Mahabharata 12.169.13

अद्यैव कुरु यच्छ्रेयो मा त्वा कालोऽत्यगादयम्अकृतेष्वेव कार्येषु मृत्युर्वै संप्रकर्षति

adyaiva kuru yacchreyo mā tvā kālo'tyagādayamakṛteṣveva kāryeṣu mṛtyurvai saṃprakarṣati

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