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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 20: The Dynasty of Puru |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.20.34
tasyasan nripa vaidarbhyah
patnyas tisrah susammatah
nanurupa itirite
SYNONYMS
tasya -- of him (Maharaja Bharata); asan -- there were; nripa -- O King (Maharaja Parikshit); vaidarbhyah -- daughters of Vidarbha; patnyah -- wives; tisrah -- three; su-sammatah -- very pleasing and suitable; jaghnuh -- killed; tyaga-bhayat -- fearing rejection; putran -- their sons; na anurupah -- not exactly like the father; iti -- like this; irite -- considering.
TRANSLATION
O King Parikshit, 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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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness