CH 7, Verse 7

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Chapter 7

Verse 7

 

Mattah parataram n'aanyat ki.nchid asti Dhana.njaya /

mayi sarvam idam protam suutre mani-ganaa iva //

 

Therefore, the Lord says, "O! Dhananjaya, there is

nothing greater than Me. All this is strung on Me as a

row of beads on a thread.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 69

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

 

Therefore, the Lord says, "O! Dhananjaya, there is

nothing greater than Me. All this is strung on Me as a

row of beads on a thread."

 

When Sri Krishna says that there is nothing greater

than Him, He does not speak in his individual capacity

as the son of Devaki and Vasudeva. He is a full

incarnation of God. As such, He speaks from the

standpoint of the Eternal, all-pervading Supreme

Divinity called Brahman, which He represents as an

incarnation.

 

The whole Universe is resting on the Lord, that is,

the Supreme Self or Brahman, who remains like a thread

in a garland. If you want to make a garland, a piece

of thread is indispensable. Any number of beads can be

put together by a piece of thread. This whole cosmos

with its different Universes and with its different

objects like earth, water, fire, wind, ether, the sun,

the moon, the planets, the stars, the different

beings, in short, every object that is animate and

inanimate, is like a garland and the Lord is the piece

of thread running through them.

 

The beads strung together may be of different shapes

and may be of different types or species. But the

string or the thread that supports them is the same.

Similarly, the different objects of the world may vary

in different respects. However, the sustainer of all

of them is the Lord.

 

The Lord thus pervades every phenomenal object. Even

an atom is pervaded by that Supreme Being. He is

immanent in everything and in every creature, high or

low, and He resides in Nature. In fact we live, move,

and have our being in Him alone.

 

 

 

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