Revati
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REVATI: Daughter of King Raivata and wife of Balarama. Her father was King Raivata – the eldest son of Reva or Revata. Also called Kakudmi or Kakudmin. He was a descendant of the Solar dynasty.
King Raivata had a very lovely daughter name Revati. She was so beautiful and so accomplished that her father, thinking no one upon earth worthy of her, went to the god Brahma to consult him about a husband.
http://srimadbhagavatam.com/9/3/en2 The Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 9, Chapter 3 describes. "O Maharaja Pariksit, subduer of enemies, Revata constructed a kingdom known as Kusasthali in the depths of the ocean. There he lived and ruled such tracts of land as Anarta, etc. He had one hundred very nice sons, of whom the eldest was Kakudmi. Taking his own daughter, Revati, Kakudmi went to Lord Brahma in Brahmaloka, which is transcendental to the three modes of material nature, and inquired about a husband for her. When Kakudmi arrived there, Lord Brahma was engaged in hearing musical performances by the Gandharvas and had not a moment to talk to him. Therefore Kakudmi waited, and at the end of the musical performances he offered his obeisances to Lord Brahma and thus submitted his long standing desire. After hearing his words, Lord Brahma, who is most powerful, laughed loudly and said to Kakudmi, 'O King, all those whom you may have decided within the core of your heart to accept as your son-in-law have passed away in the course of time. Twenty-seven catur-yugas have already passed. Those upon whom you may have already decided are now gone, and so are their sons, grandsons and other descendants. You cannot even hear about their names.'
“That unborn all pervasive Parmeshwar Lord Vishnu had taken an incarnation on earth. O king! Your capital at Kushasthali which was equal to Indra’s abode Amravati is now Dwarkapuri. In that Dwarkapuri, stays Balarama. He is most powerful. Indeed, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose plenary portion is Lord Visnu. Marry this daughter to him because she is a jewel among the women folk and Baldev is praised all over the world by all. Hence only he deserves to be your son-in-law.”
Hearing the verdict of Lord Brahma, Kakudmi offered obeisances unto him and returned to his own residence. He then saw that his residence was vacant, having been abandoned by his brothers and other relatives, who were living in all directions because of fear of such higher living beings as the Yaksas. He saw that an amazing transformation had taken place in the appearance of people who were now smaller in stature, ugly, dull and devoid of strength. The race of men had dwindled in stature, reduced in vigour, and enfeebled in intellect. Even his capital Kushasthali had acquired a new appearance and was now known as Dwarkapuri.
http://www.mythfolklore.net/india/encyclopedia/revati.htm http://www.mypurohith.com/encyclopedia/EnclopR2.asp He found out Balarama at Dwarkapuri and gave him Revati as his wife. But Revati was physically much larger and taller in stature than Balarama because she was from an earlier yuga, where people were of a much larger stature. That hero Balarama, "beholding the damsel of excessively lofty height, he shortened her by pressing her slightly with anterior part of his plough until she assumed a stature equal to normal women, and she became his wife."
Revati had two sons, Nisatha and Ulmuka. Revati is said to have taken part with her husband in his drinking bouts.
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