Acharya Prashant explains that the misery of Arjuna represents the universal conflict of mankind, where Shri Krishna is the heart within. Discussing the Ashtavakra Gita, he identifies the ego as the root of unhappiness. Although the ego lacks any real support or foundation, it continues to nourish the worldly cycle because people treat their daily lives like a dream, assuming the foundation is real. He describes the ego as a sense of self that manifests as a needless internal noise or buzz that distracts from reality. This ego makes itself feel indispensable, even though it serves no beneficial purpose and prevents one from engaging directly with what is real. The speaker further clarifies that the ego survives precisely because of its weakness and handicap, which is the inability to self-reflect or know itself. It is the blindness of the ego that allows it to persist; once it is scrutinized through self-knowledge, it collapses. Acharya Prashant points out the contradiction where individuals believe they are powerful while the truth remains unavailable to them, suggesting that the absence of truth is proof of their powerlessness. He concludes that the ego is an assumption with no grounding in fact. Liberation can be achieved by abandoning these internal assumptions and choosing to live by facts alone.