Mahabharata 12.153.11

मूलं लोभस्य महतः कालात्मगतिरेव चछिन्नेऽच्छिन्ने तथा लोभे कारणं काल एव हि

mūlaṃ lobhasya mahataḥ kālātmagatireva cachinne'cchinne tathā lobhe kāraṇaṃ kāla eva hi

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