Mahabharata 3.199.16

पूर्वं हि विहितं कर्म देहिनं न विमुञ्चतिधात्रा विधिरयं दृष्टो बहुधा कर्मनिर्णये

pūrvaṃ hi vihitaṃ karma dehinaṃ na vimuñcatidhātrā vidhirayaṃ dṛṣṭo bahudhā karmanirṇaye

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