This mantra, according to tradition, the mother of the Vedas is, for many Hindus daily prayer, which does not appeal to a personal deity, but to the sun as a visible representation of the Most High.
In addition to the praise it contains the prayer for spiritual enlightenment.
Savitri stands for the origin of the entire universe and the beginning of all being and the Upanishads identify him in several places with Atman, the inner self of man.