'''క్రితవర్మ''' was an important [[Yadava]] warrior and chieftain, and a contemporary of [[Krishna]]. He finds mention in several ancient Sanskrit texts including the [[Mahābhārata]], the [[Vishnu Purana]], the [[Bhagavata]] and the [[Harivamsa]].
He was born in the [[Andhaka]] clan of the [[Yadavas]], and some sources describe him as a brother of Hrithika, who was the great grandfather of Krishna, but this seems unlikely. Though he is depicted as a devotee of Krishna in the [[Vishnu Purana]], apparently he was not in good terms with Krishna, and was one of the conspirators who plotted to kill Satrajit, Krishna's father-in-law during the [[Syamantaka]] Jewel episode.
During the great battle at [[Kurukshetra]], Kritavarma was an ally of the [[Kauravas]] against the [[Pandavas]] and lead the Yadava army (also called the Narayani Sena). He was one of the three survivors of the entire Kaurava army and had helped [[Ashwatthama]] in carrying out his heinous night time massacre of [[Panchala]] warriors, in which the latter had slaughtered among others, [[Dhrishtadyumna]] (the Pandava commander-in-chief), [[Shikhandi]] and the five sons of [[Draupadi]]. The event is described in the Sauptika Parva of the Mahābhārata. He returned to his kingdom after the war and was later killed by [[Satyaki]] in [[Dwarka]] during the final destruction of the [[Yadavas]], as we find in the Mausala Parva of the Mahābhārata.
