Mahabharata 12.106.13

यद्येव प्रतिषेद्धव्यो यद्युपेक्षणमर्हतिन जातु विवृतः कार्यः शत्रुर्विनयमिच्छता

yadyeva pratiṣeddhavyo yadyupekṣaṇamarhatina jātu vivṛtaḥ kāryaḥ śatrurvinayamicchatā

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