Mahabharata 8.1.21
दुर्मरं बत मन्येऽहं नृणां कृच्छ्रेऽपि वर्तताम्यत्र कर्णं हतं श्रुत्वा नात्यजज्जीवितं नृपः
durmaraṃ bata manye'haṃ nṛṇāṃ kṛcchre'pi vartatāmyatra karṇaṃ hataṃ śrutvā nātyajajjīvitaṃ nṛpaḥ
Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.
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