भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 88

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

pitamah ka upadesh bhishm ka itana jivan-adhyayan kar lene ke pashchath ham ni:sankoch bhav se kah sakate haian ki bhishm mahatma purush haian. unaka jivan nishkam karmayog ka moortimanh svarup hai. unake jivan mean mahanh purusharth bhara hua hai. bhagavanh par unaki avichal shraddha hai. ve ek kshan ke liye bhi bhagavanh ko nahian bhoolate aur yahaan tak ki svayan bhagavanh bhi unaka dhyan karate haian. unhian bhishm ke dvara bhagavanh ke jnan ka vistar hone vala hai. yahi bat isake pahale adhyay mean a chuki hai ki bhishm ne apane vyaktigat jnan ka upadesh karana asvikar kar diya. bhagavanh shrikrishn ne unhean apane jnan ka dan kiya. ab bhishm vastav mean jnan-upadesh karane ke adhikari hue. aise adhikar par arudh hokar jo jnan ka upadesh karata hai, vahi sachcha upadeshak hai. yoan to ajakal upadeshakoan ki badh a gayi hai; parantu kaun hai bhishm-jaisa upadeshak, jise bhagavanh ka sakshath adesh prapt hua hai? poorv nishchay ke anusar doosare din sab log bhishm pitamah ki sharashayya ke pas upasthit hue. b de-b de rrishi-maharshi pahale se hi a gaye the. devarshi narad aur yudhishthir ki prerana se bhagavanh shrikrishn ne bhishm pitamah se vartalap prarambh kiya. shrikrishn ne kaha-'pitamah! aj ki rat mean apako koee kasht to nahian hua? apaka sharir pi darahit aur man shant hai n?' pitamah ne kaha-'shrikrishn! tumhari kripa se moh, dah, thakavat,udveg aur rog sab door ho gaye. tumhari kripadrishti ke phalasvarup mujhe tinoan kal ka jnan ho gaya hai. ved-vedantokt dharm, sadachar, varnashram-desh-jati aur kul ke dharm -sab mere hriday mean jag gaye haian. is samay meri buddhi nirmal aur chitt sthir hai. maian tumhare chintan se pun: jivit ho gaya hooan. ab maian dharmik aur adhyatmik prashnoan ka uttar de sakata hooan, parantu ek bat tumase poochhani hai, vah yah ki tumane svayan yudhishthir ko upadesh kyoan nahian diya?'

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