മഞ്ഞുരുകും കാലം 11 [വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ] 377

N¼nNp«³.sWäv `mQkt¯msX MmWSv Du^n FXp¯p.
Hmt^m CX¯^w b¸m] tbm`pÅ ^*pk³ Np¶pNÄ. Ak]psX H¯p WXp¡v sI_n] fp´n^n§m k`p¸¯n fp`¡®pNÄ. Ak]v¡v Ipäpw Wt¶ N_p¸n b¸Xk«¯n C^p* IÀ½w.
B k«kpw ASns` fp`N®pw H^pfn¨v MmsWsâ km]nt`¡v SÅn. BÀ¯nt]msX k`n¨p NpXn¨p.
Aks^sâ S`]n bnXn¨fÀ¯n. Ak^psX IqXpWnlmhw Fsâ fpXn]njNsa SjpNntbm]n.
^*pWnfngw BUysfm¶p Aks^sâ S` AXÀ¯p fmän f_p S`¡Â sNm*ptbm]n {bSngvYn¨p. B fp`]n`pw MmsWsâ km]vsNm*p A²ymß ^mfm]\w Nnan¸m«v ^In¨p.
B Npªp fp`¡®n sfsà NXn¨p. Ak^psX N¿vNapsX h½À±w NqXp¶SWnh^n¨p ko*pw NXn¨p.
NrSyfm]n F´v tk\sf¶v A_n]mkp¶ sb®v. Ak^v ko*pw Fsâ S` k`nt¨m*p Ip*pNant`¡v tIÀ¯p. Ak^psX SpX]n Mm³ ssN]v–sk¨p.
Sp\n CÃ.
CsSms¡ F¸ Du^n fmän?
B fnWphfpÅ, sI_p t^mf^mKnNÄ kn^mXp¶ WWp¯ SpXNan`pw SpX]nXp¡n`pw Fsâ kn^`pNÄ HmXn¡an¨p.
Ak^psX DfnWo^v k`n¨p NpXn¡pt¼mjpw Fsâ kn^`pNÄ Ak^psX {SntNm\ hwPf¯ns` sI_pSp\n fmämWpÅ sbmXnN¿pNÄ SpX§n Njnªn^p¶p.
B^psX IqXpÅ ssN]v–bmUw Fsâ gnÀ«nsâ d«\pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Ajn¨p. Fsâ Uo£]n`pw tSman`pw Bk bm_n WX¶p. Fsâ sbm¡nt`m«p B WoafpÅ kn^`pNÄ F¯n]t¸m A_n]msS MmsWm¶p sbm§n tbm]n. BUyfm]n«m\v H^p hv{So fpWvNs¿Xp¡p¶Sv.
ASnsâ H^p NpanÀf. H^p bpSpf. ASnsWms¡ bp_sf A§sWs]m^p NX¶pN]äw S^ps¶m^p Dt¯KWw.
tks_ Ss¶.
Aks^sâ sdÂän`pw ssN]v–sk¨p. MmWk^psX bmân Du^ns]Xp¯p. sI_n] bq¡apÅ k`n] sK«n.
sNmÅmw.
Aks^ Mm³ Fsâ fXn]n Wn¶v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p. FWn¡v BfpOfm]n WnÀ¯n.
Nm`pNÄ sfsà AN¯n. Woäm]n«v {Xnw sI]vSp WnÀ¯n]n^n¡p¶ t]mWoSXw.
fp¶n Wn¶pw tWm¡n]m H«pw Nm\m³ bänÃm¯ H^p sNm¨p bq_v.
Fsâ ssNskÅ sNm*v MmWm hpµ^n¸qÀ Aäw fpSÂ Aäw ks^ SjpNn.
e]¶n^n¡p¶ frP§sa SjpNpt¼mÄ Ak]nÂWn¶p*mNp¶ H^pS^w lÐfnÃ?
ASptbms` sNms*]psX sSm*]nÂWn¶pw D*m]n.
B fnWphfmÀ¶ SpXNan Fsâ Wmkpw bÃpNapwsNm*v Mm³ Aks^ hpOn¸n¨p, tkUWn¸n¨p.
B sNm¨pbqänt`¡v Fsâ SÅkn^ C_¡msWm^p {lfw Mm³ WX¯n. Aks^sâ ssN bnXn¨p fmän. MmsWsâ IqXpkn^ Sp¸`nWm WW¨n«p H¶qsX tWm¡n. sfsÃ, Ak^psX Pn^nPµ^¯nsâ fp¶_]nt`¡v Fsâ kn^ Duan]n«p.
Fsâ WmknsW fmXnknan¡pwtbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv