Mahabharata 12.136.34

आपद्यस्यां सुकष्टायां मरणे समुपस्थितेसमन्ताद्भय उत्पन्ने कथं कार्यं हितैषिणा

āpadyasyāṃ sukaṣṭāyāṃ maraṇe samupasthitesamantādbhaya utpanne kathaṃ kāryaṃ hitaiṣiṇā

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