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Vishvavasu is asked to leave the wedding

In the wedding verses of the Rigveda and Atharvaveda the Gandharva Vishvavasu, second of the bride's three divine guardians, is praised and asked to rise and seek an unmarried girl.

Vishvavasu the Gandharva, The Gandharvas, Soma, Agni

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