तस्यासन् नृप वैदर्भ्य: पत्न्यस्तिस्र: सुसम्मता: । जघ्नुस्त्यागभयात् पुत्रान् नानुरूपा इतीरिते ॥ ३४ ॥
tasyasan nrpa vaidarbhyah patnyas tisrah susammatah jaghnus tyaga-bhayat putran nanurupa itirite
- tasya
- of him (Maharaja Bharata)
- asan
- there were
- nrpa
- O King (Maharaja Pariksit)
- 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.
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.