'viSvanAdhaM gArammAyi, nArAyaNarAvu gArammAyi, iddarU bAguMTAru. mIru gaTTigA cheppaMDi. vADeppuDostunnADeppuDostunnADani POn&lu mIda POn&lu chEstunnADu. aMdulO EdO saMbaMdhaM KAyaM chEsEyyAlaMDI' aMdi.
vADiki nachchAli kadA! annAnu.
'nachchaDamEmiTaMDI! nachchacheppAli. eiyEyas` pEsayyEDu. narsim&lupATi....' nEnu vinadalchukOlEdu.
marnADudayaM enimidiMTiki nEnU mA AviDA pEpar` tiragEstU mAvADi rAkakOsaM, hAllO eduruchUstU kUrchunnAM. kArochchi gummaM muMdu AgiMdi. rAtrekkaDO hOTallOdigi poddunnE mustAbei ochchinaTlunnADu. muMdu sITlOMchi kotta baTTalu, meLlO pUladaMDalatOnU mAvADU jAnakI, venaka sITlOMchi baMgaLA vAch`man&` jaMgayyA, vADi peLlAM ellammA digi lOpalikostunnAru. mEmiddaraM nirGAMtapaDi nilabaDDAM.
vaMSa maryAda, sAMpradAyaM guriMchi araDajanu sinimAllO DeilAgulu raMgariMchina kashAyaM miMginaTlu mA AviDa mAvADikEsi mounaMgA churachura chUsiMdi. bikkubikkumaMTU jaMgayya ellammA chEtulu jODiMchukuni talalu diMchukuni venaka nilabaDDAru. 'mI saradAkimIru kannAru. mI yishTaprakAraM mIru peMchEru. nA vidyAbuddulaki mechchukunnAru. mari nAkU kOrikalU abhiruchulU vuMTAyi kadammA!' aMTunnaTTu chirunavvutO, bhayaM bhayaMgA chEtulu jODiMchi nilabaDDa jAnaki naDuM chuTTU cheyyEsi mAvADu muMduku naDichi vostuMTE mA AviDa girukkuna tirigi yiMTlOki veLLiMdi. vALliddarU nA kALlaku namaskaristuMTE trikaraNa SuddigA dIviMchEnu. vALlu lEchi nilabaDi nA venaka veipu saMbhramAScharyAlatO chUstuMTE nEnU venakki tirigEnu. prasannavadanaMtO hArati paLleM testUMdi mA AviDa.
(samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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