Mahabharata 3.31.26

नात्माधीनो मनुष्योऽयं कालं भवति कंचनस्रोतसो मध्यमापन्नः कूलाद्वृक्ष इव च्युतः

nātmādhīno manuṣyo'yaṃ kālaṃ bhavati kaṃcanasrotaso madhyamāpannaḥ kūlādvṛkṣa iva cyutaḥ

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