iMtalOkE 'hiyar` hiyar`' anna SuBa gomtutO pATu tappaTlu, pakapakalu vinabaDagAnE mA AviDa lEchi veLli DAbA gummaMlO nilabaDiMdi. nEnU nemmadigA lEchi mA AviDa akkanE nilabaDi kimdaki chUSAnu. kareMTu pOyinaTTuMdi. lOpala leiTlu lEvu. neiT`kvIn` paMdiri pakkana meTla muMdu ArubayaTa vennellO chApa paruchukuni kUrchunna madhu, jAnaki, SuBa kanabaDDAru. aMtakaMTE AScharyamEmiTaMTE mA amma nemmadigA meTlekkutU kanabaDiMdi.
'chaduvukunna ADapillalakippuDu pavitrameina vivAhabaMdhaMlO viSvAsaM lEkapOlEdu. mogapillala duraMtAlu, durASalu kAraNaMgA ADapillalu vALla Badratanu gurimchi kUDA jAgrattagA AlOchiMchukuMTunnAru. adi sahajaM. oppuguMTunnAnu' aMdi mA amma.
'adi cheppaDAniki nuvvu peiki rAvAlA!' annAnu. AviDakasalE kALla noppulu.
'aMdukkAdu vostunnadi. nI davaDa baddalu koTTaDAniki.'
'nuvvu koDatAvA?'
'nI peLlAniki chEtakAdu kanuka.'
'pOnI nEnE kiMdakostAnu. iMtakI EmannAnani aMta kOpaM?'
'I sRushTi mUlaM srtI. mAtRutvAniki dUrameina strI jIvitAniki pari pUrNata lEdu. nA mATallO nammakaM lEkapOtE nI peLlAnni aDigi telusukO. pillalni kanaDAniki moguDE kAvAlA anna saMdEhaM, nivRutti chEsEdi, A vishayaM nirNayiMchEdi kAlaM kAdu: manaM m&RugAlaM kAmU manushalaM anna jNjAnaM' amdi.
leiTlu veligEyi. kareMTochchinaTTuMdi. Ame meTlu digi pillala venakkAlE lOpalikeLliMdi. talupulu mUsukunnAyi. maLlI mA chIkaTlO mEmiddaraM migilEM. (samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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