Mahabharata 6.41.22

व्यक्तं भीत इवाभ्येति राजासौ भीष्ममन्तिकात्युधिष्ठिरः ससोदर्यः शरणार्थं प्रयाचकः

vyaktaṃ bhīta ivābhyeti rājāsau bhīṣmamantikātyudhiṣṭhiraḥ sasodaryaḥ śaraṇārthaṃ prayācakaḥ

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