Mahabharata 12.87.23

यष्टव्यं क्रतुभिर्नित्यं दातव्यं चाप्यपीडयाप्रजानां रक्षणं कार्यं न कार्यं कर्म गर्हितम्

yaṣṭavyaṃ kratubhirnityaṃ dātavyaṃ cāpyapīḍayāprajānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ na kāryaṃ karma garhitam

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