भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 89

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

pitamah ka upadesh shrikrishn ne kaha-'pitamah! sansar mean jo kuchh kalyan aur kirti dikh rahi hai, usaka karan maian hooan. sansar ke sab bhav mujhase paida hue haian. maian sampoorn yash ka kendr hooan; is bat mean kisi ko sandeh nahian hai. is samay maianne apani vishal buddhi apake hriday mean pravisht kara di hai. meri ichchha hai ki apake dvara hi upadesh ho aur vah sansar mean ved-vaky ki bhaanti sthir rahe. jo apake upadeshoan ka anusaran karega, usaka lok, paralok aur paramarth banega. janm se lekar aj tak ap mean koee dosh nahian dekha gaya; ap dharm ke marmajn haian. apane jivan bhar satsang kiya hai, rrishi aur devataoan ki upasana ki hai. maian apaki kirti ko sthayi banana chahata hooan. ap meri aur sabaki ichchha poorn karean. apaka kalyan hoga.' shrikrishn ki ajna pakar pitamah ne yudhishthir ko prashn karane ki ajna di. yudhishthir ne unake pas jakar charanoan mean pranam karake b de vinit bhav se dharm aur adhyatm-sambandhi anekoan prashn kiye. bhishm pitamah ne un sab prashnoan ka prithakh-prithakh uttar diya. un sabaka varnan mahabharat ke shantiparv mean hai. pratyek jijnasu stri-purush ko usaka svadhyay karana chahiye. ve sab upadesh yahaan kisi prakar uddhadhrit nahian kiye ja sakate. sankshep rup se hi uddhadhrit kiye jayean to ek b da-sa granth ban sakata hai. yahaan to namamatr ke liye unake kuuchh tho de-se vachan uddhadhrit kar diye jate haian. beta! maian jaganniyanta shrikrishn, dharm aur brahmanoan ko namaskar karake dharm-sambandhi kuchh batean batata hooan. tum savadhan hokar suno. raja ko chahiye ki vah apane uttam vyavahar dvara devataoan, daivi sampatti valoan aur brahmanoan ko prasann rakhe. inaki prasannata se dharm prasann hota hai aur dharm ki prasannata se sab sukh-shanti milati hai. jivan mean purusharth ki b di avashyakata hai. bina paurush ke bhagy koee phal nahian deta. daiv aur bhagy ka nishchay to phal milane ke pashchath hota hai. pahale to paurush ka hi ashray lena chahiye. kary prarambh kar dene par koee vighn a jaye to poori shakti ke sath us vighn ka samana karana chahiye aur apane kartavy ko siddh karane ka prayatn karate rahana chahiye.

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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