| AphIsulO pani doMgalnI, bulli rAjakIyavAdulnI chUsinappuDU, mottaM TyUshan&lanU, iMTi panini tana netti mIdanE vEstunna bhartanu pariSIliMchinappuDu mAmagAru, bAvagAru, SrIlataku gurtukochchEvAru. vALLatO rAghavanu pOlchi chUsukunEdi. choravE lEdu kAnI, bharta aMta anyAyaM kAdani anukunEdi. tana chAkirIni meTTiniMTlOni atta, bharta mEnattala veTTichAkirItO pOlchukunEdi. visukkunEdi. udyOgastulaina ADavALLa chAkirI mariMta anyAyaM anukunEdi. mahiLA samasyalni chitriMchina E kathO, navalO chadivinappuDu iMkA maMDipaDEdi. atta, rAghava mEnattala mUga bAdha elA uMTuMdOnani AlOchiMchEdi. kAlAnuguNaMgA tAmiddarU mArEdelA? tama paristhitini chakkadiddukunEdelA? ani tega AlOchiMchEdi. SrIlata UhallO tAmiddari udyOgAlU khAyamai pOyEvi. taMDri tanakivvabOyE illU, polamU ammuDupOyEdi. A DabbutO iLLasdhalaM konukkunEdi, illu kaTTukonEdi. okkokkappuDu Ame kalallO ArDaru lEni bharta udyOgaM UDipOyEdi.
attagArillu SrIlatanu chAlA rOjulu vEdhiMchiMdi. okka EDAdi gaDichiMdi. SrIlata kuTuMba jIvitaMlO E mArpU rAlEdu.
A rOju SrIlataku divAkar& nuMchi uttaraM aMdiMdi.
'SrIlata vadinA!
nA iMTar& mIDiyaT& telugu parijNjAnaMtO rAstunna I uttaraMlO tappuluMTE muMdugA kshamiMchu. marI kshamiMchavalasinavi Eka vachana prayOgAlu. avi I pATiki alavATayi uMTAyilE. nuvvu mana ULLO unnadi vAraM dinAlE ayinA, nI grahaNaSaktimIda nAkeMtO gourava bhAvaM Er&paDiMdi. aMtE kAdu. nuvvu hRudayamunna dAnivi. AyakaMlOni tOTa appula vALLa pAlaiMdi. meTTa sEdyaMlO EDAdi poDuvunA pani eTlAgU vuMDadu. annaTTu tOTala daggaraku manaM pOtunnappuDu nuvvannAvu. paristhitulatO pATU mArakapOvaDamU, Sramanu nammukOkapOvaDamU ikkaDi dusthitiki kAraNamani, mI ammA nAnnaltO pOlika techchinAvu. mI amma reMDu gEdelanu peTTukuni pAlu ammutuMdanI, nAnna sEdyaMtO pATu kAyagUralU avI kAyiMchI, kOLLanu peMchI koMta saMpAdistADanI. appuDu nEnu javAbu cheppalEdu. dEniki? A Srama mIda nAku gouravaM lEkapOlEdu. kAnI I rakaM Srama mIda kannA, A saMbaMdhAla mIda kannA, simmeMTu phyAkTarIlO panichEsE kUlIla mIdA, vALLa saMbaMdhAla mIdA nAku nammakaM ErpaDiMdi. nEnaMdukE vALLalO kalasipOyAnu. Srama kharIdu telusukuMTunnA.
iMTitO baMdhAlu tegipOyinAyi, mUga jIvi ammatO tappa. nAku vachchE chachchE E AstI akhkharalEdani bayaTapaDinA, A UbilOMchi bayaTa paDaDAniki adokaTE mArgaM nAku kan&piMchiMdi. lEkapOtE kaTnaM ASa peDatAru. rAjIpaDitE konnALLaku ikkaDa nEnu mA nAnnagAnainA mAripOvAli, mA peddannagAnainA mArAli. mA chinnanna rAghava mAdiri nEnu kuduru manishini kAdu.
ippuDainA mA nAnnakU, peddannakU telisi vastE maMchidE. lEkapOtE iTlAgE konnALLu batuku nIDchi, mA ammO, mA vadinO kUli panulaku pOtE vATi mIda tama rakaM batuku batakkapOru.
mA bhUmi charitrA, bhUmi putrula charitrA I rakamgA tappa, maroka rakaMgA vuMTuMdaMTAvA? chinnannanu aDiginaTTu cheppu.
mI
maridi divAkar& .
SrIlata I uttarAnni nAlugaidu mArlu chaduvukuMdi. kalavarapaDiMdi. kshObha paDiMdi. nir&vEdapaDiMdi. bharta rAghavaku chUpinappuDu, sAMtaM chadivi kaTuvugA reMDE mukkalannADu.
'vIDu jailukkUDA pOyE rakaM... chAvanI. iMka Uri daggari nuMchi manakEmI vachchEduMDadu. mI ammA nAnna migiliMchi ichchEdEdO tappa'.
bharta SApanArdhAlu vinnAka, ASalanu chUSAka SrIlataku iravai ELLa maridi divAkar& , iravai ArELLa bharta kaMTE chAlA chAlA unnataMgA kan&piMchADu. kAnI Ame anukunna ettu mUlAlu divAkar& ku ekkaDi nuMchi vachchAyO ani eppuDU AlOchistUnE uMTuMdi pApaM!
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