| 'Aru nelala kAlaMlO nEnatanni telugu nErchukunETTu chEstAnu... EDAdilO telugu sAhitya saMskRutulanu ApOsana paTTETTu chEstAnu. mA peLLi koppukOMDi... A tarvAta telugu viSvavidyAlayaM parIkshalaku kaTTistAnu. amerikAlOnU telugu adhyayana kEMdraM uMdi kadA...!' aMdi padmaja.
'alA ayitE nAkEM aByaMtaraM lEdu... kAni, kiraN` telugu nErchukunna tarvAtE peLLi...'
'abbAyakkaDa, ammAyikkaDa telugu nErchukOvaDam elA sAdhyamavutuMdi bAvagArU...! vachchE saMvatsaraM I vELaku mIru mI manavaDi puruDu chEyaDAniki TeksAs` veLLE samayAniki kiraN` rAmAyaNa mahABAratAlu modalukoni, SrISrI gurajADala sAhityaM nuMDi InATi sAhityaM varaku annI chaduvutU kanabaDatADu... sarEnA...?' annADu rAGavarAvu.
ayinA venakAmuMdavutunnADu veMkaTrAvu...
'nAmIda AmAtram nammakaM lEdA nAnnA...?'
'nEnu telugu nErchukunEdi I iMTiki alluDu avaDAniki mAtramE kAdu... mIranE niraksharAsyata niMdApadaM nuMDi dUramayi aksharAsyata sAdhiMchaDAniki... teluguvADigA jIviMchaDAniki...' annADu kiraN`....
'ayitE aByaMtaram dEniki....'
veMkaTrAvu mATatO aMdari muKAllO saMtOshaM vellivirisiMdi...
'telugu BOjanaM siddhaMgA uMdi lEvaMDi...' aMdi ramAdEvi.... galagalA navvAraMdaru...
kALLu chEtulu kaDukkuMTAniki snAnAlagadilO keLtunnAru okari tarvAtokaru....
(samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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