Parikshith revives Dharmam…

Parikshith says that it is his Dharma as a king to save the helpless victims from oppressors. Seeing that the Maharaja was going to kill him, Kali pleaded with him to spare his life. He said, what he was doing was only what happens naturally in the Kaliyuga. Taking his appeal, Maharaja Parikshith, the Dharmishta, withheld the weapon he had wielded to kill him. Parikshith also told Kali “I adhere to Dharma, as the “Kuladharma” of Pandavas, so you are spared now. Now get out of my kingdom! Hereafter, you can live only where there is Adharma. Here in Brahmavartha, the sages and kings are ever conducting yajnas and I am here to protect them. So do not live in my kingdom”.

Hearing this, Kali asked the Raja, “then where should I live? I see you everywhere, overlooking every inch of your kingdom to make sure there is no Adharma. So where can I find Adharma in your kingdom?” The King thought for a moment and listed four places of Adharma as Kali’s dwelling places. They are the places where the drunkards, gamblers, liers and womanizers live. Then Kali requested for one more place, so the King suggested the fifth as the place where greed of gold and