Advaita’s Riddle 

Advaita’s riddle 

When he returned to Nabadwip from Puri, Advaita Acarya met Jagadananda Pandita who had previously been sent there by Mahaprabhu. Advaita was very happy to have his association. When Jagadananda finally asked permission of Advaita Prabhu to return to Nilachala, Advaita gave him a message in the form of a riddle to take back to Mahaprabhu. The riddle was comprehensible to no one but Mahaprabhu himself. The message was as follows: 

Tell the Lord that I pay him a million obeisances and that I humbly submit to him the following: Tell the madman that everyone has gone mad. Tell the madman that they are no longer selling rice in the market. Tell the madman that the crazies are no longer good for anything. Tell the madman that this is what the madman said.

Bhaktivinoda Thakura explains this riddle in this way: 

“Tell Mahaprabhu that everyone has become intoxicated with love for Krishna and so in the marketplace of love, no one is buying the rice of Krishna prema any longer. Tell Mahaprabhu that the crazies are so intoxicated with love that they are no longer involved in their material duties. Tell Mahaprabhu that Advaita said this in a state of complete intoxication of prema. In short, the message was that the purpose for which Mahaprabhu had been called to earth by Advaita had been completed. Now the lord may do as he wills.” 

 

Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya has also written several poems glorifying Advaita:

Advaita-dvadasha-nama-stotra, Advaitashtakam and Advaitashtottara-shata-nama-stotra. 

 

Advaita, the avatar of Mahavishnu, appeared in this world on the seventh day of the waxing moon in the month of Magha. This tithi is also known as Advaita-saptami. 

 

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