Further down the family tree there was a king called Sharyati. Sharyati had a daughter named Sukanya was married to the sage Chvayana. Sharyati also had a son named Anarta and Anarta had a son named Revata. Revata had one hundred sons, the eldest being Kakudmi. Kakudmi’s daughter was Revati. Kakudmi did not know who to marry off this beautiful daughter to. He decided to go to Brahmaloka to ask for Brahma’s advice. When he reached Brahmaloka, the gandharvas were singing and Kakudmi decided to listen to the songs for a while. When the songs were finished, he asked Brahma whom he should get Revati married to.

“What is your opinion?” asked Brahma.

Kakudmi named several kings who he thought might bethought might be good husbands for Revati. But Brahma told him that while he had been listening to the songs in Brahmaloka, several thousand years had passed on earth. These kings and their sons and grandsons were all dead. In fact, Kakudmi’s capital Kushasthali was now a city called Dvaraka. And Vishnu had been born as Baldeva there. There could be no better husband for Revati.

Kakudmi returned to earth and found that men were now much shorter than they used to be . He married Revati off to Baladeva. But Revati was very tall. So with his plough, Baladeva pulled Revati down to the right size