സര്‍പ്പക്കാവ് 1 [ഗന്ധര്‍വന്‍] 507

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WmapNÄ NX¶p tbm]n. CSnWnX]n AfoÀ ¢mÊn`n^p¶pw km\fXn¡pfm]n^p¶p. {btSyNn¨p inµn ¢mÊnÂ. tks_m¶pfà inµn Xo¨À H^p hpµ^n B]n^p¶p. Afo_nsâ emg]n b_ªm Nn®³ I^¡p.

h-vNqans` GSm*v FÃm sb¬bntÅs^]pw tWm¡n Ak³ km\w knXpfm]n^p¶p. hSyw b_ªm b`t¸mjpw FWn¡v Ft¶mXv Ss¶ A_¸v tSm¶n]n«p*v.

H^p Unkhw A{bSo£nSfm]n fj sb]vSSv Nm^\w ¢mÊn AVnNw tbs^m¶pw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. Xo¨Àfm^pw k¶n«nÃ. MmWpw Afo_pw fm{Sw B\p§am]n«p. Mm³ H^p f®p®n]mt]m*v ko«pNm^psX SÃp tbXn¨p h-vNqan k¶p. ko«n`n^p¶p km\w knXm³ bäm¯Sv sNm*v Afo_pw!

M§Ä bp_Nns` d©n C^p¶p N¼n NT b_]pN]m\v–. Wà NnXn`³ NT. Afo_nsâ NT b_¨n N*n«mk\w AkapfmÀ At§mt«¡v k¶Sv. AkapfmÀ F¶v b_ªm {lpSn, Bl ,KhvW bns¶ gwW. CkÀ k¶Sv hSyw b_ªm M§Ä {l²n¨nÃ. Mm³ NT]n `]n¨n^n¡pkm^p¶p. Afo_ms\¦n NT b_]p¶Sn`pw. CkapfmÀ k¶p M§Ä¡v AenfpOfm]n Wn¶p. Mm³ At¸mjm\v– Aks^ N*Sv. F¶m gwW (l^n¡pw hnWnf WXn gwW NmhnfnsW tbms` D*v) sZh-vNnWp fpNan`qsX F¯n tWm¡n, ASpw Afo_nsâ ssN¿nt`¡v. B bi]³ At¸mÄ Wà D{P³ km\w AXn¡pkm^p¶p. Aksâ làn]m] ssN Np`p¡Â N*n«v AsS´msW¶_n]m³ tk*n]n«m\v CkapfmÀ k¶Sv.

gwW¡v Nm^yw F´ms\¶v bnXn Nn«n]nÃ. Cksâ b^nbmXn F´ms\¶v AkÀ¡v A_nªp NqXtÃm? AkÄ dm¡n]pÅkt^mXv– Ft´m b_ªp. Mm³ Afo_nsW S«n knan¡p¶p*v. Blm³³ CsSm¶pw A_n]msS NT]pw b_]p¶p*v, ssN¿pw Np`p¡p¶p*v. AkntX¡v tWm¡n] {lpSn “”At¿ kr¯nsN«k³’ F¶pw b_ªp Sn^nªp tbm]n. dm¡n]pÅk^pw H¶v F¯n tWm¡n]n«v NqsX tbm]n, gwW HjnsN. AkÄ Fs¶ Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m\v. AÃm Fsâ Np® emPt¯]v¡m\v tWm¡p¶Sv. AkapsX emkw F´ms\¶v FWn¡v bnXn Nn«n]nÃ.

“”””FXo B kr¯nsN«k·m^psX AXp¯v Wn¶pw C§p km…” {lpSn knan¨p.

Fs¶ H¶v tWm¡n sNm*v AkÄ Sn^n¨p WX¶p.

CSnWnX]n AfoÀ bm`pw Ip^¯n hwSrbvSn]m]n C^n¸p*m]n^p¶p, CknsX WX¶sSm¶pw A_n]msS. Mm³ AsSm«v– b_ªSpw CÃ.

Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ AkapfmÀ b^hvb^w Nplp Nplp¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. “”At¿, sJ, kr¯ntNXv’ Fs¶ms¡]pÅ km¡pNÄ CX]v¡v tNÄ¡mw. M§Ä F´m\v sI]vSsS¶v {lpSn knk^n¨p sNmXp¡pN]m\v. H^p B\m] FWn¡v tbm`pw bnXn Nn«m¯ Nm^yw CkÄ¡v F§sW bnXn Nn«n F¶m]n^p¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv