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ammammatO amerikA prayANaM
- Mr. VIRABHADRA SASTRI KALANADHABHATTA

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' SAstrigArU! pOsT`' 'A! vastunnA' aMTU nEnu veLLi kavaru tIsukunnA. pOsTumEn nilabaDE unnADu. nAku telusu vADeMduku nilabaDDADO. vachchina uttaraM amerikAlO unna mA chinnabbAyi daggara nuMchi. aMdulO tappakuMDA DAlarla chekku uMTuMdani vADikerukE. jEbu lOMchi ayidu rUpAyalu tIsi ichchA. nAkO milaTarI sAlyUT koTTi veLLipOyADu. 'EmiTi chinnADi daggara nuMchA?' aMTU mA AviDa vastU aDigiMdi. 'avunu! nIkelA telusu?' annA kavaru chiMpi lOpala uttaraM tIstU. 'sarE! amma puTTillu mEnamAmaku teliyadA annaTTuMdi. DabbAlO paDeyyakuMDA mimmalni pilichi ichchinappuDE ardhameiMdi. Ayidu rUpAyalichchArA?' aMTU kavaru lOpala foTOlu, chekku tIsi, 'idEmiTi reMDuvEla DAlarlaku chekku paMpADu? mIrEmannA paMpamani aDigArA?' aMdi. nEnOsAri AviDa mohaMlOki chUsi 'nIkO SubhavArta! maNi nILLOsukuMdiTa. mUDO nela vachchiMdiTa' annA. 'nijamE? eMta maMchi vArta cheppAraMDI. idigO bAmmagArU' aMTU lOpalaki veLLiMdi aMdarikI cheppaDAniki. ayidu nimuShAllO mA ammamma chakkA vachchiMdi. 'ErA SAstrI! jagaM peLLAM nILLOsukuMdA?? ayitE nAku enumanumaDannamATa!' (ikkaDa mAammammani tamaku parichayaM chEyaDaM bhAvyaM anukoMTA. AviDa vayassu 95 ELLu. ayinA Ebhei ELLavALLa lAga maMchi chalAkIgA uMTuMdi. nAlugO ayidO paLLu UDAyEmO gAni, I nATikI maMchi daMta puShTi vunnAviDa. okapUTE bhOjanaM chEsinA suShTugA chEstuMdi. jIrNaM avakapOvaDaM aMTU lEdu. pUjalu, punaskArAlaMTArA! AviDaku anni maMtrAlu vachchu. guLLOki veDitE pUjArlatO samaMgA maMtrAlu cheptuMdi. bhAratadESaMlOni chAlA puNyatIrthAlu tirigi vachchiMdi. ippuDu sthUlaMgA AviDa ardhaM ayiMdanukoMTAnu) 'avunu ammammA! jagaM uttaram rAsADu.' 'maMchivArta cheppAvurA! adi sarEgAni, vEviLLEmO! rOjU udayaM paragaDupuni mAdIfala rasAyanaM oka cheMchADu tAgamani rAyi. mari sImaMtaM gaTrA cheyyAli gadA! EDOnelalO paMpeyyamanu. EkaMgA puriTiki vachchinaTTavutuMdi' 'puruDu akkaDETa. akkaDayitE A dESa powrasatvaM vastuMdiTa.' 'adEmiTrA? puruDu puTTiMTlO pOsukOvaddU?? akkaDa mana maMtrasAnulu dorukutArA? ' 'ammammA! amerikAlO anni sowkaryAlu unnAyi. puriTiki padihEnurOjulu muMdugA mammalniddarnI rammannADu. idigO kharchulaki reMDuvEla DAlarlu kUDA paMpADu.' 'EmiTI? puruDu poyyaDAniki mIriddarU tayAravutArA?? bAgubAgu! peddadAnni nEnuMDagA tagudunammA aMTU mIriddarU veLLaDamEmiTi? nEnU vastAnu' 'muttammOy`! amerikA veLLAlaMTE vIsA kAvAli' aMTU pravESiMchADu mA mUDOvADu giri. 'UrukOrA nIkannI vELAkOLAlu. nEnaMta daddammanu gAnu. vIselu padalAlu pOyi chAlAELLayiMdi. ippuDannI kilOlu ani nAku telIdanukoMTunnAvA?' 'vIselu kAvu ammammA! A dESaM veLLAlaMTE A gavarnameMTu parmiShan ivvAli. dAninE vIsA aMTAru. aMduku kAvalasina kAgitAlu chinnADu mA iddari kOsaM paMpADu. madrAsu veLLi aplei cheyyAli' annA samudAyiMpugA. 'dorala dESaMlO nAku enumanumaDu puTTabOtUMTE, nEnu vADiki svayaMgA baMgAru uggu ginnetO AmudaM peTToddU?? nEnU vastAnu. aMtagA kAvalistE nA polaM mIda vachchina ayivEju peTTi nA TikkeTTu konu. eMteinA faravAlEdu. alAgE tulaM baMgAraM peTTi ugguginne chEyiMchu. panilOpani oka navarasu peTTi maNiki saMpeMga puvvu sImaMtAniki chEyiMchu' ani gabagabA ArDarlu vEsEsiMdi. 'amerikA veLLaDamaMTE aMbAjIpETO, amalApuramO veLLaDaM kAdu muttammammA!' annADu giri. 'mIru UrukOMDi. peddAviDatO astamAnaM vELAkOLamEnA?' aMdi giri bhArya laxmi. 'alA cheppammA laxmI nI moguDiki! vIDiki nEnaMTEnE alusu.' 'avunaMDI peddAviDa kUDA uMTE manaku eMtO AsarAga uMTuMdi. mIru IvELE chinnADiki fOn chEsi AviDaku kUDA kAgitAlu paMpamanaMDi. IlOgA pAsupOrTu ki aplei cheyyaMDi' ani vattAsu palikiMdi mA AviDa. ika tappEdEmuMdi. pakkiMTi rAvugAri fOnulO chinnADitO mATlADA. vADu kUDA sarE AviDaku kUDA spAn&sariMgu kAgitAlu paMputAnannADu. I vArta vinna mA ammamma AnaMdAniki haddulu lEvu. 'tAtapEru peTTinaMduku vADikannI Ayana pOlikalE vachchAyi' ani tega mechchukuMdi. chinnADi daggari nuMchi uttaraM rAvaDaM vallO, amerikA veLLE ChAn&su vachchiMdanO, SubhavArta vinna saMbaraM vallO A rOju piMDivaMTalatO bhOjanaM suShTugA chEsi paDakkurchIlO kUrchuni paMchAMgaM chUstU nimpAdigA kunukEsA.

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okka kuduputO melukuva vachchiMdi. reilu EdO sTEShanulO AginaTTuMdi. kiMda bertula mIda mA AviDa, ammamma mATlADukuMTunnAru. nannu chUDagAnE, 'lEchArA! tvaragA veLLi moham kaDukku raMDi. vachchEdE kaLyAN sTEShanuTa.' aMdi mA AviDa. muMdu nEnu ekkaDa unnAnA ani koMcheM ayOmayaMlO paDDA. kramEpI okkokkaTE gurtuku rAsAgAyi. chinnADi daggara nuMchi ammammaki kUDA kAgitAlu rAvaDaM, mEmu madrAsu veLLaDaM, akkaDa amerikan AfIsulO vALLu mA ammamma amerikA veLtOMdani peigA enumanumani puruTi kOsamani adEdO chAlA goppa viShayameinaTTu AScharyaMgA AviDanu chUDasAgAru. ilAMTi saMghaTana amerikAkE kotta ani, AviDa amerikA rAvaDaM tamakeMtO goppagA uMdani vIsA ichchE AfIsaru abhinaMdiMchi bAn vAyEj kUDA cheppADu. 'EmiTi iMkA melukuva rAlEdA?' aMdi mA AviDa. Teimu udayaM 5-30 ayiMdi. lEchi gabagabA paLLu tOmukoni pakka baTTalu chuTTEsi sAmAnu okachOTaki chErchAnu. mA reilu dAdaru reiT TeimukE chEriMdi. mEmu sAmAnu diMpukoni plAT fAraM mIdaku digEsariki mA mEnatta koDuku sOmayAjulu vachchADu. vADu boMbAyi reilvelO sIniyaru kamarShiyal AfIsaru. dAdaru daggara kvArTarsulO uMTunnADu. 'bAvA vachchAvA! akkA elA unnAvu? idigO mAmma kUDA vachchiMdE! EmiTi vILLani vimAnaM ekkiMchaDAniki vachchAvA mAmmA?' annADu. 'kAdu ammamma kUDA mAtO amerikA vastOMdi' annA. 'EmiTi nuvvu..nuvvu amerikA veLtunnAvA?' AScharyaMgA aDigADu. 'EmiTrA chOdyaMgA aDugutunnAv ..EM nEnu amerikA veLLakUDadA? veLLalEnA? aMdarikI idO tamAShA ayiMdi': ani rusarusalADiMdi ammamma. 'aha adikAdu mAmmA! nuvvu I vayassulO amerikA veLtunnAvamTE eMtO thrilliMg`gA uMdi mAku' ani sardukunnADu sOmayAjulu. vADu ubhayakuSalOpari. iMkokaLLani noppiMchaDu, anavasarapu goDavallO taladUrchaDu. sAmAnu paTTiMchukoni vADi kvArTarsuku veLLAmu. vADi bhArya suMdari I vArta vini modaTa AScharyapOyinA, tarvAta tarvAta ammammani huShAru cheyyasAgiMdi. 'ammammagArU! amerikAlO chali ekkuvaTa. mIru channILLu, vENNILLU aMTU chAdastAlaki pOtE ibbaMdi paDatAru.' ani hitabOdha chEsiMdi. 'faravAlEdulEvE suMdarI! ekkaDaki veLLitE akkaDa vAtAvaraNAniki paristhitulaku sardukupOvAli mari. ika maDI AchAraM aMTAvA?? kRuShNa kRuShNa ani inni pasupu nILLu challukoMTE sari' aMdi dhImAgA ammamma. 'hamma ammammA! iMTlO nippulu kaDigE nuvvEnA ImATalaMTunnadi' - anukonnA. 'adi sarE gAni elAgU veLtunnAru ganuka, oka EDAdi pATeinA uMDi marI raMDi' 'veLLAka akkaDa mana vALLaMdarnI chUsi marI vastAnE suMdarI.! ' mEmu nyUyArku veLLE eyiriMDiyA vimAnaM tellAvAru JAmuna 5-30ki.. aMdukani rAtri 12-30kallA sahArA vimAnASrayam chErAmu. bOrDiMgu pyAsulu tIsukoni lagEjI chekin chEsEsariki reMDu gaMTalayiMdi. lAMj lO kUrchunnAM. aragaMTa gaDichEsariki bilabila O padimaMdeitE vachchi chakachakA mA ammamma fOTOlu tIyasAgAru. 'Ori mI illu baMgAraM gAnU! I aghAyityaM EmiTrA?' ani arichiMdi ammamma. 'O! mIru teluguvArA? nEnu patrikA vilEkharini. mIru I vayassulO enumanumaDi kOsaM amerikA veLtunnArani telisi mimmalni iMTarvyU cheyyaDAniki vachchAM. bAmmagArU! amerikA prayANaM gUrchi mIkelAMTi anubhUti kalugutOMdi?' ani aDigADO naDivayassu peddamaniShi. 'SubhamA ani nEnu nA munimanumaDi daggaraku veLtUMTE, bhUtAlaMTArEmiTrA nI nOru pADu gAnU!' ani kasurukoMdi ammamma. iMtalO nEnu kalagachEsukoni, iMglIShulO vALLaki anni vivarAlu ichchAnu. A vachchina vALLalO nyUyArk Teims patrika vilEkhari kUDA uMdi. AviDa mEmu nyUyArkulO digagAnE vALLa vilEkhari vachchi ammammaki bokE ichchi vel`kaM cheppi, iMTarvyU chEstADuTa. dayachEsi itara patrikala vALLaki iMTarvyU ivvavaddani abhyardhana chEsiMdi. 'SAstrI~! iMtakI A ammAyi EmiTaMTOMdi?' ani aMdi ammamma. 'nuvvu amerikAlO digagAnE vALLa patrika vALLu vachchi nIku EdO bahumAnaM istAruTa. nuvvu vALLatO tappa iMkevaritOnU mATlADavaddaMTUMdi.' annA. 'nA tallE! nuvvu eMta chakkagA iMglIShu mATlADutunnAvu! alAgEnammA! ' ani muchchaTapaDipOtU bharOsA ichchiMdi ammamma. elAgeitEnEM sekyUriTI chekiMgu taditara fArmAliTIsu ayyAka mEmu vimAnaM ekkaDAniki kAriDAru guMDA veLLAmu. vimAnaM gummaM daggara eyir hOsTes mA ammammanu sAdaraMgA AhvAniMchi, eyir iMDiyA bomma unna skArf okaTi ichchi svayaMgA daggara umDi AviNNi AviDa sITu daggaraki tIsukoni veLLi kUrchObeTTi oka chirunavvu navvi Selavu tIsukoMdi. dAMtO mA ammamma poMgipOyiMdi. 'orE SAstrI! EmiTO anukunnA! eMta maryAdastulurA vILLu. ' ani O kAMplimeMTu ichchEsiMdi. sarE mEmu kUDA AviDa pakkasITlalO kUrchunnAmu. vimAnaM bayaldErabOtunnaTlu peilaT cheppagAnE aMdaraM sITu belTulu bigiMchukunnAmu. hOsTes vachchi mA ammammaki svayaMgA belTu bigiMchi maLLI okasAri maryAdapUrvakaMgA chirunavvu navvi veLLipOyiMdi. mA ammamma SrAvyameina goMtukutO...... 'ApadAmapa hartAraM –dhAtAraM sarva saMpadAM lOkAbhirAmaM SrIrAmaM bhUyO bhUyO namA myahaM sarva maMgaLa mAMgaLyE SivE sarvArdha sAdhakE SaraNyE trayaMbakEdEvI nArAyaNI namOstutE' ani prayANAniki bayaludErabOtU eppuDU chaduvukonE SlOkaM chadiviMdi. vimAnaM ran vE mIdaku vachchi AgiMdi. O ayidu nimuShAlu gaDichAka unnaTTuMDi 'ray aMTU muMduku ati vEgaMgA parigettasAgiMdi. dAMtO mA ammamma haDalipOyi 'Ori mIduMpalu tega! kAsta nimmaLaMgA pOnivvaMDarrA! nAku kaLLu tirugutunnAyi mI mohAlu maMDA!' amTU aravasAgiMdi. 'faravAlEdu ammammA! EM kaMgAru lEdu' 'EM faravAlEdurA! nAku Upiri ADDaM lEdu. orE SAstrI nannu gaTTigA paTTukO' 'kaMgAru paDaku ammammA!' aMTU ammammani paTTukOvAlani pakkaki tiragabOyA.

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'EmiTaMDI! sAyaMtraM ayidayiMdi. iMkA nidrEnA! A muchchemaTalEmiTi? peigA kaMgArupaDaku ammammA aMTunnArEmiTi? EmannA kalagannArA?' ani mA AviDa nannu kudipiMdi. kaLLu terichA! edurugA mA AviDa. oLLO pamchAMgaM. 'EmiTaMDI alA chUstunnAru?' ani maLLI aDigiMdi maMchinILLa glAsu chEtikistU. kAsini maMchinILLu trAgi 'avunE! kalE' ani kUrchOmani vachchina kala cheppA. 'ayyO anavasaraMgA lEpEsAnu mimmalni. kalalO ayinA mI ammammagArini amerikA tIsukuveLLE vArEmO. ardhAMtaraMgA lEpEsA! pOnI oka pani cheyyaMDi. rAtri paDukObOyE muMdu I kala nemarEsukOMDi. A taruvAyi amerikA veLLinaTTu kalaganaMDi. saripOtuMdi.' aMdi mA AviDa navvutU. 'navvakE bAbU! AviDavi asalE pAmuchevulu. viMdaMTE tUrpArapeTTEstuMdi.' annA eMdukeinA maMchidani lOpalaki toMgichUstU. dayachEsi mIru evvarU I kala viShayaM mA ammammaki cheppakaMDi puNyaM uMTuMdi. nannu tiTTaDamE kAdu, ilAMTi kala cheppinaMduku mimmalni kUDA EmannA anavachchu, tasmAt jAgratta! annaTTu IsAri taruvAyi kala ganaka mA AviDa annaTTu vastE mIku tappakuMDA teliyabarustA. aMtavaraku Selavu.

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