girISaM, veMkaTESaM - iddarU seikilekkutAru. girISaM tokkutU uMTADu. veMkaTESaM muMdu kUchuni unnADu. mATalu kalipADu girISaM.
'I pakkana kAlavanILlu, A pakkana paMTapolAlu - madhyana I kAlava gaTTupei nEnu seikilu tokkutUMTE muMdu nuvvu kUchuni - maniddaraM maMdukOsaM ilA veLtU uMTE brahmAMDameina brahmAnaMdaM kalugutOMdOy` SishyA'
'nAkU alAgE uMdaMDi. gavarnameMT` maLlI madhyanishEdhaM peTTinA nAku beMgalEdaMDi - edO oka thassA chEsi mIru vark` chEsEstArleMDi'
'mA BEshuggA cheppAv`.... maMdukOsaM manaM chEstunna I dvichakravAhana yAtrA viSEshAnni anagA seikilu yAtranu O veyyi saMvatsarAla tarvAta charitralO goppagA cheppukuMTAru'
'Emani cheppukoMTAraMDI'
'Emani cheppukoMTArA? ayitE vinu. mahArAjaSrI, gaMDaBEruMDa, kaMDaBhairuMDa, akrama vikrama mahAparAkrama SrISrISrI en`. gIrISaMgAru kOnasImalO kAlavagaTTupei Sishya praSishya kOTi janaMtO, kOTi sUryapraBala kAMtulatO dEvaduMdaBulu mrOyu naTula nUru baMDlamIda aBimAnulu tarli vastuMDagA, kuMjaraMbulu, turaMgabulu, loTTipiTTalu.... OhO aMgaraMgaveiBavaMgA surApAna sEvanaMbunakei vEMchEstunna vidhaMbeTTidana....' aMTUrAbOyE tarAlu mana guriMchi cheppukoMTAy`.
'idEM chOdyaM.... manaM unnadi liMgu liMgu mani iddaraM. manaM veLtunnadi TikkuM TikkuM ani I Dokku seikil` mIda. alAMTidi....'
'Agu SishyA. nI samdEhaM nAkarthameiMdi. nIku savivaraMgA chebutAnu vinu. ipuDu oMTikAya soMTikommulA unnadi maniddaramE mana I yAtranu manavUri kavayitri mushTipAlem kashTESvarO, pakka vUrilOni mahA rachayitri mudanashTapu mellESvarO kaLlArA tilakistuMdanukO? dIn&tassAdiyyA - UrkoMTuMdA - mana yAtrA dRuSyAnni 'sArAkOsaMseikil` yAtrA' anE TeiTil`tO iragadIsi kAvyAlu rAsEstAru'
'niJaMgAnA....'
'avunrA abbI.... A kAvyAllO manalni E rEMjilO poguDutAraMTE....'
(migatA BAgam vachchE vAraM)
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