Bharata begot on his three wives nine sons, but none of them was like his father and Bharata was not satisfied with any of them.
भरतस्तिसृषु स्त्रीषु नव पुत्रानजीजनत्। नाभ्यनन्दत तान् राजा नानुरूपा ममेत्युत॥