अगस्त्यस्य वित्तयाचनं तथा इल्वलोपभिक्षणनिर्णयः
Agastya’s request for wealth and the decision to seek resources from Ilvala
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्चमें लोमश-ती ्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें गयके यज्ञका वर्णन'-विषयक पंचानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvake antargata tīrthayātrāparvaṇi Lomaśa-tīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Gayā-yajñasya varṇana-viṣayakaḥ pañcanavattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ বনপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত তীৰ্থযাত্ৰাপৰ্বত, লোমশৰ তীৰ্থযাত্ৰা-প্ৰসঙ্গত, গয়া-যজ্ঞবৰ্ণনবিষয়ক পঁচানব্বইতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
शमठ उवाच
The colophon highlights tīrthayātrā and yajña as dharmic disciplines: sacred places and properly performed rites are portrayed as supports for moral order, inner purification, and continuity of tradition.
This is a chapter-ending colophon stating that the chapter describing the sacrifice at Gayā—told within Lomasha’s pilgrimage account in the Tīrthayātrā section of the Vana Parva—has concluded.