भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 43

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

virat nagar mean kauravoan ki har, bhishm ka upadesh, shrikrishn ka doot banakar jana, phir bhishm ka upadesh, yuddh ki taiyari prashn yah hota hai ki bhishm-jaise dharmajn aur dharmatma purush ne bhi draupadi ke prashnoan ka uttar kyoan nahian diya? vicharane par maloom hota hai ki un dinoan ki paristhiti b di visham thi. pandav door rahate the. bhishm kauravoan ke sath hi rahate the. duryodhan hi unake bhojan adi ki vyavastha karata tha. unake ashuddh ann ke bhojan se aur ashuddh sahavas se bhishm pitamah ki buddhi bhi kuchh prabhavit ho gayi thi: jisase vicharane ki cheshta karane par bhi bhishm draupadi ke goodh prashn ka nirnay nahian kar sake. isake sambandh mean ek kivadanti hai. pata nahian, yah katha kisi puran mean ayi hai ya nahian. gurujanoan se suni gayi hai avashy. jab bhishm pitamah sharashayya par p de hue the aur dharmaraj yudhishthir unake anekoan prakar ke dharm-karm, upasana, jnan ke tatv sun rahe the, tab ek bar ekaek draupadi hans p di. bhishm pitamah ne draupadi ko hansate hue dekhakar poochha-'beti! tujhe akaran hansi nahian a sakati, batao, is samay hansane ka kya karan hai?' draupadi ne kuchh sankoch ke sath apane man ki bat kah di. usane kaha-'dadaji! jab maian bhari sabha mean nagn ki ja rahi thi aur apase poochh rahi thi ki is sambandh mean dharmasangat bat kya hai? jue mean apane ko hare hue dharmaraj mujhe harane ka adhikar rakhate haian ya nahian? tab to apane kah diya ki meri buddhi isaka thik-thik nirnay nahian kar rahi hai, yudhishthir jo kahean vahi thik hai: parantu aj ap dharmaraj ko dharm tatv ka upadesh kar rahe haian, yahi dekhakar mujhe hansi a gayi.' bhishm pitamah ne kaha-'beti! us samay kauravoan ke sang aur dooshit ann ke karan meri buddhi dooshit evan dharmadharm ke nirnay mean asamarth ho gayi thi. ab banoan ke lagane se mera dooshit rakt nikal gaya hai aur buddhi pavitr ho gayi hai. is samay mujhe dharm ke rahasy spasht dikh rahe haian.' chahe bhishm pitamah ki buddhi dooshit huee ho ya n huee ho, is kivadanti se itani shiksha to milati hi hai ki dooshit vayumandal aur dooshit manovritti vale logoan ka prabhav b de ooanche purushoan par bhi p d sakata hai. bhishm ne chahe jan-boojh karake hi vaisa abhinay kiya ho aur apane oopar kuchh laanchhan svikar karake bhi ham logoan ko is dosh se mukt rahane ko prerit kiya ho; kyoanki mahapurushoan ki pratyek cheshta logoan ke kalyan ke liye hi hua karati hai.

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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