when parikshit raised his sword to kill kali, the sudra stripped himself of his royal garments and prostrated himself at the emperor's feet. the emperor knew kali tainted the world with his evil and so had no place in it and raised his sword once more. but kali interceded again and begged the emperor to spare his life and allow him a place to live within his empire. parikshit decided that kali would live in "gambling houses, in taverns, in women and men of unchaste lives, in slaughtering places and in gold". and as long as parikshit ruled india, kali stayed within the confines of these five places. this act allowed dharma to regain his legs and the earth to be relieved of much burden. however, parikshit was later cursed to die by snake bite after hunting in the forest and throwing a dead snake on an unresponsive sage practicing austerities. upon the emperor's death, "kali made his way to other places like wild fire and established his power throughout the length and breadth of the whole world."