भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 101

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

bhishm ke dvara bhagavanh shrikrishn ki antim stuti aur deh-tyag bhishm pitamah ne shrikrishn se kaha-'prabho! tum sampoorn devataoan ke ekamatr adhipati purushottam ho, maian sachche hriday se tumhean namaskar karata hooan. ekamatr tumhian mere rakshak ho. maianne tumhare svarup ko pahachana hai. ab mujhe ajna do ki maian sharir-tyag karuan.' bhagavanh shrikrishn ne ajna de di. bhishm pitamah ne apani indriyoan, manovrittiyoan aur buddhi ko sametakar bhagavanh shrikrishn ki stuti prarambh ki. us samay anekoan rrishi-maharshi unhean gherakar baithai hue the. unhoanne kaha- 'shrikrishn purushottam! ap param brahm haian. b de-b de devata aur rrishi apake tatv ko nahian janate. yah sara sansar ap mean sthit hai. sare ved aur upanishadh apaki mahima ka bakhan karate haian, ap b de hi bhaktavatsal haian. apaka nam lekar log sansar mean tran pate haian. vedoan ki raksha ke liye hi ap avatirn hue haian. vastavik jnan hone par manushy apane atma ke rup mean apako pahachan leta hai. ap hi upasana karane yogy haian, ap hi sharan lene yogy haian. ap bhaktavachchha-kalpataru haian, ap sansar ki nidhi haian, ap sath-asath se pare ekakshar brahm aur param saty haian. ap anadi aur anant haian. sab prani ap mean hi ram rahe haian, n janane ke karan du:khi-sukhi hote rahate haian. apako jan lene par mrityu ka bhay nahian rahata. apane hi prithvi ko dharan kar rakha hai. ap hi sheshanag ki shayya par shayan karate haian. ap satyasvarup haian, ap dharmasvarup haian, ap kalasvarup haian, ap kshetrasvarup haian. ap hi saankhy yog aur moksh svarup haian. prabho! apake charanoan mean bar-bar namaskar karata hooan. 'bhagavanh! ap hi kary haian aur ap hi karan. ap hi ghor haian aur ap hi aghor. ap hi kal, dikh aur vastu ke rup mean prakat ho rahe haian. ap hi lok haian aur ap hi alok. ap hi brahma, vishnu aur mahesh haian. apaka sharir paanchabhautik nahian hai, ap sarvasvarup haian, sarv haian. ap kal se pare haian, apaka sharir alasi ke pushp ke saman saanvala hai. pitambar phahara raha hai. maian apako namaskar karata hooan. jo apako pranam karata hai, vah sampoorn bhayoan se mukt ho jata hai. jiv ke jivan mean sabase avashyak vastu apaka nam hai. jisane apake nam ka ashray le liya vah sab bandhanoan se chhoot gaya. sab du:khoan se mukt ho gaya.

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