▁and ▁he ▁should ▁soon ▁best ow ▁his ▁daughter ▁to ▁a ▁husband ▁as ▁K ali ▁y uga ▁was ▁near . ▁ ▁K ak ud mi ▁was ▁overcome ▁with ▁aston ishment ▁and ▁alarm ▁at ▁this ▁news . ▁However , ▁Bra h ma ▁comfort ed ▁him ▁and ▁added ▁that ▁V ish nu ▁the ▁Pres er ver ▁was ▁currently ▁on ▁Earth ▁in ▁the ▁forms ▁of ▁Kr ish na ▁and ▁Bal ar ama ▁and ▁he ▁recommended ▁Bal ar ama ▁as ▁a ▁worthy ▁husband ▁for ▁Rev ati . ▁ ▁K ak ud mi ▁and ▁Rev ati ▁then ▁returned ▁to ▁earth , ▁which ▁they ▁regarded ▁as ▁having ▁left ▁only ▁just ▁a ▁short ▁while ▁ago . ▁They ▁were ▁shock ed ▁by ▁the ▁changes ▁that ▁had ▁taken ▁place . ▁Not ▁only ▁had ▁the ▁landscape ▁and ▁environment ▁changed , ▁but ▁over ▁the ▁interven ing ▁ 2 7 ▁ch atur - y ug as , ▁in ▁the ▁cycles ▁of ▁human ▁spiritual ▁and ▁cultural ▁evolution , ▁man kind ▁was ▁at ▁a ▁lower ▁level ▁of ▁development ▁than ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁time . ▁The ▁Bh ag av ata ▁Pur ana ▁describes ▁that ▁they ▁found ▁the ▁race ▁of ▁men ▁had ▁become ▁" d wind led ▁in ▁stat ure , ▁reduced ▁in ▁vig our , ▁and ▁en fe e bled ▁in ▁intellect ." ▁ ▁K ak ud mi ▁and ▁Rev ati ▁found ▁Bal ar ama ▁and ▁proposed ▁the ▁marriage . ▁Because ▁she ▁was ▁from ▁an ▁earlier ▁y uga , ▁Rev ati ▁was ▁far ▁t aller ▁and ▁larger ▁than ▁her ▁husband - to - be , ▁but ▁Bal ar ama