(He said), "O prince Ajatashatru, you shall have to live for twelve years with all your brothers (if defeated in the play) in the forest which you will chose to dwell in, but which must be known to all men; you shall have to spend the thirteenth year in disguise without your whereabouts being known to anybody.
वने समा द्वादश राजपुत्र यथाकामं विदितमजातशत्रो। अथापरं चाविदितं चरेथाः। सर्वैः सह भ्रातृभिश्छद्मगूढः॥