Kichaka

Quick Facts

About Kichaka

Commander of Virata's armies and brother of Queen Sudeshna - the true power in Matsya, feared by king and commoner alike. His relentless pursuit of the disguised Draupadi ended in a dark dance hall, where the 'woman' waiting on the couch was Bhima.

In Their Words

There is no man in Matsya who dares refuse me.

Kichaka

Traits

• Powerful
• Lustful
• Arrogant
• Doomed

Story Appearances

• The Year of MasksAssaults Sairandhri; slain by Bhima❧ 20 min
• The Slaying of KichakaAntagonist - Crushed in the dance hall❧ 20 min
• Thirteen Years of FirePersecutor of the disguised Draupadi❧ 27 min

Stories Featuring Kichaka

12 further tales on this site name Kichaka, in canonical reading order.

• The Year of DisguiseThe Pandavas Hidden at Virata's CourtVirata Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Hands Marked With CornsA night in the kitchen, and everything she had not saidVirata Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Pyre and the Uprooted TreeA hundred and five kinsmen and one bound womanVirata Parva ‧ 17 min
• Where a Good King Must Be LivingThe Kuru court tries to find five men by their weatherVirata Parva ‧ 18 min
• The Ten Names of ArjunaA frightened prince demands proof at the burning groundVirata Parva ‧ 20 min
• Five Men on the ThronesThe morning the servants stopped pretendingVirata Parva ‧ 21 min
• Sudeshna of MatsyaThe queen between her brother and her maidVirata Parva
• Sairandhri, the Queen in ServiceDraupadi's year in disguiseVirata Parva
• What Kunti Sent Instead of ComfortA mother counts her sons aloud, then tells them to fightUdyoga Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Brothers Bhima CountedDuryodhana's kin fall in handfuls on the seventeenth dayKarna Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Victory Nobody WantedFive brothers, a wife and a sage argue a king back onto his throneShanti Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Battle No One Else Can FightKrishna names the enemies still living in Yudhishthira's fleshAshvamedhika Parva ‧ 16 min

Character Arc

1. 1The PursuitCorners Draupadi before the court
2. 2The Dance HallFinds Bhima waiting in the dark

Key Relationships

• Sister➝Sudeshna
• Object of his lust➝Draupadi
• Killer➝Bhima

Places in Kichaka's Story

Drawn from the stories Kichaka appears in.

• Virataविराट
• Kurukshetraकुरुक्षेत्र
• Hastinapurहस्तिनापुर
• Upaplavyaउपप्लव्य
• Amaravatiअमरावती
• Mithilaमिथिला
• Indraprasthaइंद्रप्रस्थ

Related Characters

Others counted among the Sages & Others.

• ✦Sage Kanva
• ◎Eklavya
• ★Shukracharya
• ♛Vrishaparva
• ♛Yadu
• ✧Princess Amba