If there is nothing but Sri Krishna, how can the world be said to be like “beads on a string?”

Devotee:  Srimad Bhagavad Gita says: mattah parataram nanyat kinchit and later on sutre manigana iva - “there is nothing different from Me” and later on “like beads strung on a thread.” If there is
nothing but Sri Krishna, how can the world be said to be like “beads on a string?”

Ramana Maharishi:  It means that the sutra (string) and the mani (jewel beads) are not apart from ME. There are no maniganah (row of beads) apart from the string (sutra) and no string apart from Me. The sloka emphasises unity and not multiplicity which is only on the surface