Mahabharata 6.110.39

शिखण्डी तु समासाद्य भारतानां पितामहम्अभ्यद्रवत संहृष्टो भयं त्यक्त्वा यतव्रतम्

śikhaṇḍī tu samāsādya bhāratānāṃ pitāmahamabhyadravata saṃhṛṣṭo bhayaṃ tyaktvā yatavratam

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