भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 63

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

bhishm ke dvara shrikrishn ka mahatmy kathan, bhishm ki pratijna-raksha ke liye pun: bhagavanh ka pratijna bhang, bhishm ka ran mean patan mahapurushoan ki sabase b di visheshata yah hoti hai ki ve oopar se chahe jis kam mean lage hoan, hriday mean bhagavanh shrikrishn ka smaran kiya karate haian. chahe bhayankar-se-bhayankar rup dharan karake bhagavanh unake samane avean, ve bhagavanh ko pahachan jate haian. ek kshan ke liye bhi unake manas-patal se madhur moorti bhagavanh shrikrishn ki chhavi nahian hatati. unake antastal mean ek bhi aisi vritti nahian hoti jo bhagavanh ke mahatmy jnan se shoony ho. bhagavanh ki smriti hi mahatmaoan ka jivan hai, bhagavanri ki smriti hi mahatmaoan ka pran hai aur vastav mean ve haian hi bhagavatsmaran, smaran se prithakh unaki satta hi nahian hai. bhishm pitamah ke jivan mean bhagavatsmaran ki pradhanata hai. ve apani ichchha se kuchh nahian karate, sab kuchh bhagavanh ki hi ichchha se karate haian. jab bhagavanh hath mean chakr lekar unhean marane aye, tab bhi unhoanne bhagavanh ko vaise hi pahachana, jaise sarvada pahachanate the aur age bhi ham unake jivan mean sthan-sthan par dekheange ki ve bhagavanh ke smaran mean hi tallin haian. chauthe din ka yuddh samapt hua. us din duryodhan ke bahut-se bhaee mare gaye. kauravoan ki sena mean murdani-si chha gayi. pandavoan ki sena mean harshanad hone laga. duryodhan ko b di chinta huee. rat ko bhishm pitamah ke pas gaye. ve rote hue-se bhishm pitamah se kahane lage-'pitamah! ap, dronachary, kripachary, shaly adi mahavir mere paksh mean haian aur sachche hriday se meri or se yuddh kar rahe haian. maian aisa samajhata hooan ki ap-jaisa yoddha triloki mean aur koee nahian hai. pandavoan ke sab vir milakar bhi akele apako parast nahian kar sakate. mujhe b da sandeh ho raha hai ki pandav kisake sahare ham logoan ko jitate ja rahe haian. ap kripa karake batalaiye unaki jit ka kya karan hai? bhishm pitamah bole-'duryodhan! maian tumase yah bat kee bar kah chuka hooan, parantu tumane us par dhyan nahian diya.' maian ab bhi tumhean yahi salah deta hooan ki tum pandavoan se sandhi kar lo. sandhi karane se n keval tumhara hi, balki sare sansar ka bhala hoga.

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