Mahabharata 13.116.37

यो हि खादति मांसानि प्राणिनां जीवितार्थिनाम्हतानां वा मृतानां वा यथा हन्ता तथैव सः

yo hi khādati māṃsāni prāṇināṃ jīvitārthināmhatānāṃ vā mṛtānāṃ vā yathā hantā tathaiva saḥ

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