Krishna is the hidden unity of life.
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय |मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ||७-७||
mattaḥ parataraṃ nānyatkiñcidasti dhanañjaya . mayi sarvamidaṃ protaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva ||7-7||
Use this verse when life feels fragmented.
Meaning
There is nothing higher than Me, O Dhananjaya. All this is strung on Me like pearls on a thread.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
Krishna is the invisible thread holding everything together.
Word-by-word meaning
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Explanation
The world appears as many pearls, but Krishna is the thread that connects and supports them all.
Read the traditional commentary
In one of the Gita's most luminous images, Krishna declares that nothing exists beyond or above Him, and that the whole of creation is 'strung' on Him as gems are threaded on a single cord. The gems are the countless forms and beings of the world — varied, beautiful, distinct. The thread is the unseen Divine that runs through them all, holding the scattered many into one.
The metaphor is exquisite precisely because the thread is hidden. We see the jewels — the people, events, and objects of our lives — but rarely the unifying presence that gives them coherence. The spiritual life is learning to sense the cord behind the beads. When we perceive it, the apparent fragmentation of existence resolves into a single sacred continuity sustained by God.
In daily life
Look for the connecting thread behind diverse experiences.
Different people, tasks, and events can be seen as held together by divine order.
Try this today
Write three areas of life and how Krishna may connect them.
Krishna is the thread holding my life together.Reflect
What thread connects my scattered life?
Private — only you can see this
Quick check
What does ‘सूत्रे मणिगणाः इव’ mean in this verse?
Krishna on divinity, in other chapters
- Verse 3.15Selfless action connects you to the divine source of all things — your work, offered rightly, becomes a form of worship.
- Verse 4.5We forget our past lives and deeper nature; spiritual growth is the slow recovery of the awareness we keep losing.
- Verse 9.6We move within the Divine the way wind moves through open sky — held by it, yet never disturbing its boundless calm.
- Verse 10.20The supreme place to find the Divine is not outside but within, as the very Self seated in your own heart.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 7.7
Who says Bhagavad Gita 7.7, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 7.7, in Chapter 7, Jnana Vijnana Yoga (Jnana Vijnana Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 7.7 mean?
There is nothing higher than Me, O Dhananjaya. All this is strung on Me like pearls on a thread. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 7.7 for daily life?
Look for the connecting thread behind diverse experiences. Different people, tasks, and events can be seen as held together by divine order.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 7.7 mean?
मत्तः परतरम् — higher than Me; न अन्यत् किञ्चित् अस्ति — there is nothing else whatsoever; धनञ्जय — O Arjuna (winner of wealth); मयि — in Me; सर्वम् इदम् — all this.
Where does verse 7.7 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 7 of 30 in Chapter 7, Jnana Vijnana Yoga. The next verse is 7.8.