Mahabharata 12.167.9

यस्मान्मूढो मम सदो नागतोऽसौ बकाधमःतस्माद्वधं स दुष्टात्मा नचिरात्समवाप्स्यति

yasmānmūḍho mama sado nāgato'sau bakādhamaḥtasmādvadhaṃ sa duṣṭātmā nacirātsamavāpsyati

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