ! मेरे बढ़कर (इस जगत् का) दूसरा कोई किञ्चिन्मात्र भी कारण नहीं है। जैसे सूतकी मणियाँ सूतके धागेमें पिरोयी हुई होती हैं, ऐसे ही यह सम्पूर्ण जगत् मेरेमें ही ओत-प्रोत है।

Meaning

There is no other cause of the universe but Me. I alone am the the cause of the universe. This illustration of gems and thread illustrates only the idea that all beings and the whole world are threaded on the Lord. The thread is not the cause of the gems. As Brahman is all in all there is nothing whatever higher than It.

After Swami Sivananda

The divine inside ordinary nature· 7.1–7.14→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→

na: not
iva: like
asti: there is
idam: which we see
mayi: in me
protam: is strung
sarvam: all
sūtre: on a thread
mattaḥ: than me
para-taram: superior
dhanañjaya: Arjun, conqueror of wealth
anyat kiñchit: anything else
maṇi-gaṇāḥ: beads

Bhagavad Gita 7.7मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय।मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥

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