Mahabharata 1.162.3

तं हि दृष्ट्वा महेष्वासं निरश्वं पतितं क्षितौबभूव सोऽस्य सचिवः संप्रदीप्त इवाग्निना

taṃ hi dṛṣṭvā maheṣvāsaṃ niraśvaṃ patitaṃ kṣitaubabhūva so'sya sacivaḥ saṃpradīpta ivāgninā

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