As the name suggests, this Canto describes the domains through which our being passes inwardly in our seeking for the soul. These three domains are the physical, vital and mental realms.
Tomorrow is the day of Mahakali puja, and The Mother's chair is kept at the Ashram where devotees go to receive the same Blessings and feel the invisible Presence watching over their destinies. Therefore we close this year’s readings with Divine Love. The 18th Oct is also Pranab Da’s birthday and hence we also take up a small extract from his stock of memories.
Speaking on a general basis on the Vedas, their philosophy and their symbolism, Dr. Frawley elaborates on the concept of the cosmic Vak Shakti that aids the evolution of humanity. He extensively quotes Sri Aurobindo on the importance and greatness of Vedas as given in ‘The Secret of the Veda’.
"Mighty and mute the Godhead in him woke
And faced the pain and danger of the world.
He mastered the tides of Nature with a look:
He met with his bare spirit naked Hell."
Prof Ashok Aklujkar speaks on how the books written on history by K.D. Sethna—‘Ancient India in a New Light’ and ‘Problems of Ancient India’ gave a different chronology of ancient India with remarkable insights into the specific topic of the dating of the Ashokan edicts.