भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 84

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

shrikrishn ke dvara bhishm ka dhyan,bhishm pitamah se upadesh ke liye anurodh isiliye maian unaka chintan kar raha tha. pyare dharmaraj! unake is lok se chale jane par yah prithvi chandrahin ratri ki bhaanti shobhahin ho jayegi. unake n rahane par bhoomandal mean jnan ka hrias ho jayega. isaliye ap unake pas jakar, charoan varnoan aur ashramoan ka, charoan vidyaoan ka, charoan purusharthoan ka aur jo kuchh apaki ichchha ho usaka rahasy poochh lijiye.' yudhishthir ne aankhoan mean aansoo bharakar gadgad kanth se kaha-'shrikrishn! apane bhishm ke prabhav ka jo varnan kiya hai, us par mujhe poorn vishvas hai. anek rrishi-maharshiyoan ne mujhe unaka mahattav batalaya hai. phir ap to tinoan lokoan ke svami haian. apaki bat par bhala kaise sandeh ho sakata hai? ap mujh par b di kripa rakhate haian, ap mujhe apane sath hi unake pas le chaliye. uttarayan soory hote hi ve is lok se chale jayeange, isaliye aise avasar par unhean apaka darshan milana chahiye. ap adidev parabrahm haian. apake darshan se pitamah kritakrity ho jayeange. dharmaraj yudhishthir ki prarthana sunakar bhagavanh shrikrishn ne satyaki se rath taiyar karane ko kaha. bhagavanh shrikrishn, dharmaraj yudhishthir, kripachary, bhim, arjun adi sab bhishm pitamah ko pas chale. raste mean dharmaraj yudhishthir ke poochhane par shrikrishn ne parashuram ji ke charitr ka varnan kiya.. bhishm ke pas pahuanchakar un logoan ne dekha ki ve sandhyakalin soory ke saman nistej hokar sharashayya par p de haian, b de-b de mahatma unhean ghere hue baithe haian. ve door se hi apani savariyoan se utarakar vahaan gaye aur vyas adi maharshiyoan samet sabako pranam karake bhishm ke charoan or gherakar baith gaye. shrikrishn ne mahatma bhishm ko sambodhan karake kaha-'apaka jnan to pahale ki bhaanti hai n! pandavoan ke ghav ki pa d ke karan apaki buddhi asthir to nahian huee hai? apane pita dharmaparayan shantanu ke varadan se ap apani ichchha ke anusar mrityu ke adhikari hue haian. b de-b de mahatmaoan aur devataoan ko bhi ichchha mrityu prapt nahian hai. sharir mean suee chubh jane par logoan ko usaki pi da sahan nahian hoti, parantu apake sharir mean to anekoan ban biandhe hue haian. ap svayan hi b de-b de devataoan ko upadesh kar rahe haian, apase janm-mrityu ke sambandh mean kya kaha jaye! ap samast dharmoan ka rahasy, ved-vedaang, arth, dharm, kam, moksh sabaka tatv janate haian.

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