Bhagavad Gītā Chapter Seven verse 7

मत्त: परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय ।
मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥ ७ ॥

mattaḥ parataraṃ na anyat kiṃcid asti dhanaṃ jaya |
mayi sarvam idaṃ protaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva ||

Not other than me anything higher O conquerer of wealth.
In me all this in strung like clusters of gems on a thread.

anya - the other; other than, different from, opposed to; other, different; another, another person; one of a numberasti - exists, existent, presentdhanaṃjaya - one of the five vital airs (that which is supposed to fatten); name of Arjuna as in conquerer of wealthsarva - whole, entire, all, every one; altogether, wholly, completely, in all parts, everywhereidam - this, this here, referring to something nearsūtra - a short sentence or aphoristic rule; a thread, yarn, string, line, cord, wire; manuals of teaching in ritual, philosophy, grammar; the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classesmaṇi - a jewel, gem, pearl, any ornament or amulet, globule, crystaliva - as it were, as if
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Commentaries and Reflections

Commentary by T Krishnamacharya:

“The Sūtra does not require the Gem.
But the Gem requires the Sūtra.
Just like there is a hole in every Gem,
there is a place for God in every Being
and that hole is the Heart.”