But whatever obscurity there may still be left as to the meaning of single words in our hymn, can any one doubt that the whole of it was simply an address or a prayer to the Dawn, without any reference, as yet, to any complicated ceremonial, as described in the Sûtras and Brâhma_n_as, and alluded to in some of the hymns also? And why this persistent searching for allusions to ceremonial? No one ever denied the presence of real allusions in the Vedic hymns. But it is a matter of degree, a question of more or less, and these ceremonial details, so far from proving our hymns to be very modern and the work of professed priests, serve only to prove, what was well known from other sources also, that savage or uncivilised races adhere at all times with great punctiliousness to their ceremonial customs and traditions. M. Bergaigne has done excellent work in pointing out traces of the same punctiliousness among Vedic poets, but he has allowed himself to be carried away much too far by his own system, without either paying sufficient attention to native commentaries or allowing sufficient credit to his predecessors, particularly in Germany. To speak of _ces philologues d’outre Rhin_, is entirely out of place in the republic of letters, and encourages a literary _chauvinisme_ which will never find favour with the best scholars of France. Leaving out Sûryâ, the female representative of the sun, and more or less a Dawn again, and V_ri_shâkapâyî, because her character is not quite clear as yet, and Sara_n_yû = Erinys, because she is only mentioned in a few verses, we proceed now to Savit_ri_, the rising sun. Though Savit_ri_ is a name applied to the sun in general, it is most frequently used as the name of the rising and life- and light-giving sun. Nor must it be supposed that Savit_ri_ is simply an appellative of the solar globe. Savit_ri_ has become a divine name or a divine _numen_ as full of life and personality as any other Deva. He can therefore be asked, as he is in verse 9, to hale and bring back the real sun. We shall easily recognise his character in the following hymn (Rig-Veda I, 35, 2):— Hymn to Savit_ri_, Sun. 1. I first call Agni[35] hither for our happiness, I then call Mitra-Varu_n_a[36] to shield us here, I call on Râtrî[37], sending all the world to rest, I call for help on Savit_ri_, the brightest god. 2. Approaching on the darkest path of heaven, Setting to rest both mortal and immortal, God Savit_ri_, on golden chariot standing, Comes hither and beholdeth all creation. 3. The brilliant god moves upward and moves downward, The worshipful, drawn by his brilliant racers, And from afar god Savit_ri_ approaches, Driving away from us all that is evil[38].