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	Mythological tales Pitamaha Bheeshma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The eldest princess Amba revealed to Bheeshma : " O great man, I have chosen the king of Shalva as my husband." Bheeshma hence allowed Amba to go to Shalva while Ambika and Ambalika were married to Vichitravirya who thereafter began to enjoy his married life with both of his queens.
		By the permission of Bheeshma and accompanied by a maid and elder Brahmanas, Amba reached Shalva but the king refused to accept her as his wife.
		Bheeshma said : " O my daughter, at that time my intellect was polluted because of the Kauravas company and their polluted cereals.
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	indian methology
		Bheeshma was immensely loyal to the throne of Hastinapur and took great care of the future kings.
		Bheeshma approached the king of Gandhar and asked for the hand of his daughter in marriage for the blind Dhritrashtra.
		Bheeshma sent Pandu there and Kunti chose him to be her husband among all the suitors.
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		They were blessed by Bheeshma to achieve victory, but they could only achieve victory after they killed Bheeshma and Bheeshma could not be killed unless he willed himself to die.
		Bheeshma tells them that only a woman could bring his death for he would not raise his hand against a woman.
		The Pandavas decided to use Shikhandi in their fight against Bheeshma and the stage is set for the fall of the grandsire from the battlefield.
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	Hindu Endowments Board - HEB Online - Welcome! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bheeshma allowed her to go back to this King, but the King would not take her back as she had been carried off for another man. Amba became furious and blamed Bheeshma for her suffering.
		Although Bheeshma loved both the Pandavas and the Kauravas, it was his duty to fight on the side of the Kauravas, as they were the sons of the reigning King, Dhrita-Rashtra.
		Bheeshma could not bring himself to attack Shikhandin, as he knew that Shikhandin was once a girl (Amba).
	www.heb.gov.sg /hinduonline/2002oct-dec/04-bheeshma.html (1144 words)

	MSN India :: Exclusive
		Bheeshma: In distress, it is difficult to know who the friend is and who the foe.
		Bheeshma: Covetousness is the one root of all sin.
		Bheeshma: Ignorance is born of covetousness and is an inseparable companion of covetousness.
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	What should be continued 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bheeshma: "The three exist together, side by side, when a man arnasses wealth always taking care to walk in the path of Dharma.
		Bheeshma: "The three acts of the body, destruction of the lives of other creatures, theft of what belongs to others and the enjoyment of the wife of another man, should be avoided by a man who aspires for all that you say.
		Bheeshma: "Krishna is the Lord of the Universe.
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	INDOlink Kidz Korner : Mahabharata - Part 11
		Bheeshma admitted that the Pandavas were blessed with divine powers and that, under the circumstances, he was doing his best.
		Bheeshma was blessed with the power to choose his time of death.
		Bheeshma declared his time of death to be when the sun returns towards north or the advent of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
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	Insult of Amba
		At once Bheeshma gave her leave and sent her with proper gifts to Salva since it was considered wrong in those days to forcefully marry a princess who had accepted another king or prince as her husband.
		Salva who was still deep in wrath against Bheeshma told Amba that Bheeshma should marry her since it was he who had justly won her in a battle.
		Bheeshma although move replied that he couldn't since he had taken an oath to not to marry.
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	MSN India :: Exclusive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		When he was twenty years of age and had spent barely four years with his father, King Santanu, he had to give up once and for all his claim to the throne to fulfil his father's desire of marrying Satyavati.
		Yet again, Bheeshma had to keep enemies at bay and ensure that the two widows bore children through sage Vyasa, who was Satyavati's son by sage Parasara.
		Bheeshma also had to take care of the two sons born thereafter, Dhritarashtra and Pandu.
	www.cs.kent.edu /~jchitali/history/Mahabharat/life_of_bheeshma.htm (493 words)

	The Hindu : Silent dimensions
		But because Bheeshma wanted to perpetuate the dynasty at Hastinapura, he defeated the King of Salwa and took away Amba with her sisters Ambika and Ambalika to be married to the prince Vichitraveerya.
		Amba pleaded with Bheeshma that she was in love with the King of Salwa and that she should be returned to him.
		When she returned to Bheeshma, he refused to accept her either, as he had vowed to be single.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/02/18/stories/09180351.htm (1552 words)

	Mahabharata - As the Curtain of Death Falls by Satya Chaitanya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		But Bheeshma had long ceased to be proactive, he had long become a waiter and a watcher.
		Born as a result of a curse, Bheeshma lives an accursed, wasteful, unproductive life of pain and loneliness, and dies in loneliness and in intolerable agony.
		Bheeshma’s rejection of him was so total and complete, his humiliation at the old man’s hands so cruel, that he had to refuse to fight for his friends so long as Bheeshma was in command.
	www.kabirweb.com /hinduism/088.htm (3425 words)

	Re: The beauty of MAHABAHARATHA
		Bheeshma was also an warrior who could not be defeated by anybody, Yet he was lying on the bed of arrows ie: on his deathbed.
		There is also a discussion by Bheeshma and Vidura where they feel that if Dritarashtra was made king instead of Pandu, his thirst for power would have been quenched and would definitely have willingly crowned Yudishtra the king as he too knew that Yudishtra was more eligible to the throne than his own son.
		But he had this grudge and felt that he was deprived of the throne by Virura's neethi because of his blindness, and did not want his son to get deprived of the same and his only justification was that Duryodhan was not an invalid.
	www.sysindia.com /forums/Literature/posts/3706.html (1188 words)

	The Hindu : Ancient management precepts
		BHEESHMA @ MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE: Prayaga Ramakrishna; copies can be had from the author, 12-2-826/A/8, LIC Colony, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad-500028.
		At the behest of Lord Krishna, Bheeshma lying on the bed of arrows, imparted basic tenets of governance to Pandavas.
		Managerial concepts such as leadership, education and time management are discussed with a blend of tradition and modernity.
	www.hindu.com /br/2004/06/15/stories/2004061500011602.htm (216 words)

	mahabcartoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bheeshma advised Dhritarashtra to declare Yudishthira as the crown prince of Hastinapur since he was the eldest and was endowed with fine qualities of a king.
		For Bheeshma ville, som den ædle kriger han var, anse det for en skændsel at angribe en eunuk.
		Bheeshma erklæret, at tidspunktet for hans død skulle være når solen vendte atter stod i nord eller ved sommerens komme til den nordlige halvkugle.
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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bheeshma who is a great Man of Action and Sacrifice, mastered the whole Dharma Sastra and practiced it strictly throughout his life.
		Then Bheeshmacharya having obtained boon from Lord Krishna to be able to speak in clear voice and memorise his past deeds reveals the essence of all that he learnt from a number of sages who had the vision of Lord in different forms.
		Bheeshma observed a number of austerities imposed by the sages, served them for long periods, satisfied them that he deserves to be taught the secret they have obtained after strenuous efforts, and finally obtained from them the secrets.
	www.chinnajeeyar.org /Bekadasi.htm (894 words)

	MSN India :: Exclusive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		An enraged Bheeshma challenged the princes and, putting all of them down with careless ease, carried away the three princesses in his chariot.
		Sadly, Bheeshma was not aware of the fact that Amba had set her heart upon Salva, the king of Saubala, and was about to place the garland around his neck.
		Bheeshma, realising that he had committed a mistake, made elaborate arrangements for the princess to be taken to Saubala.
	www.cs.kent.edu /~jchitali/history/Mahabharat/amba_to_shikhandi.htm (725 words)

	under a banyan tree - Story_The birth of Pandu and Dhritrashtra
		She spoke to Bheeshma, 'Wise Bheeshma, my heart grieves for my son Vichitraveer but, as Queen, I have to think about the kingdom as well.
		Bheeshma replied, 'O Queen, it was your father who made me take the oath that I will never be the King of Hastinapur.
		Bheeshma was unrelenting, 'O Mother, I can not serve and be king at the same time.
	www.underabanyantree.com /Mahabharat%20Vol1/StoryMB0103_Pandu_and_Dhritrashtra.htm (279 words)

	Legends associated with the Ganga
		Another legend has it that the Ganga came down to the earth in a human form and married King Shantanu - an ancestor of the Pandavas of Mahabharata, yielded 7 children, all of whom were thrown back into the river by her in an unexplained manner.
		The eighth - Bheeshma was spared, thanks to King Shantanu's intervention, however Ganga left him from then on.
		Bheeshma plays a pivotal role throughout the grand epic of Mahabharata.
	www.indiantemples.com /beliefs/ganga_legends.htm (328 words)

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		He took this difficult decision to please his father Shantanu, and was hailed by the gods as Bheeshma or the terrific one.
		In is ironical that Bheesham, who declined to be a king, wielded royal powers for a longer period that any other king of that dynasty.
		A partiality to the throne which he had guarded all his life, was perhaps responsible for his siding with Duryodhana against the Pandavas in the Mahabharata war.
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	JET: Bheeshma Ekadasi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bheeshma Ekadasi is an auspicious occasion, the birth day of Sri Vishnu Sahasra Nama Sthothram.
		Krishna realizes that the most eligible person to talk about the ultimate truth would be Bheeshma, who at that time was lying on the bed of arrows in the battlefield, ready to leave his mortal body.
		It is the spirit or bhava that matters; so as long as one chants the name of God with sincerity, considerations such as not knowing the meaning, not knowing the pronunciation, etc., do not matter, and God who is the Mother of all of us will confer His blessings on us.
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	How We Should Kill You (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the presence of all the heroes on our side he said that Bheeshma 'will be his first victim in the war.
		Bheeshma was very excited to see these grandchildren of his.
		Bheeshma said: "Amba hates me. I can think of her only as Amba and not as a man, Sikhandi.
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		Angered, insultated and hurt, Amba commits sucide, vowing to kill Bheeshma in her next birth.
		Bheeshma arranges for the education of Kauravas and Pandavas.
		Arjun is overwhelmed by the fact that he is going to fight with his near and dear ones.
	www.geocities.com /narenp/history/history/mahabharat.htm (2245 words)

	The Brides of the Bharatas by Satya Chaitanya
		When Madri’s brother Shalya refused to oblige Bheeshma, he was offered profuse wealth in exchange; and of course, coercion through the not very subtly veiled threat of Prince Bheeshma was there to force Shalya’s hands.
		We were brought to Hastinapura by Prince Bheeshma — the same Bheeshma who had brought Mother Satyavati as a wife for his father, the same Bheeshma who would get Gandhari for Dhritarashtra, the same Bheeshma who would bring Madri for Pandu.
		His mother, incessantly humiliated by the nobility in the court, for ever neglected by the emperor, effusively respected by Prince Bheeshma — given the empty, formal respect due to a woman who was his mother only because she had married his father — had grown silent and withdrawn.
	www.boloji.com /women/0076b.htm (1736 words)

	gita explan 1
		Bheeshma blew the conch of restlessness which interrupts the stillness of the army on alert.
		With the purpose of cheering Duryodhana, the grandsire Bheeshma, the oldest of the Kauravas, blew his conch shell with a resounding roar of a lion.
		Then suddenly (after Bheeshma's first note), a great chorus from the shells, kettledrums, cymbals, tabors and cowhorn-trumpets sounded from the Kaurava side; the noise was terrific.
	www.spiritual-teachers.com /geetaexplanations/gita1.htm (20039 words)

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		Bheeshma Art et Culture organise des colloques et tout type d'événements en Inde du Sud.
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	Satyavati - II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Henceforth Devrata was known as Bheeshma, or the one of the Frightful Vow.
		When Shantanu saw Satyavati with Bheeshma he was overjoyed, but when he Satyavati told him the price Bheeshma had paid for their happiness, his joy turned to sorrow.
		He gifted Bheeshma a boon that Bheeshma would die only at the time of his choosing and till then Yama, the God of Death, would not knock on his door.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/mythology_from_india/67633 (918 words)

	Mahabharata - As the Curtain of Death Falls by Satya Chaitanya
		But in his death, Bheeshma is doing precisely what he has done all his life.
		So we find Bheeshma waiting for uttarayana to begin — waiting between life and death, between being and non-being, between doing and non-doing, exactly as he had lived all his life.
		Bheeshma had said no to life at an early age — and the rest of his life had been a waiting for death — and that is precisely what he does in his last moments too.
	www.boloji.com /hinduism/088.htm (3425 words)

	Shri Maha Vishnu Sahasranamam - some observations ...
		I have been taught that in these days of modern living, if one can not find time to meditate on the Lord's name for a significant period of time, utterring of Sri Vishnu Sahasranam once a day is sufficient to lead one towards the path of moksham.
		Shri Bheeshma Says: "jagath prabhum dEva dEvam anantham purushOthamam sthuvan nAma sahsrENa purusha sthathathothithaha" The purest of all beings - one without a beginning or an end ("anantham") - the Lord with a Thousand Names, he is the Lord of the World, the Lord of all the Devas and the Lord of all the Lokas.
		Interestingly, these words were uttered by Shri Bheeshma Acharya, who was under the tutelage of great Gurus such as Shri Surya, and Shri Guru, whom only the Devas has had access to.
	www.ramanuja.org /sv/bhakti/archives/may97/0040.html (647 words)

	Mahabharat - Synopsis and Preview of Hindu Religious and Pooja Materials
		Bheeshma remains silent as he is bound by his vow to serve the throne which is with Dhritarashtra.
		Bheeshma had insulted Amba by refusing to marry her after he had abducted her.
		Bheeshma's shield is cut into pieces by Arjun's arrows and he falls on the ground with Arjun's arrows covering his body.
	www.intelindia.com /mahabharat/synopsis.htm (6567 words)

	Close Encounter With Nagpur Police
		Moonje was in his daily Sandhya-Vandana (worship); and one of his teenage disciples, "Bheeshma" was at home.
		He and Bheeshma had pre-planned the action to take, if an emergency arrived.
		At a mere glance from Doctorjee, Bheeshma, who was out of the line of sight of the searching policemen instantly donned on the clothes of a manservant, put the banned literature in a garbage can, covered it with real garbage, and took it out of the back door of the house.
	www.hssworld.org /doctorji/annaji_narrations/11.htm (215 words)

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