Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34


Sanskrit:

तस्यासन् नृप वैदर्भ्य: पत्‍न्यस्तिस्र: सुसम्मता: ।जघ्नुस्त्यागभयात् पुत्रान् नानुरूपा इतीरिते ॥ ३४ ॥

ITRANS:

tasyāsan nṛpa vaidarbhyaḥpatnyas tisraḥ susammatāḥjaghnus tyāga-bhayāt putrānnānurūpā itīrite

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.

Purport: