അവൾ രുഗ്മിണി 3 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജാ] 167

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b^n¸v A_¡p¶ SXn]sW N*Spw FÃm^pw NqsX sbm«n¨n^n¨p

“”‘ F¶m`pw WnW¡v Ss¶ C{S N_Nväm]n ^pPv–fn\n b\n S¶tÃmXm “”””‘

“”‘ AtS .. C]msa N*m`_n]mw b\ns]Xp¡m¯ l^o^fms\¶v . Wn§sams¡ Kn½ns`¦n`pw tbmNp¶ps*¶v tSm¶p¶p “””” dnWogv ASv tN«v kna_n] In^n In^n¨p .

“”‘ F¶m Mm³ sbmt¡ms« ^pÜn\n “”””

“”””‘ sfm¯w A^¨v Njnªn«v Fjpt¶äm fSn .. Ak^nknsX Wnt¶mapw . FXmtk tI«·ms^ . Wn§sX tWmXvhv Hs¡s]knsX ?”’

“”‘ CknsX]p*v “””” A^p¬ tbm¡än Wn¶v Nps_ tb¸_pNÄ sbm¡n Nm\n¨p .

“”‘ sdhv__v bYn¯w …Wn§sams¡ fp¶n tbm]n^p¶p bYn¡mWpÅSv bYnt¨m . Zn tI¨ns] Ck·m^v bYn¡p¶pt*ms]¶p tWm¡nt¡m tNt«m “””””” ^pÜn\n bp_Np kl¯p Wn¶v fp¶ns` k^m´]nt`¡v tWm¡n knan¨p b_ªp

“”‘ ASv b_ªt¸mjm HmÀs¯ . FWn¡v Np_¨p tWm«vhv FjpSmWp*m]n^p¶p “”‘ SXn]³ F\oäp

“”‘ FtXm FsXm SmWknsX]n^n¡v :”””” ^pÜn\n Aksâ tWs^ ssN Iq*n]t¸mÄ SXn]³ ImXn]n^p¶p .

“”‘ CSn teUw A^n]m«p¶SmXm “””” tbm¡än Wns¶Xp¯ tWmXvhn tWm¡ns¡m*v hptfgv b_ªp .

“”‘F´m b_sª ?”’ ^pÜn\n]ksâ tWs^ tWm¡n .

“”‘AÃm b^n¸v B«p¶Sn teUw A^n B«p¶Sms\¶v b_ªSm “”””

“”‘ Rm Rm ..tI«·m^v sI¶v bYn¡m³ tWm¡v ..CSv M§¡v sI¿mWpÅ b\nt] DÅq ..AsÃtXm tdm*m “”””‘

dnWogv Nq«pNms^ U]Wo]fm]n H¶v tWm¡n .

bntä¶v tNmaKn F¯n]kÀ N*Sv knlzhn¡mWmkmsS km sbman¨p . ftWmKnsâ ssd¡nWp bp_Nn SXn]³ dnWognWv bN^w ^pÜn\n . . ASnsâ bp_Nn fäv ssd¡pNan SXn]Wpw fäpÅk^pw .

“”‘Zm ftWmtK … sf_nsâ tk¡³hn N]_n¸äm\v N^pSn]n^p¶Sm .ASv Wln¸n¨tÃmXm Wo “”””‘

^lvfn Nv–amÊn`n^n¡pkm]n^p¶ ftWmKnsâ fp¶n k¶p ^*pN¿pw Np¯n NpWnªp Aksâ tWs^ tWm¡n .tgmÄ Njp¯nt`¡v N]än]n«Sv Nm^\w Nv–amÊns` Gäkpw k`n] fp`¨n B] ^lvfn]psX fp`NÄ Ip^nUm_n bmSn]pw skankm]n . ftWmKv ASnt`¡v tWm¡ns]¦n`pw {l² fmän .

.AkWSnWp f_pbXns]m¶pw b_ªnà .

“”” Zm Im¼pt¶Â Im¼n]n«v tks_ ktÃmt^w bnXn¡m³ tWm¡v . AkapsX B l^o^w fmt{S DÅq . W]mssbh N¿n Nm\nà . WnWs¡m^p dmVyS]mNpw “”‘

At¸mjpw ftWmtKm¶pw fn*n]nà .

“”‘Zm ktÃmw N¼nNp«³.sWäv