'svAmIjI TrasT` vishayaMlO kalugajEsukOrA?' annAnu.
'vADi nirNayAlanE samardhistunnAru. I avamAnaM bharistU manamikkaDa eMduku! manakEmI jItaM batteM istunnArA! pOdAM aMTU nA veiP` nellALla kritaM kUturu daggirakeLLiMdi'
'gOpI EmeinA mimmalni avamAniMchEDA?'
'vADasalu vAdiMchaDu. vADi abhiprAyaM chebutADu. svAmIjI vADE reiTaMTAru. svAmIjI asalu AlOchistAranukOnu. nEnu cheppiMdi kAdaMTAru aMtE...'
'svAmIjItO veLladalchukunnAnani cheppEvA?'
'cheppEnu. nI aMtaki nuvvochchEvu. nuvvu tappu chEsEvani nEnennaDU analEdu. tappO reiTO ASrama nirvahaNa bAdhyata, nirahaMkAraMtO, nisvArdhabuddhitO panichEsE yuvakuDiki appagiMchaDaM nA abhimataM. TrasT` kAryakramAla nirvahaNa oka bAdhyata. idi padavi kAdu. dIniki adhikAraM akkarlEdu. nuvvu veLladalchukuMTE veLlavachchu. I ASrama dvArAleppuDU terichE vuMTAyi. nuvveppuDayinA maLlI tirigirAvachchu' annAru svAmIjI'
'ippuDu heidarAbAd`lO seTilavutArA?'
'udyOgaM kAvAlaMTE kALladaggarakostuMdi. saMpAdana mIda kOrika lEdu. manaSSAMti kOsaM ASramAnni ASrayiMchEnu. AtmAbhimAnAnni chaMpukuni akkaDa vuMDalEnu. konnALlu heidarAbAd`lO vuMTAM, lEdA dESAlu tirugutAM pillala veMTa. adI bAgAlEkapOtE marO ASramaM chUsukuMTAM' annADu kRutaniSchayuDei.
svAmIjI aMtaryaM nAku ardhameiMdi. padmanAbharAvu ahaMkAraM mIda debbakoTTaDAnikE gOpIki aMta prAmuKyata ichchi vuMTAru. tanadi tanavALLU anE mamakAraM, tanu tana hOdA anE ahaMkAraM nAlAgE viDichipeTTalEka aSAMtiki gureina amAyakuDu padmanAbharAvu. mEmu tinna debbalu atanU atani bhArya tinalEdu. anubhavaM chAladu. cheppinA vinaDu.
gOpIni guriMchi AlOchiMchEnu. EmI lEkapOyinA evarU lEkapOyinA aMdarinI meppiMchagala maMchitanamunna sagaTu manishi. ahaMkArAnni, atyASanI, darichEraniyyalEdu. evarU lEranukunna gOpIki aMdarU tanavArE ayyEru, chivariki svAmIjI kUDA.
marnADu bayaldEri hRushIkES` veLli gOpIni kalusukODAniki niSchayiMchukunnAnu. hRudayaM praSAMtatatO niMDipOyiMdi. (samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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