Mahabharata 5.98.17

कण्व उवाच · kaṇva uvāca

मातलिस्त्वब्रवीदेनं भाषमाणं तथाविधम्देवर्षे नैव मे कार्यं विप्रियं त्रिदिवौकसाम्

mātalistvabravīdenaṃ bhāṣamāṇaṃ tathāvidhamdevarṣe naiva me kāryaṃ vipriyaṃ tridivaukasām

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