| m&ahAkavi an&n&avADu pravESapeTTin&a rUpa, vastu veividhyaM chAlA kAlaM m&an&agalagAli. SrISrI m&AtrAgaNa rUpaM ipuDu lEdu. yAbhayyELla vayasulO kUDA '%vETiMg#` phar#` gADAT#`%' lAMTi n&ATakAlan&u sam&arthaMgA rAsin&a SAm&yUl#` bekeT#`, aravayyELla pATu kavitvaM rAstU pOyin&a Ten&n&isan&#`, iMkA jAn&apada gatam&ayin&a kavitvaM cheppin&a eiriSh#` kavi ETs#`latO SrISrIn&i pOlchalEM. m&ahAprasthAn&aM taruvAta SrISrI prajAjIvitAlaki daggarayin&aMtagA sAMdram&ayin&a sAhitya sRuShTi chEyalEkapOyADu. '%bi rOm&an&#` in&#` E rOm&#`%' an&n&a n&ijaM m&arachi vin&OdAtm&akam&ayin&a sin&IgItAlaki an&avasara saMdESAla raMgu pulim&ADu. dhUm&a, m&adyapAn&AlaMTE Em&iTO bottigA telIn&i jArj#` bern&ArD#`ShA vyaktitvaMtO SrISrIn&i pOlchalEM. SrISrIn&i SrISrItO pOlchaTam&E SrISrI sAdhiMchin&a ghan&akAryaM! SrISrI prabhAvaMtO eMdareMdarO A uravaDitO kavitvaM cheppin&A, '%abhin&ava SrISrI%'gA m&udrapaDDa SrI kATragaDDa (viSrAMta pOsTal#` udyOgi, San&ivArapupETa, ElUru) n&u I saMdarbhaMgA cheppukOvAli.
SrISrI kavitalaku pEraDI rAsi '%jarUk#`SAstri%' pedda saMchalan&E kaligiMchADu. '%jayabhEri%'lO SrI SrI '%n&En&u seitaM - sam&idhan&okkaTi - ahutichchAn&u... n&En&u seitaM - bhuvan&a bhavan&apu - bAvuTAn&ei peiki lEstAn&u%' an&n&adAn&iki jarUk#` m&adhyataragati m&aMdahAsAn&n&i ilA prakaTiMchADu.
'n&En&u seitaM - kiLlOkoTlO pAtabAkI - legaragoTTAn&u
n&En&u seitaM - jan&AbhAlO - saMkhya n&okkaTi vRuddhichESAn&u%'
m&ahAkavula kalaM m&UgabOkUDadu. kAn&I 1960 lalO SrISrI stabdaMgA uMDipOyADu. peipechchu em&arjan&sI kAlaMlO iMdiram&m&aku chekkabhajan&achESADu. ayitE digaMbara kavitvAn&n&i AhvAn&iMchaTaM, an&uvadiMchaTaM lAMTivi chESADu. kaLASAla vArShikOtsavAlaku vaktagA taraliveLLADu. prajAhRudayAllO '%jNjAn&apIThaM%' Erparachukun&n&ADu. DigrI m&Atram&E chadivin&a SrISrIlO bhAShApATavaM In&ATi eMdarin&O n&ivveraparustuMdi. oka vyakti tan&a jIvita charitran&u tAn&u rAsukun&n&ADaMTE tan&an&u tAn&u goppagA bhAviMchukun&n&ADan&E ardhaM. '%an&aMtaM%' rASADu. pachchin&ijAlu veLlakakkADu. satyaM SivaM suMdaraM aMTE adE kAm&Osu! SrISrI eppaTikI yugaktigAn&E uMDipOkapOvachchu.... alA kAn&i m&aruKshaNaM m&ahAkavi m&arevaran&n&adi tElAli. AMdhrajyOtiki jarigin&a charcha sAm&An&yam&ayiMdEm&I kAdu. kAn&I brAhm&aNa vyatirEkata m&Ark#sijaM n&irasan&ala n&EpathyaMlO SrISrIn&i pun&ar#`m&UlyAMkan&aM chEyaTaM valla pAradarSakata lOpiMchiMdi.
(kRushNA jillA rachayitala saMghaM prachuraNa 'telugu pasiDi' nuMchi)
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