Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18

Sanskrit:

स भुक्तभोगां त्यक्त्वेमां निर्गतस्तपसा हरिम् ।उपासीनस्तत्पदवीं लेभे वै जन्मभिस्त्रिभि: ॥ १८ ॥

ITRANS:

sa bhukta-bhogāṁ tyaktvemāṁnirgatas tapasā harimupāsīnas tat-padavīṁlebhe vai janmabhis tribhiḥ

Translation:

King Bharata rejected this material world, considering all types of material pleasure temporary and useless. Leaving his beautiful young wife and family, he worshiped Lord Hari by severe austerities and attained the abode of the Lord after three lifetimes.

Purport:

The complete narration of the three lives of Bharata — as a king, as a deer and as an exalted paramahaṁsa devotee of the Lord — is given in the Fifth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.