भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 6

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

pita ke liye mahanh tyag sansar ka arth hai sarakane vala. arthath nirantar parivartan hona hi sansar ka svarup hai. jo aj priy hai vah kal apriy ho jayega, jo aj apriy hai vah kal priy ho jayega. pratikshan nikat ki vastuaian door aur door ki vastuaian ek sath hoti rahati haian. is anadi kala se bahati huee dhara mean n jane kahaan-kahaan se a-akar tinake ke saman ye sab vastuean ek sath ho jati haian, kshan bhar hi sath bahati haian aur agale hi kshan mean prithakh-prithakh ho jati haian. koee prani chahe ki maian is sansar ki amuk vastu ko sarvada apane sath hi rakhooan ya maian usake sath hi rahooan to yah asambhav hai. kabhi nahian ho sakata. jis ganga ke liye mahabhishakh ne brahm sabha ke niyam ka ullanghan karake unhean apanana chaha tha, jinaki priyata ke vash hokar jinhean rakhane ke liye unhoanne sat putroan ki hatya apani aankhoan se dekhi thi, ve ganga shantanu ko chho dakar chali gayian. jis putr ko rakhane ke liye shantanu ne ganga se ki huee pratijna ka ullanghan kiya aur ganga se bichhoh hona bhi svikar kiya, chahe tho de dinoan ke liye kyoan n ho, vah putr bhi ganga ke sath hi chala gaya. shantanu ki aankhean khulian. unaki pravritti aur ruchi dharm ki or to pahale se hi thi- ab aur adhik ho gayi. unake rajy mean koee praja du:khi nahian thi. sab log yajn, dan aur tapasya mean tatpar ho gaye. varnashram dharm ki vyavastha sudridh ho gayi. shantanu ke hriday mean kisi ke prati rag-ddhesh nahian tha. unaki dharmajnata, satyavadita, saralata charoan or prasiddh thi. unake parakram ka sab log samman karate the. apar shakti hone par bhi ve prithvi ke saman kshamashil the. koee kisi prani ko du:kh nahian deta tha, unake rajy mean kisi jiv ki hiansa nahian hoti thi. ve du:khi, anath, pashu-pakshi adi ko apana putr samajhate the. unake prabhav se sari praja unake saman hi dharmaparayan ho rahi thi aur yahi karan hai ki sab rajaoan ne milakar unhean rajarajeshvar samrath ki padavi di thi.

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