The Puranas are accepted as an authority on the Hindu dharma because they explain the knowledge contained in the Veda and the Upanishads to the average man, comment upon it, discuss it at great length
The talk is based on Sri Aurobindo's manuscript 'The Bourgeois and the Samurai', which was written in 1907-08 but ceased by the police and never finalized for print.
After moments of long and pregnant silence, Aswapati is drawn deeper into the heart of the Transcendent where he gets a glimpse of a New and marvellous creation.