| '...nEnu besT` pojishan`lO nilabaDAli. taruvAtE, akkA., bAvA, tammuDU - annI baMdhAlU! veyiT` cheyyaMDi...TU yiyars` AgitE - PArin`lO shApu kAvAlannA peTTistAnu....'TIvI veipu chUstU, BujAlegarEstU cheppEDu.
TIvilO - yettupallAla rahadArI, dUkE pulI, dAnni miMchina vEgaMtO parugettEmOTAr` seikil`pei vijayagarvaMtO O yuvakuni POju. ataNNi ArAdhanagA penavEsukupOyE yuvatI. ...dRuSyaM kan&pistOMdi. vijayadurgaku - adEmi prakaTanO arthaMgAlEdu. pulilA dUsukupOvAlaMTE adEdO mATAr` seikiluMDAlanA alAgeitE, aMdAla yuvatI laBistuMdanA...?
I prakaTanalu - sarukulni ammutunnAyA...jIvita vidhAnAlanu ammutunnAyA...? praSniMchukunna durga - gabhAlna lEchi, TIvi svich` ApEsiMdi. raMgula BUtamEdO ThakAluna chIkaTlO mAyameinaTlu TIvi tera nallagA mAriMdi.
kOTESvarrarAvu.....chAlAsEpu...alA....yiMTlO jarigiMdaMtA...marOsAri gurtukurAgA..... AlOchanallO munigipOyEDu.
eduTi bertu mIdi vyakti kappukunna duppaTilOMchE -
'leiT` AP` karO BAy`. sOnEvAlOMkO...sOnEdO...kEkEsADu.
kOTESvarrAvuki yeduTi bertu veipu chUsEDu. duppaTlOMchi A vyakti kEka musugu gappina m&RutadEhamEdO jIviMchi vuMDagA palakaTaM marchipOyina mATanu m&Ruti cheMdAka palikinaTlugA vin&piMchiMdi. maLLI kOTESvarrAvuki kala gurtuku vastOMdi. vaMdalu, vEla m&RutadEhAlu....yuddhamEdO... telITaM lEdu! kan&piMchani yuddha gAyAlanu mOsuku...kAMdISIkuNNayinAnA...? tanani tAnu praSniMchukunnADu kOTESvarrAvu. vidhvaMsaM gurtunnaMtagA vidhvaMsaM muMdari jIvitaM gurtu lEdataniki!
maLlI, yeduTi bertu mIMchi musugu kappina vyakti - dhvani hechchiMchi kEka vEsADu! kOTESvarrarAvuki bert` veipu chUstuMTE 'vAstavaM venuka adhivAstavaMlO manishi muKammIda svapnalipi chUstunnAnu...'ajaMtA kavitvaM gurtochchiMdi. leiT` AP` chEsi, bert` mIda vAli, kaLlu mUsEDu.
(migatA BAgaM vachchE SanivAraM)
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