When the seeker awakens to the aathmathathvam—the witness-consciousness beyond action and experience—the ego (ahamkaara) fades like a dream upon waking. This inner renunciation, called aanthara sanyaasam, unfolds as the ‘I’ and ‘mine’ dissolve, revealing the Self as ever-free, untouched by doing or possessing. No longer bound by identity or attachment, the seeker abides in peace, rooted in the eternal. Lord Krishna highlights this subtle detachment in Chapter 5, verses 13–21, showing that true freedom is not in outer withdrawal, but in releasing the inner clinging to ego and ownership. Thus, one lives in the world, but remains ever-liberated.