Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, Verse 7

मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय । मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव

mattaḥ parataraṃ nānyatkiñcidasti dhanañjaya | mayi sarvamidaṃ protaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva

Translation

There is naught else higher than I, O Dhanañjaya: in Me all this is woven as clusters of gems on a string.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

mattaḥ

than I

parataram

higher

na

not

anyat

other

kiñcit

any one

asti

is

dhanañjaya

O Dhanañjaya

mayi

in me

sarvam

all

idam

this

protam

(is) threaded

sūtre

in a string

maṇigaṇāḥ

of pearls, rows

iva

like

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

There is no other cause besides Me, the Supreme Lord: I alone am the cause of the universe. Wherefore all beings as well as the whole of this universe are woven in Me, as a cloth in the warp, or clusters of beads on a string.