Mahabharata 4.11.13

4.11.13

evaṃ hi matsye nyavasanta pāṇḍavā yathāpratijñābhiramoghadarśanāḥ |
ajñātacaryāṃ vyacaransamāhitāḥ samudranemīpatayo'tiduḥkhitāḥ || 13 ||

"Vaisampayana continued, 'That youth, like unto a chief of the Gandharvas, was treated thus respectfully by the delighted king Virata. And he conducted himself there in such a manner as to make himself dear and agreeable to all in the palace. And no one recognised him while living under Virata's protection. And it was in this manner then the sons of Pandu, the very sight of whom had never been fruitless, continued to live in the country of the Matsyas. And true to their pledge those lords of the earth bounded by her belt of seas passed their days of incognito with great composure notwithstanding their poignant sufferings.'"