Mahabharata 3.101.16

तमसा चावृते लोके मृत्युनाभ्यर्दिताः प्रजाःत्वामेव नाथमासाद्य निर्वृतिं परमां गताः

tamasā cāvṛte loke mṛtyunābhyarditāḥ prajāḥtvāmeva nāthamāsādya nirvṛtiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ

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