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I read that King Kakudmi with his daughter Revati reached Brahma Loka experiencing time-dilation. Can anyone tell me how they managed to travel?

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    It happens through tapasya and yoga. –  Jun 17 '17 at 00:17
  • I've quoted some related verses from Upanishads here. – Pandya Jun 17 '17 at 01:07
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    one way - kanya-daan of your valid kanya to a valid brahmachari gets you brahmaloka according to mantra 'kanya kanaka sampanna.. brahma loka jigeeshaya' – ram Jun 17 '17 at 04:02
  • @What do you mean by valid brahmachari? I don't have deep knowledge regarding saints but I believe brahmachari is the one who never gets married. If this is true then how one can do kanya-daan to him? – Vishvam Jun 17 '17 at 12:25
  • is it just a philosophical concept? – Bandeep Rabha Jun 17 '17 at 17:40
  • Very interesting question! maybe he was sent there like Vishwwamitra sent Trishanku? – Amrit Dhara Oct 14 '18 at 07:44
  • I feel we have the wrong perspective here. Clearly these are myths intended to convey something more profound, such as time dilation. That they were able to conceive of such relativity of spacetime thousand years before Einstein should be the focus of our appreciation. The characters, Brahmaloka, etc are only symbols that are used to frame the central idea. I honestly don't see any value in taking the details of the story literally, and trying to find serious answers. – RamAbloh Jun 21 '20 at 02:16

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King Kakudmi reached Brahma Loka with his daughter Revathi with the help of his yogic powers

It can be inferred from the following words of Narada:

prapto yoga-balenapi brahmalokam shubhavaham kanya-varam pariprashöum brahmanam prananama ha

By his mystic power he traveled to Brahmaloka. His intention to ask for a proper husband for his daughter, he bowed before the god Brahma

[7, 6.3: Lord Balarama's Wedding, Garga Samhita]

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