37:1 'At the rising of the sun as well as at noon certain observances, invocations, and prayers were prescribed which might under no circumstances be omitted. One of these observances was the recitation of the Svitri, a Vedic hymn to the Sun of wonderful beauty.' Gorbesio.
37:1b "Tripathaga, Three-path-go," flowing in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. See Canto Xlv
37:2b Tennyson's ' Indian Cama,' the God of Love, known also by many other names.
37:3b "Uma", or "Parvati," was daughter of Himlaya, Monarch of mountains, and wife of S'iva. See Klidsa's Kumra Sambhava, or "Birth of the War-God."
37:4b "Sthnu," The Unmoving one, a name of S'iva.
37:5b The practice of austerities, voluntary tortures, and mortifications was anciently universal in India, and was held by the Indians to be of immense efficacy. Hence they mortified themselves to expiate sins, to acquire merits, and to obtain superhuman gifts and powers; the Gods themselves sometimes exercised themselves in such austerities, either to raise themselves to greater power and grandeur, or to counteract the austerities of man which threatened to prevail over them and to deprive them of heaven.... Such austerities were called in India "tapas" (burning ardour, fervent devotion) and he who practised them "tapasvin".'GORRESIO.