Chapter 4 · Verse 3
नाहं देहो न मे देहो बुद्धिर्नाहं न मे मनः
nāhaṃ deho na me deho buddhir nāhaṃ na me manaḥ
Janaka repeats the negation from chapter 1, but now from direct experience. The difference between hearing “you are not the body” and discovering it is immense — the first is information, the second is transformation. Abandoning everything is no longer an instruction but what has naturally occurred. The shift from imperative to declaration marks the transition from seeker to finder.