114 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 20
tasya—of him (Maharaja Bharata); dsan—there were; nrpa—O King
(Maharaja Pariksit); vaidarbhyah—daughters of Vidarbha; patnyah—
wives; tisrah—three; su-sammatdh—very pleasing and suitable;
Jaghnuh—killed; tydaga-bhayat—fearing rejection; putran—their
sons; na anuripadh—not exactly like the father; iti—like this; irite—
considering.
TRANSLATION
O King Pariksit, Maharaja 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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tasyaivam vitathe varnse
tad-artham yajatah sutam
marut-stomena maruto
bharadvajam upddaduh
tasya—his (Maharaja Bharata’s); evam—thus; vitathe —being
baffled; vamse—in generating progeny; tat-artham—to get sons;
yajatah—performing sacrifices; sutam—a son; marut-stomena—by per-
forming a marut-stoma sacrifice; marutah—the demigods named the
Maruts; bharadvajam—Bharadvaja; upaddaduh — presented.
TRANSLATION
The King, his attempt for progeny frustrated in this way, per-
formed a sacrifice named marut-stoma to get a son. The demigods
known as the Maruts, being fully satisfied with him, then pre-
sented him a son named Bharadvaja.
