'rA nAyanA! kUchO E vUru maMdi?' kotta pAtraku sAdaraMgA svAgataM cheppADu bairAgi.
'daMDAlu sAmI, daMDAlu!' jOle kriMdapeTTi, goDugunu gUDA dAnikAniMchi, Sukuni yeduTa SounakuDilA eMtO bhayabhaktulatO bairAgi muMdara kUrchuMTU vachchina vyakti konasAgiMchADu -'mAdi karnUlu jillA kOyilakuMTla deggira. mAvUri pEru bremmaguMDaM. mA vUllO oka mAriMDla dAkA mAvOllE. mEM mA vUllO mA yiMDla deggiruMDEdi sammatsaraMlO mUNNellE! migatA tommidi nellU yiTlA dESaM painabaDi tiragaDamE. rAmuNNi, rAjjAnni nammukOni batikETOllaM sAmI, buDabuDakalOllaM! nA pEru mallanna. buDa buDakala mallanna aMTAru...'
'aTlanA nAyanA! I vUreppuDostivi'
'podduMDagAnE vosti. vochchi vUraMtA vokasAri tirigi chUsti. buDabuDakalOlla saMgati tamaku teliyaMdA sAmI! tellArEdAniki oka jAmu enakAmuMdE mEmu grAma saMchAraM chEsEdi! sikkaTi sIkaTlO bayaldErAlsina pani. vULLO mattEbu lE pakkana vuMDArO, garIbulE pakkanuMDArO telisi peTTukOvalla. rAjula yiMDlu vuMDEdekkaDnO, raitula yiMDlu vuMDEdekkaDnO, yApArastula yiMDlu vuMDE dekkaDnO kaNishiMchi peTTukOvalla. oka sOleDu biyyaM, oka pAvalA Dabbu, oka pAtostraM EDa dorakatAdO, A yillu kanipeTTukuMTEnE sAmI mAku batuku...'
'maMchidi nAyanA! I vUraMtA tirigi chUstivi gada! nI kEmanipiMchiMdi?'
'vUrokaTE ayinA yiMdulO diguvUranI, egavUranI reMDuMDAyi sAmI! ganimallO elika borikala mAdirigA digavUraMtA saMdulU, goMdulE! ADuMDEdaMtA bIdA bikkI janaM. kUlI nAlI chEsukuMTA E pUTa kApUTa nUkalu techchukunE bAbattu. vUri maddena bajAruMDAdi. SAnA peddadE. muMdugA aMgalluMTE enakAlekkaDnO yiMDluMDAyi. poddekki aMgallu teristE gAnI ADa rUka rAladu. pOtE dachchinaMgA vuMDEdi kApuvADa. ADa janaM migili miTTanabaDinOllEM gAdu. annI sumAru pATi saMsArAlE. ayinA nOTitO lEdanEdi chEttO lEdanakuMDA aMtO iMtO idiliMchE vALLugAnE vuMDAru. ikapOtE vUriki vuttaraMgA pedda pArigODala maddena bremmAMDamaina reMDaMtastula bavaMtI okaTuMDAdE sAmI, dAnnI vUllO guMDappa mADI aMTAraMTa! guMDappa anE Ayana ayitE eppuDO poyinADugAnI Ayana koDukulu muggurO nalugurO vuMDAraMTa. Allaku yikkaDnE gAdu, paTnaMlO kUDA yiMDlu, kAparAlu vuMDAyaMTa! A lOgillO tOTA doDDI, AvulU, eddulU, TrAkaTarlu, panimanushulu, mOTArlu, iskUTarlu - OyabbO seppataraM gAdu. vayikuMThaM, vayikuMThaM aMTE ekkaDnO vuMDAdanukuMTAM gAnI sAmI, A guMDappa mADIyE vayikuMThamanukOMDi! Allu ADOLLugAdu, dEvatA strIlu Allu biDDalu gAdu, aparaMji bommalu! adi saMsAraM gAdu, pAla saMdraM! eMdukuleMDi! chUpEdAniki veyyi kaMDlu gAvAla. aDuMDE mArAjullO oka mArAju talchukuMTE sAladA sAmI, nelrOjula saMpAdana nA jOllO paDinaTTE!'
bairAgi kiMdi pedavitO pai pedavini bigiMchADu. nuduru kuMchiMchADu. kaLLu chikiliMchADu. apriyamainA satyaM cheppaka tappani yibbaMdi nuMchI bayaTa paDalEka gilagilalADipOyADu. ayinA cheppESADu.
'nAyanA, mallannA! nEnokamATa septA yiMTAvA?'
'ayyO, seppaMDi sAmI!'
'nuvu kApuvADa keLLu, vALLu tRuNamE yichchinA, paNamE yichchinA saMtOshaMgA chEyipaTTu, bajArukeLLu, nI adurushTaM bAguMDi padi dorikinA, yiravai dorikinA jEbulO yEsukO. Akharuku digavUriki gUDa eLLu. vALLu paisalE yichchinA, adE padi vElanukO! kAnI eTTi parisdhiti lOnU guMDappa mahiDI pakkaku mAtraM eLLoddu. A sAyalakainA toMgi sUDoddu.'
bairAgikEsi anumAnaMgA chUstU aDigADu mallanna - 'EMdi sAmI? mIru seppEdAMTlO yivaramEmI telITaM lEdE?'
'adaMtElE nAyanA! pilliki bichchaM peTTaranI, tegina vEliki sunnaM veyyaranI, kaDupu chiMchukunnA gAraDI vidyE naMTAranI koMdarni guriMchi cheppukODaM nuvvu vin&lEdA? aTuvaMTi vALLu koMdaru aMtA oka yiMTi modulElE - tamaku lOkaM kanipiMchakuMDA, lOkAniki tAmu kanipiMchakuMDA tama lOgili suTTU pedda paharI gODalu peTTukunnAru. adE mahiDI kAMpavuMDu...'
'ayitE mAtraM?'
'nAyanA! tama pAyidAku taggina manushulaMTE vALLaku purugultO samAnaM. marI sannakAru janamaMTE tama pAdAla kADa paDuMDE chettakaMTE hInaM. uMDEMdukillulEka, tinEMduku tiMDilEka, kaTTEMduku guDDalEka I nirbhOgi muMDAkoDuku leMduku batakatArO vALLakarthaM gAdu. mottAniki A gODallOpala vuMDEdi adoka rAjyaM. bayaTuMDEdi idoka rAjyaM. evuri rAjyaMlO vALLuMDEdi maMchidi. EM mallannA! nEnEmO cheppinAnu. tarvAta nI yishTaM...'
'ayitE tamaru nA mATa kUDA okaTi inukOvAli sAmI! nEnu ninna puTTi I dinaM kaMDlu terichinODinEmI gAdu. mupphai ayidEMDla nuMchi iTlA dESaMpaina baDi tiragatAnE vuMDA. AlaMpuraM nuMchi anaMtapuraM dAkA, kAvali nuMchi kAlAstrI dAkA I suTTu kaivAraMlO nEnaDugu peTTani Uru lEdu. baDAbaDA AsAmuleMdarnO sUchinAnu. iyyani moMDONNi pAliTiki yiDavani chaMDONikiNi nEnu...' moMDONNi pAliTiki yiDavani baMDONNi nEnu...' mallanna cheyyi aprayatnaMgA ataDi kOra mIsaM paiki pObOyiMdi. kAnI saMdarbhaM chaTukkuna sphuraNaku rAvaDaM valla A prayatnaM madhyalOnE AgipOyiMdi.
bairAgilO eMtO koMta Opika migilE uMdi. ataDu nemmadigA konasAgiMchADu. 'sarE nAyanA! nuvu dESaM chUsinODivE. nEnu kAdananu. ayitE kAyalApaDi reMDu rOjulu panikirAni sEdyagANNi cheTTuku kaTTiMchi, poTTu lEchipoyyETaTTugA chiMtabarikalatO koTTinavALLani nuvvu chUsi vuMDavu. dAraMTa veLLE dAnayya okaDu tOTalO oka kAya kOsukunna nErAniki tala gorigiMchi, adE mAmiDi piMdela daMDa meDalO vEyiMchi chuTTu pakkala padULLu meravaNi dippiMchinavALLani nuvu jUsi vuMDavu. maDilO maMdabeTTaDaM AlasyamaiMdani gorrelnI, poTTELLanI oka rAtraMtA aDusu maDilO nilabeTTi tellArE vELaku avi nIligi chastE mIsaM melEsinavALLani nuvu jUsi vuMDavu. iMtaku muMdu dEvatA strIlaMTivE, aTuvaMTivALLu yiMDlallO maggatA uMTE paTnaMlO bajAru sarukutO kulikE vALLanu nuvu jUsi vuMDavu. chUDu mallannA! nippulO vElu peTToddu aMTAM. peDitE nEmani nuvvaMTAvu. A mATaku mAtraM javAbuMDadu...'
talavaMchukuni bairAgi mATalni mananaM chEsukuMTU kUrchunna mallanna koddi nimishAla tarvAta mellagA paiki lEchADu. jOlelO maMchi gOtaM paTTa tIsi parachukuni dAnipaina sApugA paDukunnADu. koMtasEpalA paDukunnAka kaLLuderichi maLLI bairAgi vaipu chUSADu.
'EmI?' annADu bairAgi.
'EM lEdu sAmI! nEnoka mATa septE mIru kOpagiMchukOvoddu. nippunu tAkakuMDA dAMtO bIDI muTTiMchukOvaDaM nAchEtanavunu...'
bairAgi navvADu. navvutU annADu.
'aTlanA nAyanA! maMchidi, maMchidi.'
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