Mahabharata 18.5.27

ततः समापयामासुः कर्म तत्तस्य याजकाःआस्तीकश्चाभवत्प्रीतः परिमोक्ष्य भुजंगमान्

tataḥ samāpayāmāsuḥ karma tattasya yājakāḥāstīkaścābhavatprītaḥ parimokṣya bhujaṃgamān

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.