 kathA sAhiti 'katha'96' saMkalanaMlOni katha.
rachayita parichayaM
svAmi
kakshalamayamaina rAyalasIma jIvitAllOki bAMbula saMs&kRuti naDichivachchina vainAnni vivariMchE katha 'naDaka'. rachayita svAmi tolikatha 'parugu' 1987lO achchayiMdi. jUlai 1952lO puTTina svAmi ippaTiki 49 kathalu painE rASAru. 'gaddalADataMDAyi' navala achchayiMdi. upAdhyAya vRutti.
chirunAmA: 6-651/e, mArutInagar`, anaMtapuraM
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katha prAraMBaM
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adi ellamma kaTTa. pei peiki pOkuMDA kiMda kiMdanE SAKOpaSAKalugA vistariMchina A vEpacheTTu kiMda, A udayaM bassukOsaM eduru chUstU nilabaDinADu mallayya. nalugureiduguru musali vALLu kaTTamIda chEri challagA tIrubaDigA appuDE mATalu modalupeTTinAru.paSuvulu mEpukOsaM koMDadAri paTTinAyi. cheTlakiMdA, sagaMsagaM paDipOyina maTTigODala kiMdA, poDavATi nIDalu niSSabdaMgA paruchukunnAyi. podduna muddatini eMgili kaMchAlu challina iLLamuMdari saMdullO kAvu kAvumani arustU kAkulu geMtutunnAyi. cheTTu mIda nuMchI vIchE vEpapUta parimaLaM, parisarAlni mattugA muMchettutU vuMdi. A vAtAvaraNamaMtA manasuku EdO niSchimtanu kalugujEsE vidhaMgA vunnA, mallayya mAtraM sthimitamgA lEDu.
'pETaku pOvallA? vaddA?' aMTU atani manasu iMkA aTU iTU UgutUnE uMdi.atani chevullO taMDri kEkalu giMguru mannAyi.
'vArAniki mUDusArlu pETaku pOkapOtEnEmI? nI abbagaMTU tAta gaMTU pUDsukuMDAvA, pETalO?'
annaM tinakuMDA mUDurOjulu uMDagalaDu; kAnI, pETa muKaM chUDakuMDA reMDurOjulu uMDalEDu mallayya.
A pallelOni niSSabdAnnI, praSAMtatanI daDadaDalADistU vachchiMdi preivETu bassu. bassu rAgAnE mallayya medaDunu kummari purugu tolavaDaM modalu peTTiMdi.
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