"in the 20th century ... for Sri Aurobindo to write an epic remains to many people something of a mystery... where do people have time for 720 pages of poetry?"
When one is in the countryside, when one walks under the trees and feels so close to Nature, to the trees, the sky, ... then one opens oneself, and by opening oneself communes with the universal forces.
Sri Aurobindo has taken up legend almost in its entirety without adding any upakhyanas, any sub-plots or stories to it, but he has made some significant alterations..."