Krishna reveals the hierarchy of inner instruments: body < senses < mind < intellect < Self. Each successive level is more subtle and more powerful. This hierarchy provides both a diagnostic tool and a healing strategy. Desire that seems unstoppable at the sensory level can be overridden by the mind; mental turbulence can be calmed by the intellect; and even the intellect's limitations are transcended by resting in the Self. The practical message: always govern from the highest level you can access. The higher you go, the more power you have over the lower levels. Madhva reads the hierarchy as real structure within God's creation, with the Self dependent on the Supreme Lord. Abhinavagupta traces progressive interiorization from gross to subtle to Paramashiva. Vallabhacharya sees the Self at the summit as the divine fragment connecting each being to Brahman. Tilak applies the hierarchy as a practical override system — govern from the highest level accessible. Vivekananda makes this the backbone of self-mastery: you are always greater than any challenge because the Self transcends every instrument.