Foreword Sri Krsna Dwaipayana Vyasa has finished composing seventeen Puranas. He did it in order to get rid of the inner agony and unrest, which was bothering him since long. He started composing Puranas with the hope that it will bring him peace. But he found himself standing exactly where he was before he started his saga. The real peace of mind is still away from him. He is worried. It is on this point that the celestial sage Narada appears on the scene and makes a discreet enquiry about his well-being Vyasa unreservedly opens his heart before the reverent sage and requests him to suggest some remedy. The omniscient Narada suggests to Vyasa to compose Srimad Bhagavata exclusively based on the Divine Lilas of Sri Krsna the Lord Paripurnatama. Vyasa did it and after the completion of composing the Mahapuranaand narrating and singing the Lilas of Lord Supreme He found all his mental restlessness gone. His heart was as blissful and unwavering as a lamp in a room where there is no wind.

More or less five centuries back a great devotee saint and scholarly poet Narayana in Kerala composed his small but very beautiful and famous Narayaniyam consisting of one thousand and thirty six verses. It is said that he had paralysis due to his own Guru Bhakti. His Guru was suffering seriously from paralysis and his pain was unbearably acute. Narayana was extremely pained to see his Guru moaning and groaning day in and day out. One day on a sacred occasion he took over the disease of his Guru as Dana. Since that very day his Guru started improving and he himself started feeling unwell. After some time he became so serious that he could not even walk a few steps. One day some mahatma felt pity on him and suggested him to sing the Lilas of the Lord MahavisnuNarayana went to Guru Vayur and there remaining in the precints of the temple he started composing sweet and beautiful Slokas narrating the Lilas sported by the Lord in hall his ten incarnations. In other words he started composing Bhagavata in its abridged form. Everyday he composed about ten verses i. e. one decade a day. The Project engaged him for one hundred days. And at the end he found himself completely free from the disease.

These two incidents are sufficient to prove that any object worldly or otherworldly can be achieved by chanting divine Lilas of the Lord sincerely with undivided devotion.

In literature we find mentions of Tapovanas(forest where the ascetics used to practise austere penance) where we learn that even the animals abandoned the feeling of natural enmity as between a cow and a tiger; a cat and a rat and the like and lived together in friendly atmosphere. From the above we can safely draw the conclusion that if we are really desirous of finding ultimate peace and bliss we have got to take refuge under the Lord Almighty and make a complete surrender at his feet.

With this purpose Kalyana- Kalpataru is presenting its Divine Lila Number in which we have tried to show that whatever is happening or will happen is nothing but the Divine Lila of the Lord Supreme. Whatever is dine in the universe there is secret and hidden divine motive that exhilarates the wheel of universal welfare in the right direction. Even in most unwanted happenings there is some divine hand pointing and leading towards ultimate good: it is another thing that we are unable to recognize the divine will and its beneficial effect. We fail to realize that the omnipotent Lord is always in a sportive mood and everything that takes place is simply his Lila. Lila is a word broadly used covering a very wide range. In the Sanskrit poetics its use is very limited. Generally Lila is imitating how the beloved behaves.

According to the Bhagavata the divine Lilas are done as a divine grace upon human beings. By listening these Lilas they can attain bliss and liberation.

I thank my colleagues who have spared no pains in bringing about this issue in the present from and without whose assistance in would not have been possible at all for me to do so.

Contents

1	Foreword	vii
2	Subhasamsa	xii
	Introductry
1	Ahalya Redeemed	5
2	Brahmalina Sri Jayadayal Goyandka	6
3	Divine Lila Brahmalina Swami Ramsukhdas	12
4	How to Meditate on Divine Pranks Nityalilalina Sri HanumanPrasad Poddar	15
5	Paramatma Lila Komanduri Navin Chander	20
6	Ten Avataras and Evolution Process Dr. Debabrata Das	36
7	Significance of Dharmasamsthapana as the Purpose of an Incarnation Swami Sanmayananda	45
8	God's Descent: Concept of Incarnation Dr. P. P. Sharma	48
9	The Concept of Lila in Hinduism Dr. A. B. Shivaji	51
10	The Concept and Philosophy of Divine Incarnations Dr. P. V. S. Subramanian	55
11	Divine Love R. P. Dwivedi	60
	Matsyavatara
1	The Incarnation of Fish and the Sport He Played S. Hari	62
2	The Supreme Incarnates as Fish	64
	Kurmavatara
1	Turtle God	71
2	Nectar Extracted and Distributed	75
3	When Krsna Assumed a Turtle Form	78
	Varahavatara
1	Factors Contributing to the Incarnation of the Divine Boar	81
2	Varaha Incarnation	85
3	Jaya and Vijaya Born as Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksa	88
4	Encounter with Hiranyaksa	91
5	Sri Varahi A. S. Padmanabhan	97
	Nrsimhavatara
1	Uniqueness of Narasimhavatara Dr. E. P. Aravindakshan	101
2	Bhakta Prahlada - A Devotee Extraordinaire R. P. Dwivedi	103
3	The Demonic Father and the Angelic Son K. V. Krishnamachari	110
4	Sri Nrsimhavatara R. Kannan	118
5	The Unique Devotion of Prahlada Swami Padmanabhananda Saraswati	124
6	Suddhadvaitavada	126
7	Nrsimha Puja	127
8	Go, Almighty Dr. Krishnachandra Shukla	131
	Vamanavatara
1	Bali- A Victim of Divine Deception S. Hari	132
2	Vamana - A Unique Avatara C. N. Parthasarathy	136
3	Advent of Vamana	138
4	Lord Vamana in the Sacrificial Canopy of Bali	141
5	Counter Arguments of Bali- lord Vamana Assumes Trivikrama Form	146
6	How Bali welcomed Humiliation	152
	Parasuramavatara
1	Sri Rama-Parasurama Encounter in Ramayana S. Ambhrini	156
2	Parasurama as in Ramacaritamanasa	160
3	Parasurama in Mithila	170
4	Parasurama Fights with Bhisma	177
5	Transfiguration of God Chilukuri Venkateswarlu	202
	Ramavatara
1	The Potency of Rama-Nama P. S. Ramanathan	203
2	Sri Rama, the Supreme Divinity in Human Garb Kumble Vittal Rao	206
3	Rama's Vairagya P. S. Varma	208
4	Sri Rama a Prince of Humour!N. Rajagopalan	212
5	Nisada and Sabari Episode Shastri Harijivan	216
6	Jatayu Moksa Visnupriya	219
7	The Banishment of Sita Keshavram N. Iengar	222
8	Two Episods from Ramakatha- Their Relevance D. S. Bajpai	226
9	Ramacaritamanasa ( The Cradle of Rama Bhakti) R. C. M. Tripathi	231
10	Sri Rama- The Most Charming R. Kannan	238
	Krsnavatara
1	Who is Lord Krsna?Satish K. Kapoor	244
2	Lord Krsna Steps in to save Draupadi P. S. Ramanathan	250
3	Krsna: An Enigma K. V. Krishnamachari	254
4	On Sri Krsna n the Gopis Sri Bhaisab	260
5	Krsna- The Pied Piper of Indian Thought Lt. Col. R. K. Langar	263
6	Krsnarjuna-Yuddha-Lila Dr. Mukunda Pati Tripathi 'Ratnamaliya'	267
7	Images of Lord Krsna from Sri Krsnakarnamrtam Dr. P. V. S. Subramanian	272
8	Three- purpose Lila of Madhusudana Amolak Ram	278
9	Andal- The Bard and the Mystic Bride B. M. N. Murthy	281
10	Sri Vaikhanasa School- An Epitome	284
11	Lord Krsna - The Lilawatara K. D. Sanwal	290
	Buddhavatara
1	The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings Dr. V. V. Chalam	294
2	Buddha-Avatara R. Sridharan	297
3	Siddhartha	300
4	Lord Buddha	302
5	Teachings of Buddha	305
6	Buddha and His Incarnations	308
7	Saccamkira Jataka	312
8	Buddhism -A Religion of Self Help Lt. Col. R. K. Langar	316
9	Blaspheme D. V. Sahani	320
	Kalki Avatara
1	Incarnation of Kalki	321
	Siva- Sakti
1	The Subtle Lila of Siva and Sakti	329
2	Sivalila Shastri Chandrashekhar	335
3	The Greatness of Siva	337
4	Worship - Imagery of Siva	343
5	Demons of lord Siva Maharshi Shiva Brat Lal	345
6	Where Lord Siva Married Parvati (Triyuginarayana) C.V. Bhimasankaram	348
7	Somanatha -The Shrine Eternal Sita Ram Singh	352
8	The Vision Kirna Dhar	356
	Hanuman
1	Hanuman the Harbinger of Happiness Dr. A. B. Sai Prasad	358
	Bhagavan Kapila
1	Bhagavan Kapila's discourse to his mother Devahuti Prof. Harish C. Gaur	362
	Nirankara
1	Marvels and Bounties of Lord Nirankara (Formless) A. P. Anand	368
	Prayer
1	Srimannarayaniyam	372
2	Dasavatara Dwadasa Stotra C. N. Srinivasa Rao	376
3	Dasavatara Stotram Jayadeva	379