The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 4.1.1

4.1.1

janamejaya uvāca |
kathaṃ virāṭanagare mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ |
ajñātavāsamuṣitā duryodhanabhayārditāḥ || 1 ||

Janamejaya said, "How did my great-grandfathers, afflicted with the fear of Duryodhana, pass their days undiscovered in the city of Virata? And, O Brahman, how did the highly blessed Draupadi, stricken with woe, devoted to her lords, and ever adoring the Deity, spend her days unrecognised?"