Mahabharata 12.290.40

बहुमानमलब्धेषु लब्धे मध्यस्थतां पुनःविषयाणां च दौरात्म्यं विज्ञाय नृपते पुनः

bahumānamalabdheṣu labdhe madhyasthatāṃ punaḥviṣayāṇāṃ ca daurātmyaṃ vijñāya nṛpate punaḥ

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