dAMtO AMgla prabhutvaM, muTnUri mIda O kannu vEsi uMchEdi. O si.ei.Di. eppuDU Ayanni vennaMTi uMDEvADu. OmAru reilvE sTEshan` viSrAMti gadilO si.ei.Di alA bayaTiki veLLagA chUsi, tana netti mIda unna talapAgA tIsi pakkana dAchAru kRushNArAvugAru. si.ei.Di. tirigivachchi, talapAgA lEni muTnUri vArini gurtu paTTalEka AyannE aDigADu 'EvaMDi ! ippaTidAkA ikkaDO talapAgA Ayana uMDAli. ekkaDiki veLLArani' tarvAta muTnUri navvi, talapAgA tIsi nettina peTTukuni, 'nEnE nayyA nuvvu anusaristUnna A talapAgA manishini' annAru.
OmAru O nAyakuDu chanipOyADu. Ayana bomma kRushNApatrikalO vEddAM aMTE, Ayana blAkulEdu.
'inni blAkuluMDagA, vILLalO evarU pOkuMDA blAku lEni A manishi pOyADEmiTi ? sarE - eMdukEnA maMchidi. nA blAku okaTi jAgratta cheyyaMDi. lEkapOtE nEnu rEpu pOyinA, nA blAku lEdani patrikalO nA bomma kUDA veyyaDaM mAnEstAru' annAru muTnUri. aMtA nochchukunnAru.
'eMduku nochchukuMTAru ? pOkuMDA I lOkaMlO uTTigaTTukuni uyyAla UgutAnA ? nEnu ? nEnu kAdu - mIrUnu - manamaMtAnu - pichchi pichchi tApatrayAlU bAdara baMdIlU peTTukOkaMDi - dEnikI baMdIlu kAkuMDA hAyigA navvutU bratakaMDi' annAru Ayana. alAgE navvutU bratikEru. E bAdhA, bAdara baMdI lEkuMDA !
padavulU, birudulU, kIrti, DabbU, vITi venakAla paMdepugurrAllA parigeDutunna nETi manushyulakI, chIkU chiMta lEkuMDA hAyigA bratikina nATi manushyulakI tEDA chUSArA ?
(samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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