| iMtakI nuvvu vALla taraPuna vachchAvA? pedda manishigA vachchAvA?' avutuMdaMTE sardubATu chEddAmanEgadA nEnochchiMdi.'tana navvuni chedaranIyakuMDA cheppADu sUryachaMdrarAvu.
'nuvvu madhyavatrivaMTe evaDu nammutADu? aLlU mIru okkaTi kAdU' evarO sannagA goNigAru. adi sUryachaMdrAniki vinapaDinaTTu lEdu. vinapaDinA paTTiMchukunEvADu kAdu.
mAmUlu mATalu pUrtayi vishayaMlOki vachchEsariki aragaMTa paTTiMdi. IlOpulO mA iMTi vadda nuMDi marOsAri ammakaburu paMpiMdi. aMdaritO bATu BOjanAniki veLlinaTTu veLte bAgOdu. kAstAmuMdeLli vALlani palakariMchirammani. cheruvudaggara karmakAMDa mugisi E nimushAnnayinA vALlu rAvachchunaTa. evarO cheruvu vaipu nuMchi vachchinAyina chebutunnADu.
rachchabaMDa vadda mATalu jOraMdukunnAyi.
paddhatulu mArchukommanI, kurrALluku cheppukOmani vILlaMTAru. aMtakaTTu tappi evarU naDavaTlEdani vALlu. evarO mAlatanu dUraMgA nilabaDi eppuDeppuDu evarevaru kaTTu tappArO varusabeTTi chaduvu kostunnADu. marevarO AyannuvAristunnAru. okOsAri manishikOmATa mATADutunnAru. evaru Emi mATlADutunnArO teliyani sthiti. rakarakAla nish&ThUrAlu bediriMpulu. rachchabaMDa mIda nuMchi sUryachaMdrarAvu SAMtivachanAlu. idi kulAla madhya goDavO? adhikArAlaku saMbaMdhiMchina goDavO lEdA anni kalagal&sina chitramaina goDavO? nAku eMtatvaragA akkaNNiMchi bayaTapaDAdAmA an&pistuMdi. aTU iTU kAkuMDA vAnajallulu. ji.yaM.Ti. rODDu mIda lArIlu, TrAk&Tarlu. AvESakAvESAlatO arustU chEtulUpukuMTU uBayapakshAlu. dinaM daggara janAlatO mATlADaTAniki yippaTnuMchE sannaddhaM kAvaTaMtO manassulO baruvu. chAlA anIjIgA vuMdi vAtAvaraNaM nA sthitilAgE. palukariMchina vAriki anyamanaskaMgA samAdhAnamistunnA. adhika BAgaM praSnalu nA jItaM guriMchE nA jIvitaM akkaDela vuMdani aDigEvALlu takkuva. nA jItaM. nA jIvitaM guriMchi chebutuMdEmO vALlaku.
mottaM mIda evarOvachchi cheppAru. cheruvu daggarnuMchi tirigivachchArani. nEniMkA AgadalchukOlEdu.
gaMgAdharaMtO kalisi peddamma vALliMTi vEpu bayaludErAnu. 'vALlaMtA kAsEpaTiki akkaDikE chEratAru. kAsEpaTikE vILlaMdarikI arthamavutuMdi. taguvukaMTe BOjanaM muKyamani,' naDustU annADu gaMgAdharaM. 'ilA mATlADutAvu kAbaTTE nuv&vaMTe vALlaku kOpaMrA' annAnu navvutU.
'appasAni muraLigADu ElUrlO bAgA tAgi aMTunnADaTa. taluchukuMTe kAraMchEDU chuMDUrU chEsEstAnani. adI mana vALla telivi. yuddhamaMTe avutali vALlE nash&TapOtArani anukuMTunnADu. vedhava! makkelu migulutAyA' ani.
gaMgAdharaM marevEvO chebutUnE vunnADu.
iMtalOnE mA peddamma illu vachchiMdi. muppay` seMT&la sthalaMlO illu peddagAnE kaTTAru. TrAk&Taru pOvaDAniki rAvaDAniki saripaDinaMtA gETu. shAmiyAnA paTTinachOTallA vEsAru. jallulaku shAmiyAnAlu kAstA taDisAyikAni uravaDaM lEdu. iMTimuMdu simeMT` rEkulatO paMdiri vEsivuMdi. iMTi varaMDAlO dinAniki saMbaMdhiMchina kAryakramaM naDustuMdi. purOhituDu gaTTigA maMtrAlu chaduvutunnADu. pedda ASatOnEvunnaTTunnADu. chAlAmaMdi baMdhuvulu kurchIlamIda kUrchuni kaburlADukuMTunnAru. mA nAyanamma taraPuna mA yiMTi pEriTa vALlU, baMdhuvargaM dESaM nalucherugulA vunnAru. chAlA BAgaM mohaalu kanabaDutunnAyi. peraTivaipu nAku bottigA parichayaM lEdu. kalapugOlugA tirigE chorava akkaDa nAku lEdu.
(migatA BAgaM vachchE budhavAraM)
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