Mahabharata 3.297.31

युधिष्ठिर उवाच · yudhiṣṭhira uvāca

स्वाध्याय एषां देवत्वं तप एषां सतामिवमरणं मानुषो भावः परिवादोऽसतामिव

svādhyāya eṣāṃ devatvaṃ tapa eṣāṃ satāmivamaraṇaṃ mānuṣo bhāvaḥ parivādo'satāmiva

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