nA mATalaki Ame pagalabaDi vikaTATTahAsaM chEstU navviMdi.
'eMdukaMta vELAkOLaMgA navvutAvu?'
'abbE, EMlEdU. mI nAnnagAru 'gADidA' ani pilichAraMTE nAkO jOk gurtukostOMdi. oka taMDri mahAnuBAvuDu, tana putraratnAnni 'orE gADidA! ilArA' ani pilichADaTa. appuDE aTugA veDutunna gADida, 'EmaMDI pilichArA' aMTU lOpaliki vachchiMdaTa.
'ninnu kAdammA, mA abbAyini gADida ani piluchukunnAnu.' annADaTa.
'arE gADida mATlADutOMdi. chAlA viMtagA vuMdE!' annADaTa koDuku.
'nAku mAtraM chAlA bAdhagA vuMdi. mI manushullO kUDA gADida ani piluchukuni mA paruvu tIsEstunnAru.' aMdaTa gADida.' aMTU jOk cheppi nannU navviMchEsiMdi.
nAku veMTanE ukrOshaM vachchi, 'nIku manushulaMdarU gADidallA kanipistunnArA?' annAnu.
'kAdu. gADidalE manushullA kanipistunnAru.' aMdi.
'aMdukE aMdarU ilA vELAkOLaM chEstunnAranE kOpaMlO nEnEM chEstAnO nAkE telIdu' aMTU piDikili bigiMchAnu.
'A--EM chEstAvOy`! asalEM chEyAlanukuMTunnAvO cheppu?'
'nAkU-----chachchipOvAlanuMdi.' manasulO mATa anukOkuMDA baiTikanEsAnu.
'EDiSAvulE, chachchEM sAdhistAvu? dAnikiMkA chAlA TaimuMdi. abrahAm liMkan`, iMkA eMtOmaMdi mahAnuBAvulu - vALLaMdarU nIlAgE anukuMTE prapaMchAniki goppavALLu migilEvAru kAru. ArOjullO ippuDunna kanIsa saukaryAlu kUDA vALLaki lEvu. vIdhidIpAla daggara chaduvukuni, eMtO kashTapaDi paikochchAru. nIkennO saukaryAlu samakUrustuMTE chaduvE ishTaM lEdaMTAvEmiTi? chaduvukOkapOtE EM chEstAvu? chaduvuMTEnE manishini gauravistAru. chaduvukuMTEnE ekkadikeLLinA chalAmaNi avutAvu. nuvvu nATakAllO vEsinA, sinimAllO naTiMchinA chaduvuMTE maMchidi kadA!' nIti bOdha chEsiMdi praSAMti.
praSAMtitO kAssEpu mATlADitE chAlu maMchi pustakaM chadivinaTlu anipistuMdi.
praSAMti guriMchi nA PraMDuki chAlA goppagA chebutUMDEvADini. Ameni parichayaM cheyyamani aDigADu. kAni vIlu paDalEdu.
okasAri praSAMti vALLiMTlO satyanArAyaNavrataM chEsukunnAru. pUja chUDaTAniki, BOjanAniki pilichAru. amdaraM veLLAmu. AScharyaM! diviniMchi digi vachchina dEvata. sAkshAttU A SrImahAlakshminE chUstunnAnu!
'Ey`, EmiTI, alA dEvatani chUsinaTTu chUstunnAvu? prasAdaM tIsukO.' aMdi.
appuDu gurtiMchAnu Ame praSAMti ani. eppuDU paMjAbi DrassullO kanipiMchE ammAyi, paTTulaMgA, ONI, meDalO rakarakAla golusulu, nekles`, naDumuki sannani vaDDANaM, chEtiki dhagadhaga merisE rALLagAjulu, poDavATi jaDaki jaDakuchchulu, tallO pUla cheMDu, nuduTa erraTi tilakaM, chakrAllAMTi kaLLaki sannagA kATuka! abba, cheppalEnu A aMdaM! nijaMgA dEvakanya-kAdu, kAdu, kanulamuMdu pratyakshamaina SrImahAlakshmO, sarasvatIdEvO, pArvatIdEvO ayuMDAli. prastuta rUpAnni baTTi sAkshAttU A SrImahAlakshmE dEvalOkaMniMchi digi vachchiMdi. unnaTTuMDi nA kaLLu chemarchAyi. attavAriMTlO peTTE bAdhalaki taTTukOlEka Atmahatya chEsukunna eMtO aMdaMgA vuMDE mA akka gurtukochchiMdi. manasu bAguMDaka iMTikochchEsAnu.
marnADu udayaM nEnu brash chEsukuMTuMTE praSAMti haDAviDigA pEparu puchchukuni vachchiMdi. (iMkA uMdi)
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