भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 93

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

pitamah ka upadesh ek bar brahman veshadhari indr ne poochha ki 'daityaraj! apane tinoan lokoan ka rajy kis prakar prapt kiya? prahlad ne kaha- 'brahman! maian raja hone ke abhiman se brahmanoan ka tiraskar nahian karata. sammanapoorvak unaka upadesh grahan karata hooan aur usake anusar acharan karata hooan. ve meri seva aur sachcharitrata se prasann hokar mujhe upadesh kiya karate haian.' upadesh ke pashchath prahlad ne indr se kaha-' brahman! maian tumhari seva se bahut prasann hooan, tumhari seva se bahut prasann hooan, tumhari jo ichchha ho maang lo.' brahman ne kaha-'yadi ap prasann hokar mujhe var dena chahate haian, to apani sachcharitrata mujhe de dijiye.' brahman ki prarthana prahlad ne svikar ki. unhoanne apani sachcharitrata indr ko de di. indr vahaan se chale gaye. isi samay prahlad ke sharir se ek chhaya nikali. prahlad ke poochhane par us chhaya ne uttar diya ki mera nam sachcharitrata (shil) hai, apane mujhe tyag diya hai, maian ab usi brahman ke sharir mean rahooangi. vah chhaya chali gayi. usake prahlad ke sharir se dharm, saty, bal aur lakshmi sabhi kramash: nikalakar aye, sabane apana parichay dekar prahlad se vida maangi aur sab-ke-sab chale gaye; kyoanki jahaan sachcharitrata rahati hai vahian ve sab rahate haian. sachcharitrata kya hai? man se, vani se aur acharan se kisi ka anisht n karana, dan karana aur sab par daya karana- yahi sachcharitrata hai. jis kam se kisi bhala n hota ho aur jisase samaj mean lajja prapt hoti ho, aisa kam kabhi nahian karana chahiye. dushcharitr ko kabhi aishvary nahian mil sakata. mil bhi jaye to thahar nahian sakata. jise sthir sukh aur sampatti prapt karani ho, use sachcharitr banana chahiye. atithi-satkar aur sharanagat raksha manushy ke param dharm haian. manushy ke hi kyoan, pashu-pakshiyoan ke jivan mean bhi yah bat dekhi gayi hai aur unhoanne isake dvara vah gati prapt ki hai; jo manushyoan ko durlabh hai. is vishay mean parashuram ne muchukund se b di sundar katha kahi hai. purane jamane mean ek b da hi nishthur baheliya tha. usaki kroorata se oobakar bhaee-bandhuoan ne bhi use chho d diya tha. pashu-pakshiyoan ko marana hi usaka kam tha.

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