Yuyutsu is the son of Dhrutharaastrar in a vysya maid servant. During the kurushethra war he joined with pandavas. He was the caretaker of king Parikshit, son of Abhimanyu, when Parikshit was a minor.

Yuyutsu is one of the interesting characters of Mahabharat. He was son of Dhritarashtra, born to a Vysya handmaid, thus said to be a Suta. He was half brother of the Kauravas, being younger to Duryodhana but younger to Dusshasan. He was a result of the amorous adventure of the blind king Dhritarashtra when Gandhari was pregnant.

He is also called Karan since he was the son of a Vysya mother and a Ksatriya father.

Yuyutsu was a brother of kauravas but had joind Pandavas in the Mahabharata war.