भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 106

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

mahabharat ka divy upadesh anek shastroan ko janane vale doosaroan ki shanka-samadhan karane vale bahushrut pandit bhi lobh ke vashibhoot hokar sansar mean kasht hi pate haian. lobhi manushy sadaiv dvesh aur krodh mean doobe hue hote haian. shreshth purushoan ke shishtachar se ve sarvatha bhrasht ho jate haian. unake hriday mean kroorata aur vani mean mithas bhara rahata hai. bhole-bhale log ghas se dhake hue kuane ki tarah pray: unase dhokha kha jate haian. ve dharm ka vesh banakar doosaroan ke man ko du:khane vale, dharm ka dhoang rachane vale anudar aur vishvasaghatak hote haian. ve yuktiyoan ke bal se (shastr-vachanoan ka manamana arth karake) anekoan marg kh de karake lobh ke vashibhoot hokar satpurushoan dvara sthapit dharm marg ka nash kar dete haian. unake svarth ke karan sansar ki vyavastha mean ulat-pher mach jata hai aur log bhi unaki dekha-dekhi adharmacharan karane lagate haian. he yudhishthir! darp, krodh, mad, harsh, shok, ati abhiman- ye sab durgun lobhi manushy mean dekhane mean ate haian. aise purushoan ko sadaiv kutil janakar unase bachana chahiye. keval satpurushoan ke sevan se hi bhalaee ho sakati hai.' 'he rajan! satpurushoan ka bartav b da hi anukaraniy hota hai. unake pas rahakar tumhean apane sandeh ki nivritti karani chahiye. unake satsang se punarjanm athava paralok ka bhay nahian rahata.. ve maans, madira, se sada door rahane vale sajjan priy aur apriy ki prapti mean (nirantar) saman hote haian. ve shreshth purushoan ki sarahana karane vale, jitendriy aur sukhh-du:kh ko saman samajhane vale mahanubhav nity saty ke palan mean hi tatpar rahate haian. ve dan dekar athava kisi ki bhalaee karake pratyupakar ki ichchha nahian rakhate. ve dayalu, sant, pitar, devata aur atithiyoan ka satkar karane vale hote haian. vipadkal mean bhi dharm ko n chho dane vale ve sajjan sab praniyoan ke hit-sadhan mean hi lage rahate haian aur maangane par paropakar ke liye apane pranoan tak ki bheant prasannatapoorvak kar dete haian. aise shisht purushoan ko sansar ka koee bhi padarth ya prani satpath se chalayaman nahian kar sakata. unaka charitr adarsh dharmabhav se bhara hota hai aur ve sadhu purushoan ke dvara acharit dharm ka kabhi lop nahian karate.

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