भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 19

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

chitraangad aur vichitraviry ka janm, rajy bhog, mrityu aur satyavati ka shok rrishiyoan se amba ki yah bat ho hi rahi thi ki vahaan hotravahan rrishi a panhuche. atithy-satkar ke pashchath jab unhean amba ka parichay prapt hua, tab unhoanne usake sath b di suhanubhooti prakat ki. ve nate mean amba ke nana lagate the. unhoanne amba ko dhiraj diya aur usaki raksha ki jimmevari apane upar li. unhoanne amba ko yah salah di ki 'tum bhriguvanshi parashuram ki sharan lo, mera nam batao aur unase sahayata ki prarthana karo. ve avashy tumhara du:kh door kareange.' ye batean ho hi rahi thian ki akasmath parashuram ke shishy akritavran a panhuche aur poochhane par unhoanne batalaya ki shri parashuramaji maharaj kal hi yahaan padhar rahe haian. akritavran ne bhi kuchh aisi batean kahian jisase bhishm ka dosh siddh hua aur amba ke man mean unase badala lene ki bhavana aur bhi dridh ho gayi. doosare din prat:kal hi mahatma parashuram vahaan padhare. sab rrishiyoan ne unaka yathochit svagat-satkar kiya. hotravahan ne amba ki katha kah sunayi aur amba ne b de karun svar mean unase prarthana ki ki 'ap bhishm ko dand dijiye.' parashuram ne kaha- 'maian shastr tyag kar chuka hooan. bhishm b de sajjan aur poojaniy haian, ve meri bat man leange. tum ghabarao mat.' parantu amba isi hath par dati rahi ki 'ap bhishm ko mar daliye.' akritavran ne bhi parashuramaji se yahi agrah kiya ki 'yadi bhishm apaki bat n manean, parajay svikar n karean to bhishm ke sath yuddh karana aur unhean mar dalana apaka kartavy hai.' parashuramaji ko bhi apani kshatriyoan ka nash karane vali pratijna ka smaran ho aya. purane sanskar jag uthe. unhoanne rrishiyoan ke samane hi kaha-'pahale to maian yoan hi bhishm ko manane ki cheshta karuanga. yadi ve meri bat nahian maneange to maian unhean marane mean koee kor-kasar nahian karuanga.' parashuram ke sath amba, hotravahan aur bahut-se rrishi kurukshetr ki puny bhoomi mean aye. vahaan sab sarasvati ke kinare thahar gaye aur bhishm ko soochana de di ki ham log a gaye haian. bhishm usi samay apane brahman, purohit adi ko lekar unaka svagat karane ke liye unake pas panhuch gaye. parashuram ne unaka atithy svikar kiya, kushal-mangal poochha aur bhishm se yah kaha-'bhishm! tumane amba ko harakar b da aparadh kiya hai: kyoanki yah pahale se hi shalv par asakt thi. ek to akam hokar bhi tumane haran kiya, doosare isaka tyag kar diya. ab is kanya ko samaj ka koee dharmatma purush kaise grahan kar sakata hai? yah sab tumhare hi karan hua hai. maian tumhean ajna deta hooan ki tum ise grahan karo aur apane dharm ki raksha karo. isaka yoan apaman nahian karana chahiye.'

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