Mahabharata 5.38.26

न शत्रुरङ्कमापन्नो मोक्तव्यो वध्यतां गतःअहताद्धि भयं तस्माज्जायते नचिरादिव

na śatruraṅkamāpanno moktavyo vadhyatāṃ gataḥahatāddhi bhayaṃ tasmājjāyate nacirādiva

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