भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 27

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

kaurav-pandavoan ka janm tatha vidyadhyan satyavati ne vyas ka smaran kiya aur ve mata ke smaran karate hi brahmasootroan ki rachana chho dakar vahaan a gaye. mata ne apane pyare putr ko bahut dinoan ke bad pakar mare prem ke hriday se laga liya. sneh ke mare unake stanoan se doodh ki dhar nikal p di, aansoo bahane lage. vyas ne apani mata ko pranam karake unase apane yogy seva ki ajna maangi. satyavati ne unase agrah kiya ki ve lupt hote huai bharat vansh ki raksha karean. vyasaji ne kaha- 'yadi tumhari bahuean mere boodhe aur vikrit deh ho dekhakar ghrina n karean, mere sharir se nikalati huee gandh ko sah lean, mere rup se dekhakar darean nahian, to unhean garbh rah jayega. unase kah do ki ve nagn hokar meri aankhoan ke samane se nikal jayean. bas, ve meri drishti se hi garbhavati ho jayeangi.' satyavati ne ambika ko jakar samajhaya aur kisi prakar daant-dapatakar use is bat par raji kiya ki vah vastrarahit hokar vyasaji ke samane se nikal jaye; parantu usaka hriday yah bat svikar nahian kar raha tha. vah b de sankoch se apani aankh band karake unake samane gayian. vyas ki kripa drishti se use garbh rah gaya. jab mata ne vyas se poochha, tab unhoanne apani divy drishti se dekhakar kah diya ki yah aankh band karake mere samane gayi thi, isaliye isaka putr aandha hoga: parantu usake sau putr hoange. mata ne prarthana ki, ek putr aur utpann karo beta kyoanki aandha to raja ho hi nahian sakata. ambalika ke rritudharm hone par phir vyasadev aye. satyavati ki prerana se unake samane aankh khole hue gayi to avashy, parantu mare dar ke usaka sharir pila p d gaya. vyas ne kaha-' tum mujhe dekhakar mare dar ke pili p d gay; isaliye tumhare garbh se jo putr hoga vah panduvarn ka hoga.' mata ko jab yah samachar maloom hua, tab unhoanne vyas se pun: prarthana ki ki 'tum ek putr aur utpann karo.' vyasadev ne is bar bhi svikar kar liya. kuchh samay bitane par ambika ne pun: rritusnan kiya aur satyavati ne vyasadev ka smaran kar unhean bulaya. is bar bhi ambika ki himmat unake samane jane ki nahian p di. usane apani ek sarvaangasundari dasi unake samane bhej di. vyasadev usake acharan se bahut prasann hue, unhoanne var diya ki aj se tum dasabhav se chhoot jaogi. tumhara balak sansar mean param dharmik aur b da buddhiman hoga. vyasaji maharaj chale gaye. ambika ke garbh se dhritarashtr, ambalika ke garbh se pandu aur dasi ke garbh se vidur ka janm hua. mahatma bhishm b de prem se bhagavath-bhajan karate hue inaka palan-poshan karane lage.

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