vArasatvaM
'tAtayyA! pallellO EdO oka kulAnikO, yiMTikO parimitaM chEsi nannu PalAnA kulaM ammAyi. PalAnA yiMTi kODalu ani chUstArE tappa vyaktigA nA vyaktitvAnni, telivi tETalni, jNjAnAnni apradhAnaM chEsi chUstAru. nannu evarikO manavarAlugA, kUturugA, kODalugA, bhAryagA chUsi gouraviMchaDaM aMTE nAku asahyaM. nannu nannugA gouraviMchAli. adi pallellO sAdhyaM kAdu' kiraNmayi iMkA enni annadO...
kiraNmayi anna mATalatO gaMgarAjaM yipuDu kottagA AlOchanalO paDDADu.
'chinnAyinA eppuDastivE' aMTU kummari rAjayya rAvaDaMtO sagaM nidra, sagaM kala vaMTi sthiti nuMDi lEchi kUrchunnADu gaMgarAjaM.
'aMtA maMchidEnA rAjannA! koDukulu maMchiga arsukuMTunnarA, musaldi pOyinaMka nIku eMta gOsa kAvaTTe' sAnubhUtigA palakariMchADu.
'chinnAyinnA! EM cheppAle. koDukulu vErupaDi nEnu saMpAdiMchinadaMta paMchukoni yipuDu evaDu peDtalEDu. nuvvE cheppAle vAllaku' aMTU vishayamaMtA vivariMchADu rAjayya. aMtA OpikagA vini niTTUrustU annADu gaMgarAjaM.
'ippuDu nAku Opika lEdu. evaridi vArikE bhAratamaMtayipOyiMdi. nA manumalu manumarAMDlE nA mATa dEkutalEru. aMtA nA kOsamE chEsukunnanaTa' aMTU cheppukunnADu gaMgarAjaM.
evarevarO palakariMchaDAniki rAvaDaMtO kummari rAjayya selavu tIsukunnADu. saMgamma kODalutO kalsi rAbOyE chuTTAla kOsaM vaMTa ErpATlu chUstOMdi. ajay` reMDu kuMDalu kallu paTTiMchuku vachchADu. makkalu, anumulu kalipi pOsina gUDAlu (guggiLLu) chiken&` pulusu vAsana kalagalsi kammani paMDuga vAtAvaraNaM talapistOMdi.
ULLu tirigi chuTTAlaku cheppi rAnupOyina peLLikoDuku vijay` vachchEsariki chuTTAlatO yillu niMDipOyiMdi. pUlu paMDlu peTTE kAryakramAniki badulu A saMbaMdhaM kyAn&sil` ayiMdani telisi avamAnaMtO bAgA kuMgipOyADu. kAnI vArikadEmI peddagA paTTinaTTu lEdu. ekkaDekkaDO tirigi rAtriki chEravachchADu vijay` appaTiki bhOjanAlu pUrtayi yAbhayi ELLa nATi saMgatulannI muchchaTistunnAru. iMglIshu mIDiyaMla chadivina ADapillalu I pallellO uMTAranukoni KAyaM chEsuDE tappasalu, peLLipatrikalu achchESAka analEdu nayaM ani kiraNmayinE mechchukuMTunnAru.
A rAtrE yillu chErina rAjESaM, kUturu chEsina paniki mohaM chellaka yiMTivaddE uMDipOyADu. musali daMpatulu tellavAri yillu chErEsariki rAjESaM vAri kOsamE eduruchUstU unnADu. muKaM chATu vEyaDAniki kiraNmayi eppaTilA skUluki veLLipOyiMdi.
'vijay` yika jIvitaMlO peLLE chEsukODaTa' annADu gaMgarAjaM. kODalu lakshmibAyi sAnubhUti chUpE badulu kUturunu venakEsuku vachchiMdi.
'magALLu ADapillanu pITalamIdi peLLiLLu ettagoTTavachchu! EvO vaMkalu peTTi chUDavachchEvADallA aMTuMTE ADapillalaku eMta avamAnaMgA uMDAle. okkasAri mogAnni ADapilla vaddani nirAkaristE yiMta pourushamA! ayitE gAnI' ani jADiMchiMdi lakshmibAyi.
(samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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