[23]. Savitri, the sun-god, but distinct from Sûrya, the sun and sun-god.

[24]. Name of Dawn.

[25]. Day and Night, Dawn and Twilight are conceived as sisters, and spoken of as Ahanî, the two days, one bright, the other dark, like the Asvins.

[26]. Varuna, sometimes the highest god, whose laws have to be obeyed by all creatures.

[27]. Their appointed course.

[28]. Kratu, thought, will, here command.

[29]. The order in which the heavenly bodies come and go, which gave the first intimation of order in the universe.

[30]. The sun.

[31]. Dawn is often spoken of in the plural, being conceived as new every day, or being considered manifold in her wide expanse.

[32]. Perhaps it should be remembered that in the Mahâbhârata the wife of Kasyapa, the mother of the Âdityas, was called Dakshâyanî; see Pramatha Nâth Mullick, “Origin of Caste,” p. 33.