Mahabharata 12.349.2

तमभिक्रम्य नागेन्द्रो मतिमान्स नरेश्वरप्रोवाच मधुरं वाक्यं प्रकृत्या धर्मवत्सलः

tamabhikramya nāgendro matimānsa nareśvaraprovāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ prakṛtyā dharmavatsalaḥ

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