rachayitri : sammeTa umAdEvi
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katha prAraMBaM
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'ammA nuvvu veLLaka tappadA...' appaTiki EpadahArOsArO prabhAsagArAlupOtU anaDaM., nEnu chakachaka talachikkutIstU EdO anabOyEMtalO...
'tappadugAka tappadu... mIamma... rANi... A maNi bhAma... veLLi kavitA paThanaM gAviMchakapOtE... Apratyaksha prasAra kAryakramaM AgipOtuMdi. dAMtO... kavisammELanaMlEni ugAdi kAryakramAlu... kOkilagAnaM lEni mAvikommalA mUgabOtAyi...' vekkiriMpugA annArAyana.
'vekkiristE vekkiriMchAru gAni mIku kUDA kavitvaM poMgukostuMdaMDOy`' SrIvArini ATapaTTistU annAnu.
'adi kavitvaM kAdu kakku kAdu... nA akkasu... nA AkrOSaM...' uDukkuMTunna SrIvArini chUsi chirunavvukuMTU... praNaviki jaDavEsAnu.
marO reMDu nimishAlalO SrIvAriki, prabhAsaku, praNaviki glAsullO ugAdi pachchaDi ichchAnu. meTTatAmara AkullO paravANNaM... kobbarimukkalu, chalimiDi, vaDapappu, bellaMmukka, araTipaMDu prasAdaMgA peTTAnu.
'mA maMchi SrIvAru... mA baMgAru pApalu... chakkagA nA mATa viMTAraTa... nA reilu samayaM ayyEMtalO ivannI chakachakA tinEsi nAku chakkagA vIDkOlu chebutAraTa...' vEDikOlugA annAnu.
pillalu SrIvAru buddhigA chakachakA tinEsAru. nEnu kUDA tinnAnanipiMchi jaDa allukuni boTTu savariMchukunnAnu. prabhAsa hyAMD`byAg`lO nILLasIsA sardiMdi. SrIvAru peraTilOki veLLi O gulAbi kOsukochchi ichchi...