pitre -- to their father; magadha-rajaya -- the King of Magadha; jarasandhaya -- named Jarasandha; duhkhite -- unhappy; vedayam cakratuh -- they related; sarvam -- all; atma -- their own; vaidhavya -- of widowhood; karanam -- the cause.

The sorrowful queens told their father, King Jarasandha of Magadha, all about how they had become widows.