anaganagA oka katha. A kathalO -nA pEru sItAmahAlakshmi ani peTTukOMDi. sItO, lakshmO, subbulO, eMkO, EdO oka pEru anukOMDi. EdaitEnEM. kathalO nEnu okappuDu telugammAyini. ippuDu amerikan ni kUDAnu. amerikAlO uMTunnAnu.

amerikAlO nA prayANAllO nEnu ennO vimAnASrayAllO AgEdAnni. konnALLaki okkO chOTa okkO resTAreMT ni gurtu peTTukoni aMdulO okkO tiMDi padArdhAnni gurtu peTTukoni adi teppiMchukoni tinaDaM alavATayyiMdi.piTs barg vimAnASrayaMlO oka chakkani airish pab uMdi. aMdulO kUrchuni airish sTyU tinaDaM ishTaM nAku. dAnitO pATu oka glAsu erra sArA puchchukoMTE tarvAta vimAna prayANaM kudupulu lEkuMDA sAgutuMdani nA nammakaM. IsAri alAgE oka chakkaTi (aMTE evarU daggaralO lEni) ballanu eMchukoni kUrchunnAnu. veyiTres nA ArDar tIsuku veLLiMdi. nEnu “telugu kathAnika” pustakaM tIsi aMdulO kathalu chadUkODAniki siddhamayyAnu. koMcheMsEpu gaDichEsariki EdO guchchukuMTunnaTlugA anipiMchaDaM modalayyiMdi. pustakaM diMchi chUstE oka (nijamaina) amerikan AviDa kaLLu nannu tega pariSIliMchEstunnAy. iMtalOki nA bhOjanaM kUDA nA balla mIdiki chEriMdi.

veyiTres:- “mIkiMkEmainA kAvAlA?”
nEnu: “akkarlEdu. aMtA bhEshuggA uMdi.”
veyiTres: “chakkagA tinaMDi. nEnu maLLI vachchi mIkiMkEmainA kAvAlEmO kanukkoMTAnu.”

nEnu maLLI pustakaM chaduvukuMTU nA tiMDi tiMTAniki siddhamai pOyAnu. kAnI… I lOpalE pakka balla vadda nuMchi nA mIda “Ame” kOpaMgA chUpula bANAlu vadiliMdi. eppuDu vachchi akkaDa kUrchuMdO, EmO!

Ame: “nuvvu mAMsaM tiMTAvA?”
nEnu: “avunu. nuvvu?”
Ame: “tinanu. nuvvu … bAbAnu nammavA?”
nEnu: “nammutAnO lEdO? ippuDu A saMgateMduku?”
Ame: “nEnu reMDu sArlu iMDiyA veLLi vachchAnu. modaTisAri Ayana ASramAniki veLLAnu. Ayana mIda chAlA bhakti kudiriMdi. aMdukE reMDO sAri iMDiyA veLLAnu.”

nAku nA chinnappuDu mA nAnnagAri mitrula baMgaLAlO … bAbA viDidi chEsi uMDaDamu, mEmaMtA Ayana darSanAniki veLLaDamu gurtukochchiMdi. mEmu pillalaM, Ayana vastunnADaMTE mEmu iTu nuMDi aTu pAripoyyEvALLaM. Ayanni chUDAlanE kutUhalaM. chUDaDAniki bhayaM.ammO! chUstE! Ayana mana pApAlannI kanipeTTi vEstE. kaLLO, kALLO pOtAyanE bhayaM!

nAku chinnappuDu ilATi bhayAlu konni uMDEvi. ADapillani kAvaDaM valla, mishanarI skUluki veLLinaMduvalla, telugu purANAlu vinnaMduvalla , ULLO sinimAlannI chUDaDaMvalla eMduvallaitEnEM - iMkO bhayaM ekkuvagA uMDedi. nAku sannihitulugA uMDE mA kasins ni - appuDappuDU nAku garbhiNI ani anumAnaMgA uMdani cheppEdAnni. appuDu nAku 8-9 ELLu uMDavachchu. vALLu nAkannA konni ELLu peddavALLavaTaMtO alAMTidEmI lEdani nannu OdArustU uMDevALLu.

A gOleMduku leMDi madhyalO. prastuta kathalOni- nA phlAsh bAk konasAgistAnu.

I snEhitula baMgaLAlO bAbA viDidi chEsi unnappuDu Ayana darSanAniki bhaktulu vastU pOtU uMDEvAru. iMTivAriki, vAri ishTa sakhulakU, viDigA Ayana darSanaM labhiMchEdi. mA peddavALLu appuDappuDU kUrchoni Ayana muchchaTlu cheppukuMTU uMDEvAru. Ayana iMkO bAbA aparAvatAramanI, AyanEmO vishNuvu aparAparAvatAramanI. ikkaDa mAyamayyi akkaDekkaDO pratyakshamavva galaranI. chEyi ilA tippitE vIbhUdI, alA tippitE kuMkumA, rAli paDutuMdanI- ilAgu. I adbhutAlu viMTE mAku eMdukO bhayaM kaligEdi.

okarOju mA snEhiturALLamaMtA kUrchoni uMDagA bAbA gabukkuna mEmunna gadi lOki vaChChAru. mEmaMtA lEchi nuMchunnAmu. mAku ThAru puTTiMdi. mEmu chUchIchUDanaTTlu, kuMti, sUryunni chEtulu aDDaM peTTukuni , vELLa saMdullOnuMchi chUchinaTlu, elAgolAgu Ayanni chUchAmu. poTTi svarUpamu. kAshAya vastrAlu. kAnI silkuvi. juTTu iMta ettuna, aMta veDalpuna girajAlu tirigi pedda guDiselA uMdi.aMtaku muMdu Ayanni guriMchi vinna kathala valla, vAri vEshaM vilakshaNaM gA unnaMduvallA chAlA bhayaM kaligiMdi. asalu EmI vinakuMDA UrikE mEmu chUsi uMTE bhayaM uMDEdi kAdEmO mari. Ayana EmI anakuMDA UrikE girruna tirigi vErE gadi lOki veLLi pOyADu. mEmu pillalaM, maLLI I prapaMchaM lO paDDAM.

Ayana saMgatEmO kAni A baMgaLA tOTa eMtO aMdaMgA uMdani gurtu. gulAbIla tOTa, lillIla tOTa, ennO rakAla tIgelu, chakkagA kattiriMchina podala gummaTAlu. Emi aMdaM! nA snEhiturALLu nAku tOTa aMtA chakkagA tippi chUpiMchaDaM gurtu. A baMgaLA! Emi baMgaLA!bAbA A baMgaLA Ayana viDidigA eMchukunnAraMTE mari UrikE eMchukunnArA! eMtOmaMdi naukarlu, chAkarlu iMTivALLaki. vaMTavALLu rakarakAla vaMTalu vaMDi peTTE vALLu. A tarvAta lEta tamulapAkulu, aMdulOki pratyEkaMgA gulAbi raMgu sunnamU. nAku EmAtraM telivunnA sanyAsi navaDaM lO eMta sukhamuMdO appuDE telisEdi. DAkTaru aitE sukhamA! SuddhAMtamA! nA tappu lEdu leMDi. chinna vayasayyE!

A tarvAta mA nAnnagAru Ayana bAbA darSanaM anubhavaM guriMchi mAkaMdarikI Ayana sahaja SaililO cheppAru. “sanyAsulaku kUDA Dabbunna vALLaMTEnE ishTaM. nEnu DabbulEni vADinani, Ayana dabbunE paTTESADu. jamIMdArulaku jamiMdArI bahumatulu, pEda vALLaku pEda bahumatulu. A jamIMdAru gAri bhAryaku DaimaMD lAkeT tIsi ichchADu. Ayana chellelu kUturiki chakkani mutyAla uMgaraM. nAku mAtraM vibhUdi.”

mA amma- “ayyO bhayaM bhaktI lEni mATalu. mIraTlA navvutAru kAbaTTE manamiTTlA unnAM. Ayana bommalunna lAkeTTlichchArugA. avi maMchi baMgAraMlO peTTi pillalaku golusulu chEyistAnu.” ani bhayaM bhayaMgA maMdaliMchiMdi. (mA ammaku mA nAnnagArannA bhaya bhaktuluMDEvi . mEmu alA kAdu. A vinayaM, vaMdanaM rAlEdu. paipechchu mA nAnnagAri vyaMgyaM, veTakAraM vachchinaTluMdi). nAku bAbA guriMchi A pAta saMgati aMtA gurtukochchiMdi. ippuDu Ayanaku ennO ASramAlu, yUnivarsiTIlu, vidyArdhulu, ennO mEDalu, iMkA ekkuva bhaktulu, dESa dESAlanuMDi vachchi Ayana upanyAsAlu vini upadESAlu tIsukoni pOyEvALLu unnAraTa.

maLLi amerikA -vimAnASrayaM - nA ippaTi katha lOki aMdulO mA saMbhAshaNa lOkI vaddAM. appaTikE nA pakka ballAviDa mIda- Ame koMcheM pichchi vAlakaMgA uMdi, nannu tinanivvaDaM lEdu. chaduvukOnivvadU - ani nAku kOpaM vastU uMdi.

nEnu: ” O! nIvu … bAbA bhakturAlivA? nEnu I eyir pOrT ku vachchina daggaranuMDi nEnekkaDaku veLtE akkaDa nIvu kanipistuMTE nuvvu nA bhakturAlivani apArdhaM chEsukonnAnu. ippuDardhamayyiMdi. A svAmi gAru nAku telusu. chinnappuDE phalAnA ULLO chUSAnu.

Ame: “nEnu Ayannu chAlA sArlu kaliSAnu. Ayana cheppinavannI pATistuMTAnu.”

nEnu: “chAlAsArlu iMDiyA veLLi vastAvA?”

Ame: “iMka veLLakkarlEdu. Ayana nEnu eppuDU mATlADu kuMTUnE uMTAmu.”

nEnu: “Ayana bhaktulaku phOnu kUDA chEstuMTArA appuDappuDu?”

Ame: “bhalEdAnivi! phOneMduku? Ayana eppuDu kAvAlaMTE appuDu ikkaDiki nA daggariki vastAru. mEmiddaraM okariki okaraM kanipiMchagalaM. mA Atmalu eppuDu kAvAlaMTE appuDu mATlADukuMTAyi. kalustAyi.”

“maMchidi . chAlA bAguMdi !” annAnu nEnu. pustakaM aDDaM peTTukoni nA tiMDi nE tinasAgAnu.kOMcheM sEpu chUsi lEchi veLLipOyiMdAme.

tarvAta oka shApu muMdu palakariMchiMdi maLLIAme “boTTeMduku peTTukOlEdu? vidhavvA?” aMdi.

nEnu: “kAdE?”

Ame: “mari okka dAnivE prayANaM chEstunnAvu. koMpatIsi amerikanullAgA, pichchi puTTi moguDiki viDAkulu gAni ivvalEdu kadA?”

nEnu:( lOpallOpala - “atta pOru lEdu ADa biDDa pOru lEdu. Ime ekkaDa dApuriMchiMdi nAku”) baiTaku.- “alATidEmI lEdu. mEmu bAgAnE uMTAmu. nuvvu bharta kOsaM chUsukuMTunnAvA? kAvAlaMTE mA Ayannu saMtOshaMgA tIsukOvachchu” annAnu navvutU.

adi Ameku nachchalEdu. “nEnu sanyAsinini, #Abstinence #(brahmacharyaM? ) pATistunnAnu” aMdi.

adRshTavaMtulu, magavALLu batiki pOyAru. anukunnAnu nEnu. pIchu juTTU, guMTa kaLLU, pichchi dhOraNI! kritaM pushkaraM appuDu snAnaM chEsinaTluMdi. evariki kAvAli I kaMpu SarIraM! A bAbA kE arpiMchukO - anukunnA.

tarvAta kAsEpaTiki nEnu eskalETar mIda nilchuni uMTE maLLI vIpu maMTa puTTinaTTlugA anipiMchiMdi.tirigi chUstE AmE. nannu kiMdiki tOstuMdEmO ani koMcheM AMdOLana kaligiMdi.

Ame: “nuvvEmi hiMdUvi. ninnu SivuDu kshamiMchaDu gAka kshamiMchaDu. mUDO kannu terichi maMDistADu” aMdi.

nAku mUDO kannu teruchukuMdi. kOpaM Sivuni meLLO pAmulA busalu koTTiMdi. ainA EmAtraM AvESa paDakuMDA, mettagA, madhuraMgA,”avatalaku pO pichchi kukkA! lEkapOtE sekyUriTIni pilustAnu” annAnu.Ame iMka mATlADa lEdu. eskalETar digAka koMcheM dUraM nA venaka naDichi A tarvAta Agi pOyiMdi. nEnu iMka paTTiMchu kOkuMDA nA dArini nEnu veLLi pOyAnu.

iMTiki vachchAka aMdarikI I saMgati cheppAnu. vALLaku navvu vachchiMdi. aMdarikannA mA alluDu, jyUyish amerikan, ki mahA navvu vachchiMdi. iMDiyan attaku bAbA bhakti lEdu. amerikan hiMdU gAru bhaktitO talamunakalayi pOyi attanu satAyistE , jyUyish alluDiki navvu rAdA mari!tarvAta eMdukainA maMchidani tagina sAnubhUti vellaDiMchADu. “prapaMchaMlO raka rakAla vALLu unnAru mammIjAn. nuvvu vALLatO taguvu paDavoddu. jAgrattagA uMDu. kattulU, gannulU kUDA uMDavachchu mammIjAn!” ani nAku jAgrattalu cheppADu.

nEnu “rAmESvaraM veLLinA SanESvaraM tappadA? amerikA vachchinA airish sTyU tiMTAniki lEdA? iMDiyAlO puTTinaMduku, akkaDi nuMDi vachchinaMduku bUDida pUsukoni gAli bhOMcheyyAlani anukuMTunnArO? amerikA nuMDi amara lOkaM veLLinA I mataM nuMDi nAku vimukti lEdO. mukti rAdO” ani marokka sAri maMDipaDDAnu.

katha samApti. I katha vinna vArikI, “ImATa” lO chadivina vArikI puNyamu, purushArdhamU tappaka labhistAy!