Mahabharata 12.171.27

परेत्य यो न लभते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्न च तुष्यति लब्धेन भूय एव च मार्गति

paretya yo na labhate tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kimna ca tuṣyati labdhena bhūya eva ca mārgati

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