We will spend the period of twelve years, as we have promised, in lonely forests. And then having duly completed the period of our are incognito life, O Keshava, the sons of Pandu will place themselves under your protection.
यथाप्रतिज्ञं विहतश्च कालः सर्वाः समा द्वादश निर्जनेषु। अज्ञातचर्यां विधिवत् समाप्य भवद्गताः केशव पाण्डवेयाः॥