Mahabharata 2.70.16

कथं वत्स्यथ दुर्गेषु वनेष्वृद्धिविनाकृताःवीर्यसत्त्वबलोत्साहतेजोभिरकृशाः कृशाः

kathaṃ vatsyatha durgeṣu vaneṣvṛddhivinākṛtāḥvīryasattvabalotsāhatejobhirakṛśāḥ kṛśāḥ

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