Janaka returns to the proclamation “I am Brahman” in the context of chapter 16, which examines the sage’s action in the world. The repetition underlines that identification with Brahman is not lost when the body appears to act. The sage acts, yet knows that the actor is only māyā, while he remains the formless Self. Liberation is not escape from the world, but the knowledge that the world never touched what one truly is.