भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 17

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

chitraangad aur vichitraviry ka janm, rajy bhog, mrityu aur satyavati ka shok bahut-se log apane oanth daantoan tale dabakar tal thoankate hue yuddh ke liye taiyar ho gaye: bahutoan ke shastrastr shighrata ke mare gir p de aur unaki jhanajhanahat se dishaean bhar gayian. gho de, hathi evan rathoan par savar hokar log bhishm ko gherane ke liye dau de. us samay bhishm se apamanit hone ke karan sabaki bhauanhean tedhi ho gayi thian, sabaki aankhean lal ho gayi thian. aisa maloom hota tha ki ye sab-ke-sab bhishm ko pine ke liye hi dau de ja rahe haian. b da bhayankar yuddh hua, parantu bhishm ke samane koee thahar n saka. sab-ke-sab har gaye. sabake pichhe lalakarata hua shalv aya, parantu ant mean vah bhi bhishm se har gaya. bhishm ne pak d lene par bhi shalv ka vadh nahian kiya, daya karake use chho d diya. shalv apane nagar ko chala gaya aur vahaan dharmapoorvak rajy karane laga. sabhi raja apani-apani rajadhani ko laut gaye. bhishm apane rath par tinoan kanyaoan ko lekar van, nadi aur paha d, vrikshoan se poorn bih d, maidanoan ko laanghate hue hastinapur ko laute. raste mean un tinoan kanyaoan ke prati unake man mean yah bhav tha ki ye tinoan meri chhoti bahin ke saman haian, putri ke saman haian aur putravadhoo ke saman haian. unhoanne hastinapur mean akar ve kanyaean vichitraviry ko sauanp di aur mata satyavati se salah lekar unake vivah ka udyog karane lage. tinoan l dakiyoan mean se kashiraj ki sabase b di l daki thi amba, chhoti do l dakiyoan ka nam tha ambika aur ambalika. amba ne bhishm se kaha-'mahatmanh! ap b de dharmajn haian, isaliye apase apane hriday ki bat kahane mean mujhe koee hichakichahat nahian hai. jab svayanvar mean desh-desh ke narapati ekatr hue the, tab maianne vahaan man-hi-man saubhapati maharaj shalv ko apana pati man liya tha, at: dharmat: vahi mere svami haian. mere pita ka bhi yahi vichar tha, isaliye ab ap aisi vyavastha kijiye ki mere dharm ki hani n ho.' amba ki bat sunakar bhishm sochane lage ki ab mujhe kya karana chahiye. unhoanne vedajn brahmanoan ko bulakar salah li aur ant mean yahi nishchay kiya ki amba ki jahaan ichchha ho, use vahian jana chahiye. amba se kah diya gaya ki tum chaho to shalv ke pas ja sakati ho. amba shalv ke pas chali gayi. ambika aur ambalika se vichitraviry ka vivah ho gaya. ve donoan raniyoan ke sath grihasthy-sukh ka upabhog karane lage.

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