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Time Devours All: Impermanence in Bhaja Govindam

January 24, 2026
Shikshak Content Board
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Section 9 of 13

The Body as a Time-Bound Object

Shankaracharya repeatedly humiliates bodily obsession: "Aṅgaṁ galitaṁ palitaṁ muṇḍaṁ Daśanavihīnaṁ jātam tuṇḍam" The body decays publicly and undeniably. Why? Because time ensures no illusion survives indefinitely. The body is not condemned—it is revealed as temporary.

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