Shloka 5
Adhyaya 25 — Madālāsā’s Return, Royal Succession, and the First Teaching to Vikrānta
काननेṣu च रम्येषु तथैवोपवनेṣu च ।
पुण्यक्षयं वाञ्छमाना सापि कामोपभोगतः ॥
kānaneṣu ca ramyeṣu tathaivopavaneṣu ca | puṇyakṣayaṃ vāñchamānā sāpi kāmopabogataḥ ||
また、麗しい森や遊楽の園においても、彼女は欲望に耽溺するがゆえに、「功徳の尽きること」（puṇyakṣaya）を望んだ。
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FAQs
Purāṇic ethics often treats pleasure as not ‘free’: it draws down accumulated puṇya. The verse hints that indulgence can be a phase that culminates in dispassion once its karmic momentum is spent.
Vaṃśānucarita with embedded karmic-dharma teaching (a didactic use of royal biography).
‘Puṇyakṣaya’ can be read as the intentional emptying of karmic credit that sustains worldly status, preparing the ground for inner awakening and jñāna-oriented instruction.