Shloka 182
Sarasvatī–Tārkṣya Saṃvāda: Agnihotra-vidhi, Dāna-phala, and Mokṣa-prasaṅga (सरस्वती–तार्क्ष्यसंवादः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत वनपवकि अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें काम्यकवनगमनविषयक एक सौ बयासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargata-mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyāparvaṇi kāmyakavana-gamana-viṣayaka ekaśata-dvāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』の「ヴァナ・パルヴァ（林住篇）」、そのうち「マールカンデーヤ・サマーシャ・パルヴァ」に属し、カーミヤカの森（Kāmyaka）への赴きの趣旨を述べた第百八十二章は終わる。ここに記される結語は、一つの物語単位の完結を告げ、パーンダヴァらの森での流謫の旅における転換点を示すとともに、逆境のもとでの忍耐・自制・ダルマ（dharma）の遵守という大いなる倫理の流れの中にその歩みを位置づける。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the narrative ethically by emphasizing completion and orderly transmission of the text. The implied lesson is steadiness and continuity in dharma—life in exile proceeds by stages, and each stage is to be met with discipline and purpose.
This is the formal closing statement for the chapter whose subject is the Pandavas’ movement toward (or concerning) the Kāmyaka forest, situated within the Vana Parva and a subsection associated with Mārkaṇḍeya. It marks the end of that chapter and prepares for the next narrative segment.