भीष्म पितामह -अखण्डानन्द सरस्वती पृ. 91

shri bhishm pitamah -svami akhandanand sarasvati

pitamah ka upadesh brahmanoan ko apane varnokt dharm mean avichal bhav se sthit rahana chahiye. dhanush chalana, shatruoan ko marana, kheti, rojagar, pashupalan aur naukari-brahmanoan ka dharm nahian hai. adhyayan karana, adhyapan karana, yajn karana aur yajn karana, dan dena aur dan lena-brahmanoan ke ye chh: karm kahe gaye haian. jitendriy, yajnik, satsvabhav, dayalu, sahanashil, nirlobh, saral, shantaprakriti, ahiansak aur kshamavanh brahman hi vastav mean brahman hai. brahman ek sthan mean rahakar, sharir ke dvara koee kriya n karake bhi sare jagath ka kalyan kar sakata hai. usaka vedamantroan ka uchcharan, havan aur shubh sankalp hi sansar ke liye bahut upayogi hai. kshatriy brahman ka rakshak hai. vaishy brahman aur kshatriy donoan ke bhojan-vastr adi ki vyavastha karane vala hai. ye tinoan varn ek-doosare ke sahayak haian. in tinoan ke sath shoodr ka b da ghanishth sambandh hai. sachchi bat to yah hai ki inaki sahayata se hi dharmacharan ho sakata hai, isaliye kriya ke adhikar mean antar hote hue bhi sab dharm ke saman phal ke adhikari haian. char ashram haian- brahmachary, grihasth, vanaprasth aur sannyas. inake dharm alag-alag haian. sabaka palan yathayogy hota hai. brahman ke liye charoan ashramoan ka hi vidhan hai. vah grihasth aur vanaprasth mean aye bina bhi sanyas le sakata hai. sanyas-ashram mean sukh-du:kh rahit, grihavihin, jo kuchh mil jaye vahi khakar din bita dene vala, jitendriy; dant, sham, bhog-vasana shoony aur nirvikar rahana chahiye. grihasthashram mean vedoan ko duharana, santan utpann karana, sanyam ke sath vishayabhog karana, nishkapat rahana, parimit bhojan karana aur devata-pitar ke rrinoan se mukt rahana dharm kaha gaya hai. grihasth ko kritajn, devapremi, satyavadi, upakari, dani aur rritukal mean apani stri ke pas rahane vala hona chahiye. vanaprasth ke niyam b de hi kathor haian. vedadhyayan ke samay brahrmachary-ashram svikar karate haian aur ant:karan apane vash mean ho to jivan bhar ke liye svikar kar lete haian. jo yajnopavit lekar apani indriyoan ko vash mean karake devataoan ki pooja, mantrajap, achary-seva, guru ko pranam, ved-vedaang ka adhyayan, vasanaoan aur adharmiyoan ke sansarg ka tyag aur pranayam-dhyan adi karat hai, yatharth mean vahi brahmachari hai.

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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