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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 20]
tasya —of him (Mahārāja Bharata);  āsan —there were;  nṛpa —O King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit);  vaidarbhyaḥ —daughters of Vidarbha;  patnyaḥ —wives;  tisraḥ —three;  su-sammatāḥ —very pleasing and suitable;  jaghnuḥ —killed;  tyāga-bhayāt —fearing rejection;  putrān —their sons;  na anurūpāḥ —not exactly like the father;  iti —like this;  īrite —considering.
TRANSLATION
O King Parīkṣit, Mahārāja Bharata had three pleasing wives, who were daughters of the King of Vidarbha. When all three of them bore children who did not resemble the King, these wives thought that he would consider them unfaithful queens and reject them, and therefore they killed their own sons.
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तस्यैवं वितथे वंशे तदर्थं यजतः सुतम् । मरुत्स्तोमेन मरुतो भरद्वाजमुपाददुः ॥३५॥
tasyaivam vitathe vamśe   tad-artham yajataḥ sutam   marut-stomena maruto   bharadvājam upādaduḥ
tasya —his (Mahārāja Bharata's);  evam —thus;  vitathe —being baffled;  vamśe —in generating progeny;  tat-artham —to get sons;  yajataḥ —performing sacrifices;  sutam —a son;  marut-stomena —by performing a  marut-stoma  sacrifice;  marutaḥ —the demigods named the Maruts;  bharadvājam —Bharadvāja;  upādaduḥ —presented.
TRANSLATION
The King, his attempt for progeny frustrated in this way, performed a sacrifice named  marut-stoma  to get a son. The demigods known as the Maruts, being fully satisfied with him, then presented him a son named Bharadvāja.