In Advaita Vedanta, Kāla (Time) is not merely chronological measurement. It is: • The principle of change • The agent of decay • The force that converts being into becoming • The mask through which Maya operates Time is what makes: • Youth turn into age • Strength into weakness • Attachment into grief • Life into death In Bhaja Govindam, Shankaracharya does not explain Kāla academically. He demonstrates it mercilessly, verse by verse.