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	{{Infobox character		{{Infobox character
	~~\| color = Brown~~
	\| name = Yuyutsu		\| name = Yuyutsu
	\| weapon = Bow and arrows		\| weapon = Bow and arrows
	\| info-hdr = Information		\| info-hdr = Information
	~~\| caption = Contemporary watercolor painting of Yuyutsu~~		\| family = {{bulleted list\|[[Dhritarashtra]] (father)\|a Veshya concubine (mother)\|[[Gandhari (Mahabharata)\|Gandhari]] (step-mother)\|
	\| family = {{~~ubl~~\|[[~~Dhritrashtra~~]] (father)\|~~[[Characters in the Mahabharata#Gandhari's maid\|A maid of Gandhari]]~~ (mother)\|[[Gandhari (Mahabharata)\|Gandhari]] (step-mother)\|		[[Kauravas\|100 half brothers]] including [[Duryodhana]], [[Dushasana]] and [[Vikarna]]
	[[Kauravas\|100 half brothers]] including [[Duryodhana]], [[Dushasana]] and [[Vikarna]]\|[[Duhsala]] (half sister)}}		\|[[Duhsala]] (half-sister)}}
	\| ~~image~~ = ~~File:Yuyutsuby245CMR.jpg~~		\| gender = Male
	}}		}}

	'''Yuyutsu''' ({{~~Lang-~~sa\|युयुत्सु}}) in the ~~[[Hinduism\|~~Hindu]] epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'' ~~was a~~ son of [[~~Dhritrashtra\|~~Dhritarashtra]] ~~with Gandhari~~'s ~~maid~~ (~~named '''Sughada''' in later retelling~~). ~~He was~~ the paternal half - ~~sibling to Gandhari's children:~~ [[Duryodhana]] ~~and~~ the ~~rest of the 99~~ Kaurava brothers and their sister [[Dushala]]. ~~Eventually, he was~~ the ~~only son~~ of [[~~Dhritarashtra~~]] ~~who survived~~ the [[~~Kurukshetra~~]] ~~war. He was~~ the only son of Dhritarashtra to ~~fight for Pandavas~~.		'''Yuyutsu''' ({{Langx\|sa\|युयुत्सु}}) is a character in the ancient Hindu epic ''[[Mahabharata]]''. He is the son of King [[Dhritarashtra]] of the [[Kuru dynasty]], born to a concubine who serves as a maid to Dhritarashtra's queen, [[Gandhari (character)\|Gandhari]]. This makes Yuyutsu the paternal half-brother of [[Duryodhana]], the other ninety-nine [[Kaurava]] brothers, and their sister [[Dushala]]. On the eve of the [[Kurukshetra War]], Yuyutsu defects from the Kaurava camp and joins the [[Pandavas]], becoming the only son of Dhritarashtra to survive the war.

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
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	* Dhārtarāstra (धार्तराष्ट्र) - son of Dhritarashtra		* Dhārtarāstra (धार्तराष्ट्र) - son of Dhritarashtra
	* Kauravya (कौरव्य) - descendant of [[King Kuru\|Kuru]]		* Kauravya (कौरव्य) - descendant of [[King Kuru\|Kuru]]
	* Vaishyaputra (वैश्यपुत्र) - son of a [[Vaishya]] woman
	* Karana (करण) - begotten by a Kshatriya on a Vaisya woman

	==Birth==		==Birth==
	Yuyutsu was a son of ~~Dhritarashtra and Sughada~~. ~~Yuyutsu was born~~ after ~~[[Duryodhana]] and [[Bhima]] and before [[Dushasana]]~~, ~~other 98 Kauravas brothers~~ and ~~[[Dussala]]. Thus~~, ~~[[Dhritrashtra\|Dhritarashtra]] had 102 children (101 sons~~ and ~~1 daughter)~~.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Kapoor\|first=~~edited by~~ Subodh\|title=The Indian encyclopaedia : biographical, historical, religious, administrative, ethnological, commercial and scientific\|year=2002\|publisher=Cosmo Publications\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=9788177552577\|edition=1st}}</ref>		Yuyutsu was a son of Dhritrashtra. His birth occurred after Gandhari failed to give birth to a child after a year, despite her pregnancy. Dhritarashtra, consumed by his desire for an heir, turned to her maid, who was not of the warrior caste and not married to him, and their union resulted in Yuyutsu.<ref>{{cite book\|editor-last=Kapoor\|editor-first=Subodh\|title=The Indian encyclopaedia : biographical, historical, religious, administrative, ethnological, commercial and scientific\|year=2002\|publisher=Cosmo Publications\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=9788177552577\|edition=1st}}</ref> Not much is known about his early life. However, unlike his brothers, Yuyutsu was on favourable terms with the Pandavas, warning them about Duryodhana's schemes. According to Dhritarashtra, Yuyutsu vanquished many kings in Varanavata.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Mahabharata, Book 7: Drona Parva: Dronabhisheka Parva: Section X \|url=https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m07/m07010.htm \|access-date=2023-12-28 \|website=sacred-texts.com}}</ref>

	==Righteous in the Kaurava camp==		==Righteous in the Kaurava camp==
	Yuyutsu is celebrated as a moral warrior who chose the path of righteousness, in spite of being born in circumstances that ~~predisposed him~~ to ~~evil~~. He forwent his family bonds in order to side with [[dharma]].		Yuyutsu is celebrated as a moral warrior who chose the path of righteousness, in spite of being born in circumstances that could've influenced his decision to choose right side. He forwent his family bonds in order to side with [[dharma]].

	~~Also~~, Yuyutsu saved the life of [[Bheem\|Bhima]] by informing the Pandavas about Duryodhana's cunning schemes, which included poisoning water.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Menon\|first=[translated by] Ramesh\|title=The Mahabharata : a modern rendering\|year=2006\|publisher=iUniverse, Inc.\|location=New York\|isbn=9780595401871}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01130.htm\|title=Mahabharata Text}}</ref> Both Yuyutsu and [[Vikarna]] abhorred Duryodhana's conspiracies and evil schemes; however, Vikarna stays loyal to the family and perishes in the war.<ref>[http://www.storypick.com/yuyutsu-moral-kaurava/ Yuyutsu was one of the 11 who managed to survive the war]</ref> Yuyutsu shifts from [[Kaurava]] camp to the [[Pandava]] camp. Yuyutsu fought the battle on the side of the [[Pandavas]]. He was one among the 11 Maharathis (capable of fighting 720,000 warriors simultaneously) among the son of [[Dhritarashtra]]. Yuyutsu was one among the eleven warriors to have survived the war.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Buck\|first=William \|title=Mahabharata\|page=327\|isbn=9788120817197}}</ref>		As the war was about to begin, [[Yudhishthira]] made an announcement in the battlefield, saying anybody who wishes to change sides can do it then, before conches are blown. It is at this moment that Yuyutsu changed sides and took the side of righteousness.

			Additionally, Yuyutsu saved the life of [[Bheem\|Bhima]] by informing the Pandavas about Duryodhana's cunning schemes, which included poisoning water.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Menon\|first=[translated by] Ramesh\|title=The Mahabharata : a modern rendering\|year=2006\|publisher=iUniverse, Inc.\|location=New York\|isbn=9780595401871}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01130.htm\|title=Mahabharata Text}}</ref> Both Yuyutsu and [[Vikarna]] abhorred Duryodhana's conspiracies and evil schemes; however, Vikarna stays loyal to the family and perishes in the war.<ref>[http://www.storypick.com/yuyutsu-moral-kaurava/ Yuyutsu was one of the 11 who managed to survive the war]</ref> Yuyutsu shifts from [[Kaurava]] camp to the [[Pandava]] camp. Yuyutsu fought the battle on the side of the [[Pandavas]]. He was one among the 11 [[Maharathis]] (capable of fighting 720,000 warriors simultaneously) among the son of [[Dhritarashtra]]. Yuyutsu was one among the eleven warriors to have survived the war. He had a few notable encounters. On the seventh day, he is wounded by [[Kripa\|Kripacharya]] in a sword fight but survives. On the Sixteenth day, he fights with [[Shakuni]]’s son Ulooka and wounds him, but fails to kill him as he flees.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Buck\|first=William \|title=Mahabharata\|year=2000 \|page=327\|isbn=9788120817197}}</ref>

	==After the War==		==After the War==
	When the Pandavas decided to retire from the world at the start of the [[Kali Yuga]] and departure of [[Krishna]], [[Yudhishthira]] gave the charge of supervising the kingdom to Yuyutsu while [[Parikshit]] was made the king<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6F0ZIBIL2ZAC\|title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Puranas\|last=Parmeshwaranand\|first=Swami\|date=2001-01-01\|publisher=Sarup & Sons\|isbn=9788176252263\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Brodbeck\|first=Simon Pearse\|title=The Mahābhārata patriline : gender, culture, and the royal hereditary\|year=2009\|publisher=Ashgate\|location=Farnham, England\|isbn=9780754667872}}</ref>		When the Pandavas decided to retire from the world at the start of the [[Kali Yuga]] and departure of [[Krishna]], [[Yudhishthira]] gave the charge of supervising the kingdom to Yuyutsu while [[Parikshit]] was made the king.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6F0ZIBIL2ZAC\|title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Puranas\|last=Parmeshwaranand\|first=Swami\|date=2001-01-01\|publisher=Sarup & Sons\|isbn=9788176252263\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Brodbeck\|first=Simon Pearse\|title=The Mahābhārata patriline : gender, culture, and the royal hereditary\|year=2009\|publisher=Ashgate\|location=Farnham, England\|isbn=9780754667872}}</ref>

			==See also==

			* [[Karna]]

	==Citations==		==Citations==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}
			{{Mahabharata}}

	[[Category:Characters in the Mahabharata]]		[[Category:Characters in the Mahabharata]]

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Including Yuyutsu, Dhritarashtra had 101 sons, totalling 102 children accounting for a daughter, Duhsala. Previously, it was mentioned Dhritarashtra had 101 children, but it is 101 sons alias 102 children.

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	\| name = Yuyutsu		\| name = Yuyutsu
	\| weapon = Bow and arrows		\| weapon = Bow and arrows
	\| info-hdr=Information		\| info-hdr = Information
	\| caption = Contemporary watercolor painting of Yuyutsu		\| caption = Contemporary watercolor painting of Yuyutsu
	\| family =		\| family = {{ubl\|[[Dhritrashtra]] (father)\|[[Characters in the Mahabharata#Gandhari's maid\|A maid of Gandhari]] (mother)\|[[Gandhari (Mahabharata)\|Gandhari]] (step-mother)\|
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	\|image = File:Yuyutsuby245CMR.jpg}}		\| image = File:Yuyutsuby245CMR.jpg
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	'''Yuyutsu''' ({{Lang-sa\|युयुत्सु}}) in the [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'' was a son of [[Dhritrashtra\|Dhritarashtra]] with Gandhari's maid (named '''Sughada''' in later retelling). He was the paternal half - sibling to Gandhari's children: [[Duryodhana]] and the rest of the 99 Kaurava brothers and their sister [[Dushala]]. Eventually, he was the only son of [[Dhritarashtra]] who survived the [[Kurukshetra]] war. He was the only son of Dhritarashtra to fight for Pandavas.		'''Yuyutsu''' ({{Lang-sa\|युयुत्सु}}) in the [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'' was a son of [[Dhritrashtra\|Dhritarashtra]] with Gandhari's maid (named '''Sughada''' in later retelling). He was the paternal half - sibling to Gandhari's children: [[Duryodhana]] and the rest of the 99 Kaurava brothers and their sister [[Dushala]]. Eventually, he was the only son of [[Dhritarashtra]] who survived the [[Kurukshetra]] war. He was the only son of Dhritarashtra to fight for Pandavas.
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	==Birth==		==Birth==
	Yuyutsu was a son of Dhritarashtra and ~~SughadaYuyutsu~~ was born after [[Duryodhana]] and [[Bhima]] and before [[Dushasana]], other 98 Kauravas brothers and [[Dussala]]. Thus, [[Dhritrashtra\|Dhritarashtra]] had 102 children.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Kapoor\|first=edited by Subodh\|title=The Indian encyclopaedia : biographical, historical, religious, administrative, ethnological, commercial and scientific\|year=2002\|publisher=Cosmo Publications\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=9788177552577\|edition=1st}}</ref>		Yuyutsu was a son of Dhritarashtra and Sughada. Yuyutsu was born after [[Duryodhana]] and [[Bhima]] and before [[Dushasana]], other 98 Kauravas brothers and [[Dussala]]. Thus, [[Dhritrashtra\|Dhritarashtra]] had 102 children (101 sons and 1 daughter).<ref>{{cite book\|last=Kapoor\|first=edited by Subodh\|title=The Indian encyclopaedia : biographical, historical, religious, administrative, ethnological, commercial and scientific\|year=2002\|publisher=Cosmo Publications\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=9788177552577\|edition=1st}}</ref>

	==Righteous in the Kaurava camp==		==Righteous in the Kaurava camp==

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{{Short description|Character of the Mahabharata}}{{use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
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{{Infobox character
| color = #FFC569
| name = Yuyutsu
| weapon = Bow and arrows
| info-hdr=Information
| caption = Contemporary watercolor painting of Yuyutsu
| family =
{{ubl|[[Dhritrashtra]] (father)|[[Characters in the Mahabharata#Gandhari's maid|A maid of Gandhari]] (mother)|[[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]] (step-mother)|
[[Kauravas|100 half brothers]] including [[Duryodhana]], [[Dushasana]] and [[Vikarna]]|[[Duhsala]] (half sister)}}
|image = File:Yuyutsuby245CMR.jpg}}

'''Yuyutsu''' ({{Lang-sa|युयुत्सु}}) in the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'' was a son of [[Dhritrashtra|Dhritarashtra]] with Gandhari's maid (named '''Sughada''' in later retelling). He was the paternal half - sibling to Gandhari's children: [[Duryodhana]] and the rest of the 99 Kaurava brothers and their sister [[Dushala]]. Eventually, he was the only son of [[Dhritarashtra]] who survived the [[Kurukshetra]] war. He was the only son of Dhritarashtra to fight for Pandavas.

==Etymology==

The word ''yuyutsu'' is an adjective formed from the desiderative stem of the verb root "yudh" (fight, wage war), meaning "wishing to fight, bellicose." The Mahabharata cites the following other names for Yuyutsu- <ref>{{cite book|last=Parmeshwaranand|first=Swami|title=Encyclopaedic dictionary of Purāṇas|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6F0ZIBIL2ZAC|year=2001|publisher=Sarup & Sons|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788176252263|edition=1st}}</ref>

* Dhārtarāstra (धार्तराष्ट्र) - son of Dhritarashtra
* Kauravya (कौरव्य) - descendant of [[King Kuru|Kuru]]
* Vaishyaputra (वैश्यपुत्र) - son of a [[Vaishya]] woman
* Karana (करण) - begotten by a Kshatriya on a Vaisya woman

==Birth==
Yuyutsu was a son of Dhritarashtra and SughadaYuyutsu was born after [[Duryodhana]] and [[Bhima]] and before [[Dushasana]], other 98 Kauravas brothers and [[Dussala]]. Thus, [[Dhritrashtra|Dhritarashtra]] had 102 children.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kapoor|first=edited by Subodh|title=The Indian encyclopaedia : biographical, historical, religious, administrative, ethnological, commercial and scientific|year=2002|publisher=Cosmo Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788177552577|edition=1st}}</ref>

==Righteous in the Kaurava camp==
Yuyutsu is celebrated as a moral warrior who chose the path of righteousness, in spite of being born in circumstances that predisposed him to evil. He forwent his family bonds in order to side with [[dharma]].

Also, Yuyutsu saved the life of [[Bheem|Bhima]] by informing the Pandavas about Duryodhana's cunning schemes, which included poisoning water.<ref>{{cite book|last=Menon|first=[translated by] Ramesh|title=The Mahabharata : a modern rendering|year=2006|publisher=iUniverse, Inc.|location=New York|isbn=9780595401871}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01130.htm|title=Mahabharata Text}}</ref> Both Yuyutsu and [[Vikarna]] abhorred Duryodhana's conspiracies and evil schemes; however, Vikarna stays loyal to the family and perishes in the war.<ref>[http://www.storypick.com/yuyutsu-moral-kaurava/ Yuyutsu was one of the 11 who managed to survive the war]</ref> Yuyutsu shifts from [[Kaurava]] camp to the [[Pandava]] camp. Yuyutsu fought the battle on the side of the [[Pandavas]]. He was one among the 11 Maharathis (capable of fighting 720,000 warriors simultaneously) among the son of [[Dhritarashtra]]. Yuyutsu was one among the eleven warriors to have survived the war.<ref>{{cite book|last=Buck|first=William |title=Mahabharata|page=327|isbn=9788120817197}}</ref>

==After the War==
When the Pandavas decided to retire from the world at the start of the [[Kali Yuga]] and departure of [[Krishna]], [[Yudhishthira]] gave the charge of supervising the kingdom to Yuyutsu while [[Parikshit]] was made the king<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6F0ZIBIL2ZAC|title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Puranas|last=Parmeshwaranand|first=Swami|date=2001-01-01|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=9788176252263|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Brodbeck|first=Simon Pearse|title=The Mahābhārata patriline : gender, culture, and the royal hereditary|year=2009|publisher=Ashgate|location=Farnham, England|isbn=9780754667872}}</ref>

==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Characters in the Mahabharata]]