| piTTalu dorikAyA?'
'reMDu mUDu dIpaM eluturulO chekkar&lu koTTAyi. nA cheMpaki kUDA vATi rekkalu rAsukeLLAyi. chArala piTTalu dorukutAyani saMtOshapaDipOyAnu kAni...'
'kAnI?'
'kAnI.. nuvvu dUraMgA jODu nallIla tupAkI pElchAvu. A sabdAniki avi pAripOyAyi. mari digavu' ani arthaM kAni navvu maLLI navvADu. kaLLalO mAtraM nI ETatO nA ETaki debba koTTESAvanE nispRuha varmaki kanipiMchinaTTayiMdi. chIkaTlO arapa mIda nuMchi tuMga gubur&lO kanipiMchina velugu DibirigADi lAMtarani ipuDarthamayiMdi. koMcheM gil&TIgA manassu chivukkumaMdi - tala diMchukoni pakkanunna eMDuTAkulni aprayatnaMgA aripOtunna maMTallOki vEstunnADu. maLLI niSSabdaM. maMTallO Akulu chiTlutunnAyi. 'nuvvu vETa chEstunna saMgati nAku telIdu = ayAm` sArI' .. ani chebudAmanukoni tala paikettADu.
DibirigADu saMchIlO nuMchi nATu sArA sIsAtO gaDagaDa tAgEstunnADu. vADi goMtu muDi egisina Akula maMTa velugulO kiMdikI, mIdiki koTTukOMTOMdi. sIsA diMchi tupukkuna ummi chEttO mUtini rAsukunnADu. muKaM mIda kaMDarAlu erupekki vaNakutunnAyi. kaNatala kriMda naraM chUstuMDagAnE maMTa velugulO ubbekkiMdi.
gaTTigA ogirchADu. Upiri BAraMgA pIlustunnADu... AkASaM vaipu chUstunnADu. SukruDu udayiMchADu. marO chaMdruDilA, nakshatraM kAMti chimmutOMdi. SukruDu lOniMchi uMDaMDi raMgulu mArutunnAyi. AkASaM kotta kAMtini saMtariMchukuMTOMdi.
DibirigADu tadEka dhyAnaMlO A nakshatrAnni chUstunnADu. muKaM vichitrAnuBUtitO kAMtivaMtamowtOMdi.I mATu pedAla mIda navvu aspash&TaMgA lEdu. sArA nishAlO mattekkina eRRaTi kannullO kAmaM poMgulu kakkutOMdi.
okkasAri vETa saMgati marachipOyinaTlu mATa tuMchEsi gataMlOki gaMtEsinaTlu, 'dorA... aTu sUDu ... A chukka .. raMgulu mArustOMdi. raMku chukka' ani kaTTateMchukunna udvEgaAMtO A chIkaTlO kaMguna arichADu. egUpiri - AnaMdaM avadhulu dATutunna mada pichchi navvu. ' A chukkani chUstE ADadAniki, aDivilO puliki dUlekki poddi .. kattilAMTi kasi - dIniyamma .. las&k`Thapak`.. las&k`Thapak`.. Ahhaa' ani geMtutunnADu. 'JA - JuMy`... ThaPikariJU.. ThaPikari.. ThaPikari...' egurutunnADu.
'lapAkilapathan`.. lapAkilaPadhan`.. Dru .. Dru... ChaDik`.. ChaDik`' ani aMbOtulA busalu koDutunnADu. maMTa velugulO chevi riMgulu uMDuMDi taLukkumaMTunnAyi. adEdO BAshalO aruchukuMTU, goNukkuMTU pikkalni toDalni charuchukuMTU kasi kasigA navvukuMTU BUmmIda paDi muDuchukoni maMTa chuTTU dor&lutunnADu. vADi chEsh&TaltO, viMta arupulaki vaMtapADutunnaTlu sIjar` kUDA arupu laMkiMchukuMdi. kukka arupuki DibirigADu lEchi niMchunnADu. taDisina guRRaMlA oLLu vidiliMchukoni, aDugulu taDabaDutU, mellagA tUlukuMTU, nATu sArA kaMpu koDutU daggaragA vachchi varma reMDu jabbulU paTTukoni saradAgA UpADu. 'maMdu ekkuvaipOyiMda'nukunnADu manassulO varma.
(migatA BAgaM vachchE budhavAraM)
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