Citrāyudha, Pāṇḍava Ally

Citrāyudha was a warrior on the side of the Pāṇḍavas. Bhīshma names him among the Pāṇḍava rathas (chariot-warriors) in the Rathātiratha-Saṃkhyāna, the full count of warriors in the Udyoga Parva of the Mahābhārata.

In the Rathātiratha count

The name Citrāyudha means “he whose weapons are varied and excellent”. Bhīshma lists him among the Pāṇḍava rathas in his full enumeration of rathas and atirathas. He was one of the many allied warriors of the wider Pāṇḍava coalition who gathered at Kurukshetra.

Sources

• Mahābhārata, Udyoga Parva, Rathātiratha-Saṃkhyāna Parva, Chapters 165–172