Mahabharata 5.70.87

5.70.87

atha cette pravarteranmayi kiṃcidasāṃpratam |
nirdaheyaṃ kurūnsarvāniti me dhīyate matiḥ || 87 ||

"The holy one said, 'I know, O monarch, the sinfulness of Dhritarashtra's son, but by going there we will escape the blame of all the kings of the earth. Like other animals before the lion, all the kings of the earth united together are not competent to stand still before me in battle when I am enraged. If, after all, they do me any injury, then I will consume all the Kurus. Even this is my intention. My going thither, O [paragraph continues] Partha, will not be fruitless, for if our object be not fulfilled, we shall at least escape all blame.'