भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 62

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

mahabharat-yuddh ke niyam, bhishm ki pratijna rakhane ke liye bhagavanh ne apani pratijna to d di tumhare hathoan se marane mean mujhe labh-hi-labh hai. is lok mean mujhe yash milega aur paralok mean kalyan prapt hoga. tumhare dvara marane par to n jane meri kitani kirti hogi, tum mujhe marane dau de keval isi se meri pratishtha aur kirti sahastr-sahastr guna badh gayi.' bhagavanh shrikrishn ne kaha-'bhishm! tumhean uchit tha ki jua prarambh hone ke samay hi duryodhan ko rokate. vah samay bit gaya to yuddh ke prarambh mean rokate aur yadi kaurav tumhara upadesh n sunate to tumhara kartavy tha ki tum unhean chho d dete. parantu tumane aisa nahian kiya, ulte yuddh mean unaka hi paksh liya, yadi tum unake paksh mean nahian hote to aj yah bhayankar l daee n hoti.' bhishm ne kaha-'janardan! pata nahian tumhari hi ichchha poorn ho rahi hai, sab log tumhare hi ishare par nach rahe haian. maianne ek bar nahian, do bar nahian-anekoan bar kauravoan ko samajhaya; parantu unhoanne meri bat nahian mani. tumhari ichchha prabal hai. tumhari hi ichchha ka yantr hokar maian kauravoan ke paksh mean l d raha hooan.' bhishm yoan kah hi rahe the ki arjun ne rath se koodakar shrikrishn ko pak d liya. us samay shrikrishn b de veg se bhishm ki or badhe ja rahe the, arjun ke rokane par bhi ve nahian ruke. unako khianchate hue bhishm ki or chale. dasavean pag par jakar arjun apane pair jama sake aur unhean rok sake. arjun ne gi dagi dakar bhagavanh se kaha-'prabho! ap ham logoan ke liye apani pratijna mat to diye. maian shapathapoorvak kahata hooan ki ab komal yuddh nahian karooanga, apaki ajna se gurujanoan ka bhi sanhar karooanga.' arjun ki pratijna aur shapath sunakar shrikrishn shant ho gaye aur ek kshan tak hath mean chakr liye kh de rahakar phir arjun ke rath par laut aye aur gho doan ki bagador sanbhal li. phir to arjun ne itana bhishan yuddh kiya ki n keval yuddhakshetr mean- sab lokoan mean kolahal mach gaya, sab-ke-sab thithak-se gaye. keval bhishm-akele bhishm hi arjun ke samane thahar sake. is sangram mean n jane kitane daityoan ke pran gaye, bahut kuchh prithvi ka bhar kam hua. bhagavanh ki ichchha-unaka sankalp poora hone laga.

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