'eMta mATa. vastAnaMDI!' ani Ayana chUDalEkapOyinA, narasiMhAchAryulu gAriki namaskAraM peTTi kadilEnu. Ame vIdhi gummaM daggara nilabaDi kanabaDiMdi. kRutajNjatani chirunavvugA tayAruchEsi pedAla madhya chUpiMchiMdi. ippaTiki gAnI nAku Ame aMdaM kEsi manasu pOlEdu. kAni Teimu takkuvagA vuMDaDaM valla okE mATa 'vastAnaMDI!' ani cheppi meTlu digEnu.
nAparAti mukkala mIda naDustunnAnu.
pApaM! kaMDalu karigiMchukuni kaLAKaMDaM malichina narasiMhAchAryulu gAru tana prEmakathaki charitralO shAjahAnu kaMTE vunnatasthAnaM vuMTuMdanukuMTunnADu. kAni Ayanaku teliyadu. Uhalni kAdanE nijaM vuMdi. kaLaakhanDamU, prEmA, charitrA EvI Ayanaku dakkalEdu. avunu, elA dakkutAyi? narasiMhAchAryulu lEnivADu. ati sAmAn&yuDu. sAmrAjyAdhinEta kADu. rAjakIya nAyakuDU kAdu. oka pEda Silpi. pEdavALLa prEmalO eMta balaM vunnA prayOjanaM lEdu. mahAdhanavaMtuDeinA shAjahAnu chakravarti apUrvamU, adbhutamU ayina tAj`mahal` kaTTiMchi narasiMhAchAryulugAri lAMTi pEdavALLa prEmaki viluva lEkuMDA chESADu. evaDO rAjakIya san&yAsi mahASilpAnni nASanaM chEsi Ayana charitra niluvakuMDA nirjiMchEsEDu. CI CI! - vILLA bhAratadESaM manushulu! gurajADakavi dESamaMTE maTTi kAdu, manushyulE ani cheppEDu gAnI - nA kippuDu yilAMTi manushulu puTTE dESAnni voThthi 'maTTi' anukuMTEnE bAguNNanipistuMdi. lEkapOtE konnALLaki dESaM mIda EvagiMpu kaligi, nAlO vuMdanukunE koddipATi dESAbhimAnaM chachchipOtuMdEmOnani bhayaM kUDA vEstOMdi.
alA AlOchanalu pErchukuMTU koMtadUraM naDichEka, eMdukO venakki tirigi chADAlanipiMchiMdi. chUSAnu! narasiMhAchAryulugAri pAtapeMkuTillu chinna aTTa seTTiMgulA kanabaDiMdi. nAlO yippuDu - oka goppa kaLAKaMDAnni chUDalEkapOyAnanE digulu tolagipOyinA 'pEda mahASilpi' narasiMhAchAryulu gAri prEmanI tRuptinI, charitrasthAnAnnI kApADagaligAnanna saMtOshabhAvaM kammagA, tiyyagA kaligiperigiMdi.
(samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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