Yuyutsu

Quick Facts

About Yuyutsu

Son of Dhritarashtra by a vaishya maid, half-brother to the hundred Kauravas. When the conches sounded at Kurukshetra, he alone crossed the field to fight for dharma on the Pandava side - and was the only son of Dhritarashtra to survive the war.

In Their Words

I will not fight against dharma, even for my own brothers.

Yuyutsu

Traits

• Righteous
• Courageous
• Conflicted
• Survivor

Stories Featuring Yuyutsu

25 tales on this site name Yuyutsu, in canonical reading order.

• The Second ThrowOne cast of the dice for thirteen yearsSabha Parva ‧ 20 min
• The Road Out of HastinapuraWhat Vidura read in the way they walkedSabha Parva ‧ 19 min
• When Forgiveness Is Not a VirtueAn angry queen quotes an asura grandfather at a patient kingVana Parva ‧ 17 min
• Yuyutsu Crosses the FieldThe One Son of Dhritarashtra Who Chose DharmaBhishma Parva
• The Walk Across the FieldThe king who laid down his armour before the first arrowBhishma Parva ‧ 20 min
• The Banners and the BowsSanjaya names every standard on the fieldDrona Parva ‧ 18 min
• The Elephant Corps and the King of AngaBhima breaks Duryodhana's elephant division and beheads the Anga king in mid-fallDrona Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Silent CampArjuna comes back at dusk from the samsaptakas and learns that Abhimanyu is deadDrona Parva ‧ 17 min
• The King Falls Out of His SeatDhritarashtra hears that Drona is dead, faints in his hall, and wakes to ask who was supposed to be guarding himDrona Parva ‧ 20 min
• Karna Spares the KingThe armour cut away, and a hand laid on Yudhishthira's shoulderKarna Parva ‧ 17 min
• Sutasoma and the Broken ScimitarYuyutsu and Uluka trade blows, and Bhima's son fights Shakuni on foot with half a swordKarna Parva ‧ 13 min
• Karna and Satyaki ClashOne Vrishni holds the Kaurava army, and the sixteenth day ends in dustKarna Parva ‧ 14 min
• The Flight of the Royal LadiesThe last of the eleven armies dies, Duryodhana walks into a lake, and the Kaurava camp runs for HastinapuraShalya Parva ‧ 20 min
• The Plunder of the Kaurava CampThe victors ride into Duryodhana's empty tents, and Arjuna's chariot turns to ashShalya Parva ‧ 14 min
• The Count on the Nineteenth MorningEighteen armies, and the men who walked off the fieldShalya Parva
• The Count of the DeadKrishna's blunt answer, and a king who could see where they had goneStri Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Crowning of YudhishthiraA king anointed by the man he could not saveShanti Parva ‧ 20 min
• The Departure of BhishmaThe sun turns north, and the grandsire lets goAnushasana Parva ‧ 17 min
• The News Krishna Held BackA grandfather is spared until his daughter refuses itAshvamedhika Parva ‧ 16 min
• Arjuna's Hymn at PartingOn the road to Hastinapur, Arjuna praises Krishna and gives him leave to go homeAshvamedhika Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Wordy DartsFifteen Years of Bhima's UnforgivenessAshramavasika Parva ‧ 19 min
• The Court Comes to the ForestAn Army Marches Out to Visit Two Old AsceticsAshramavasika Parva ‧ 18 min
• The Fire That Was Not UnholyYudhishthira Accuses Agni of IngratitudeAshramavasika Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Great DepartureKrishna's Death, the End of the Yadavas, and the Pandavas' Climb to HeavenMahaprasthanika Parva ‧ 26 min
• Yuyutsu, Keeper of the HouseDissent's long, unglamorous fidelityMahaprasthanika Parva

Character Arc

1. 1The CrossingWalks to the Pandava side before battle
2. 2The SurvivorLives to serve Yudhishthira's reign

Key Relationships

• Father➝King Dhritarashtra
• Half-brother➝Duryodhana
• Chosen King➝Yudhishthira

Places in Yuyutsu's Story

Drawn from the stories Yuyutsu appears in.

• Hastinapurहस्तिनापुर
• Dwarakaद्वारका
• Prabhasaप्रभास
• Varanasi (Kashi)वाराणसी (काशी)
• Badarikashramaबदरिकाश्रम
• Kurukshetraकुरुक्षेत्र
• Indraprasthaइंद्रप्रस्थ
• Pandava Campपाण्डव शिविर
• Banks of the Gangaगङ्गा तट
• Forest Hermitageवन आश्रम
• Yamunaयमुना
• Gangaगङ्गा

Related Characters

Others counted among the Kauravas.

• ⚔︎Duryodhana
• ☠︎Dushasana
• ⚄Shakuni
• ☀︎Karna
• ⛨︎Shalya
• ❖Bhagadatta