भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 95

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

pitamah ka upadesh kabootar ne kaha- 'mere pas khane ki koee vastu nahian hai. maian to roj le ata hooan aur isi prakar jivan-nirvah hota hai.' phir kuchh sochakar usane kaha- 'achchha kshan bhar thahar jaiye, maian apake khane ka prabandh karata hooan.' usane phir ag jalayi aur tin bar usaki pradakshina karake yah kahate hue ag mean kood p da ki 'mahashay! ap meri seva svikar karean.' kabootar ki yah dasha dekhakar baheliye ka kroor hriday pasij gaya. vah apani karatoot ki ninda karata hua rone laga. use b da pashchatap hua. usane apani laggi, salaka, pianjara adi pheank diya, kabootari ko chho d diya aur anashan karake sharir ko sukha dene ka nishchay karake vahaan se chal p da. kabootari pianjare se bahar nikalakar apane pati ke viyog mean vilap karane lagi. apane pati ke sath usaka sachcha sambandh tha. usane apana jivan sarthak karane ka nishchay kar liya. vah bhi ag mean kooood p di. donoan hi viman par baithakar svarg gaye. mahatmaoan ne unaki stuti ki, devataoan ne samman kiya aur ve sukh se rahane lage. vyadh ne bhi unhean svarg jate samay dekha. van mean davagni lag gayi aur usamean jalakar vah bhi svarg gaya. atithi--satkar aur sharanagat raksha ke phalasvarup n keval satkar aur raksha karane valoan ko hi uttam gati prapt hoti hai, balki unake dvara jinaka satkar aur raksha hoti hai aur unhean uttam gati prapt karate hue dekhate haian unaka bhi bhala hi hota hai. atithi-satkar aur sharanagat raksha manushy ka sarvottam dharm hai. dharm ka svarup b da hi sookshm hai. vah sharirik kriyaoan se prarambh hokar adhyatm ke sookshmatam bhag tak pahuanchata hai. dharm se apana jivan sudharata hai, jati aur samaj ka kalyan hota hai. sansar ke samast jivoan ko shanti milati hai, sab lokoan mean pavitrata ka sanchar hota hai. dharm sharir ko shuddh kar deta hai, indriyoan mean sanyam la deta hai, man ka vikshep nasht kar deta hai, buddhi vishuddh bana deta hai. atma ko apane nishchal svarup mean sthir kar deta hai aur to kya kahean, dharm paramatma ka svarup hai. dharm se badhakar aur kuchh nahian hai. yah sara jagath dharm se hi paida hota hai, dharm se sthit hai aur dharm mean hi sama jata hai.

sanbandhit lekh

bhishm pitamah -akhandanand sarasvati

kram sankhya

vishay

prishth sankhya

1.	vansh parichay aur janm	1
2.	pita ke liye mahanh tyag	6
3.	chitraangad aur vichitraviry ka janm, rajy bhog, mrityu aur satyavati ka shok	13
4.	kaurav-pandavoan ka janm tatha vidyadhyan	24
5.	pandavoan ke utkarsh se duryodhan ko jalan, pandavoan ke sath durvyavahar aur bhishm ka upadesh	30
6.	yudhishthir ka rajasooy-yajn, shrikrishn ki agrapooja, bhishm ke dvara shrikrishn ke svarup tatha mahattav ka varnan, shishupal-vadh	34
7.	virat nagar mean kauravoan ki har, bhishm ka upadesh, shrikrishn ka doot banakar jana, phir bhishm ka upadesh, yuddh ki taiyari	42
8.	mahabharat-yuddh ke niyam, bhishm ki pratijna rakhane ke liye bhagavanh ne apani pratijna to d di	51
9.	bhishm ke dvara shrikrishn ka mahatmy kathan, bhishm ki pratijna-raksha ke liye pun: bhagavanh ka pratijna bhang, bhishm ka ran mean patan	63
10.	shrikrishn ke dvara bhishm ka dhyan,bhishm pitamah se upadesh ke liye anurodh	81
11.	pitamah ka upadesh	87
12.	bhishm ke dvara bhagavanh shrikrishn ki antim stuti aur deh-tyag	100
13.	mahabharat ka divy upadesh	105
	aantim prishth	108