Mahabharata 12.151.23

अहमप्येवमेव त्वां कुर्वाणः शल्मले रुषाआत्मना यत्कृतं कृत्स्नं शाखानामपकर्षणम्

ahamapyevameva tvāṃ kurvāṇaḥ śalmale ruṣāātmanā yatkṛtaṃ kṛtsnaṃ śākhānāmapakarṣaṇam

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