…the one job that never got outsourced!!

stolen from the facebook profile of an employee in a call center handling MI6 hotline….

"…this is 007!! Get me Q…!!! this sonar belt is faulty…!! Get me Q now!!"

"…Sirrrr, before I can able to assist you, please could you kindly respond to a few questions please, please, could you able to provide your full name?"

"you idiot!!! who is this? what the hell is this?"

"…I can able to understand you are frustrated that I took 28 minutes and 43 seconds to answer call…kindly please note that we are presently facing high volumes as it is India-Pakistan cricket match on TV…and I am the wonly here to speak you…"

"name is Bond, James Bond…"

"…really sir? is it you James sir??"

"Yes"

"Mr. Bond sir, your call may be recorded for quality purpose and may be used to enhance my facebook profile…"

"whatever!"

"kindly, please state your present occupation, date of birth, postal address and mother's maiden name for verification purpose…"

"..@#%#^%#.." 

एकम् सत् | विप्राः बहुधा वदन्ति ||

Phonetically in English..."ekam sat | viprah bahutha vadanti ||"...

Few years ago, there was an elaborate discussion on a Sunday, Sundays used to be a weekly holy-day in Madras :) 

...and the topic was an in-depth analysis of this Maha Vakya! I went about exploring it recently...

The first part is atleast theoretically straight forward "the truth is singular"...the word singular or one doesn't do justice to the sanskrit word "ekam"...

...wait a minute...I believe it actually means "only Oneness is the Truth"...yeah, this 'feels' closer to what I believe I experienced recently....! 

or...."the only Truth is Oneness"....hmmmm 

:) :)

Actually, all of what I typed above feel like "ekam sat"...(atleast how I see it!) 

If me (only just a beginner) can contemplate and provide a few interpretations to this Maha Vakya. I can only imagine how many wonderful and meaningful interpretations "Viprah" - realized Saints provide about Oneness/Truth!!

and hence एकम् सत् | विप्राः बहुधा वदन्ति ||