The Yoga of Knowledge

After describing the steady sage's detachment and sense control, Krishna reveals a stunning inversion: what ordinary people are unconscious of—spiritual reality, the Self—the saṁyamī (self-mastered one) is awake to. What ordinary people chase—material pleasures, status games, ego satisfactions—the muni (sage) sees through as ultimately hollow. Not superiority, but different consciousness: like an adult who's 'asleep' to children's games yet 'awake' to deeper concerns. The sage operates from a wavelength most people haven't tuned into yet.