Vaishampayana said : O king having been thus addressed by the high-souled great Rishi Narada, they (the Pandavas) consulted with one another and established a rule in the presence of the celestials Rishi of immeasurable energy that when one of them would be with Draupadi, any of the other four, who would see that one, must go to the forest for twelve years to lead the life of a Brahmachari. After the virtuous Pandavas had established this rule among themselves, the great Rishi Narada, being pleased with them, went to the place he wished (to go).
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्ता महात्मानो नारदेन महर्षिणा। समयं चक्रिरे राजस्तेऽन्योन्यवशमागताः। समक्षं तस्य देवर्षेनारदस्यामितौजसः॥ द्रौपद्या नः सहासीनानन्योन्यं योऽभिदर्शयत्। स नो द्वादश वर्षाणि ब्रह्मचारी वने वसेत्॥ कृते तु समये तस्मिन् पाण्डवैर्धर्मचारिभिः। नारदोऽप्यगमत् प्रीत इष्टं देशं महामुनिः॥