അവൾ രുഗ്മിണി 3 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജാ] 168

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WXt¶m . C¶mav Fsâ bnXn¨tbms` Wo Aktaw S¡¯nWv Nn«n]t¸m bnXn¨p Nm\pw “”””‘

“””” em ..WnÀ¯Xn “””” ftWmKv sZh-vNn BªnXn¨p sNm*v ImXns]\oäp .

“”‘ ^pÜn\ns]sâ {c*m . M§ans`m^p¯n .””‘

“”‘ Hm … sf_nWpw Uob]pw Hs¡ Wn§ans`m^p¯n B]n^p¶p “”””‘ ^lvfn¡v Nqh`nà .
“””” CWn Wo H^£^w Aksa Np_n¨n§sWs]m^À°¯n fn*n tbmN^pSv . AkÄ Aksasâ B^pfà …””

‘ ftWmKv NnS¨psNm*v SpXÀ¶p

“”””‘ F¶m`ksasâ Bt^m B\v … sb§amt\m Aà ..NmfpNn]mt\m …Aà ..bs£ H^p hpir¯m\v . B\nsâNqsXs]m^p¯ns] Nm\pt¼maSnsWm^À°tf Wos]ms¡ Nm\p¶psk¦n FWns¡m¶pw b_]mWnà . Hs¶Wn¡p_¸m\v , Aksas]Wn¡nãfm\v ASnWv Wn§apt±ln¡p¶ ^oSn]n`à . H^pbs£ Wmsa]sS§sW Bkpsf¶v b_]mWpw k¿ “”””””

“”‘F´m ..F´mXm {blv–Ww ?”” SXn]³ At§m«v k¶p

“”‘ ti H¶pfnà “”‘ ftWmKv b_ªn«v bp_t¯¡n_§n .

“””””” F¶mXn {blvWw ?””””‘ SXn]³ t^gvfns] tWm¡n .

“”””‘ Wnsâ I¦nWv {b\]w bnXnt¨ms]¶v H^p hwl]w “””

“”‘ FXn ^lvfn … ASv {b\]fà . bs£ AksWm^pbmXv fm_n]n«ps*¶v FWn¡_n]mw ..Hä Unkhw sNm*v .Ss¶ …ASn AÛpSfnà ..Cu MmWpw fm_n . Aksâ Aѳ C¶v ^mkns`s]t¶mXv b_ªp ASnsW¸än . Ak³ AÑtWmXv hwhm^n¡m_nÃm]n^p¶p . ^mãot]mw dnhnhnWÊpfm]n WX¡p¶ At§s^ N*p Nn«mWpw bmXm\v SmWpw . fmh§Ä NqXn C¶s` AÑWpw fNWpw H^pfn¨n^p¶v Bim^w Njns¨¶v . dnhnWÊnsW¸än]pw ftWmKnsâ bYWs¯ bän]psfms¡ hwhm^ns¨¶v . H¶p_¸m\v FWn¡pw . C¶s` ^pÜn\n]psX ko«n tbm]n^p¶p M§Ä “””

“”””‘ AknsX AkapsX tI¨n]p*m]n^p¶p . AknXps¯ Aävtfmhvcn]^pw M§sams¡ Kokn¨ , Kokn¡p¶ hmiI^y§apw S½n kas^ fmäfp*v .WnW¡_n]mtfm ^lvfn … WmapNÄ NqXn MmWn¶v Fsâ AÑWpf½¡pw AWn]¯n¡psfm¸w ^mkns` Nm¸n NpXn¨p . ftWmKnsâ AÑWpfm]n hwhm^n¨t¸mÄ Ak³ At±i¯nsâ NqsX]n^p¶v Bim^w Njns¨¶p b_ªntà … ASv tN«]pXsW MmWpw ko«nt`¡v tbmNpkm]n^p¶p BUyw sI]v–SSv– . s{d¡vcmhv_v Njnªp ssN NjpNn]n«v Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AÑWpf½]psX]pw knlzhn¡mWmkm¯ fpOw Mm³ N*p “”‘ b_]pt¼mÄ dnWognsâ lÐw CX_n]n^p¶p .

“”‘Bskm ..FWns¡m¶pf_n]nà .. F¶m`pw HäUnkhw sNm*v C§sW fm_ptfm “”‘ ^lvfn bn_pbn_ps¯m*v B³tf^nt]mXv N¯nsk¡p¶ fmSyqhnsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv