Mahabharata 12.34.23

यो हि पापसमारम्भे कार्ये तद्भावभावितःकुर्वन्नपि तथैव स्यात्कृत्वा च निरपत्रपः

yo hi pāpasamārambhe kārye tadbhāvabhāvitaḥkurvannapi tathaiva syātkṛtvā ca nirapatrapaḥ

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