അവൾ രുഗ്മിണി 3 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജാ] 167

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXpt¯¡v tbm]n .

“”‘ F´mXn F´m {blv–Ww ?”” B³tf^n s^lvfnt]mXv tImUn¨p .

“”‘ H¶pfnÃXn .. C¶v fpSÂ _oImÀKv sI¿m³ tks_ Bsa bnXn¡t\m¶v b_]pkm]n^p¶p “””

“”‘ Zn ^lvfn .. Wo _oImÀKv sI¿mWpw shmÅmWpftà ftWmKnsâ bp_sN NqXn]Sv . AÃmsS {b\]sfm¶pfÃt`m “”””‘

“”‘ {b\]tfm … B`¡³ hq^y{bhmUnsâ HätfmsW Wfps¡ms¡ sNmSn¡m³ bäptfm .. CsSm^p dmÀ«À h{¼Um]w . FWn¡vAÃ_InÃ_ DbNm^§Ä sI]vSp S^pt¼mÄ W½av Sn^n¨pw AÃ_InÃ_ DbNm^§Ä At§m«pw … Cu bYn¯w Njnªp AksW bnXn¨p Aksâ AÑsâ lpbmÀl]n H^p tKm`n h¦Xn¸n¡m¶v ¹mWp*m]n^p¶p …Rm ASv tbm]n Nn«n “”‘

“”‘ ^lvfnt]]v …. sNmXp¡Â km§`n W½apw SSvb^Wm\v tNt«m “”‘ fmSyqhv AkapsX ssN bnXn¨p kn^`pNÄ SjpNn .

“”‘ Hm … FWn¡m^m]m`pw Npj¸fnà ..^m{Sn knan¡Xm f¯m]o “”” ^lvfn Aksâ tSmant`¡v Im^n .

“”‘ ^pÜn\o …F¶m t{bm{Pmw ?””” sskNpt¶^w Nv–amhv Njnªp bp_t¯¡n_§n] ^pÜn\n]psX AXpt¯¡v HmXn k¶v Nv–amhv tfäv B] sg_n³ tImUn¨p .

“”””‘ fmÀ¡äns`m¶p tbmN\w , bns¶ dm_n tN_n ssbh Hs¡ km§\w ..Øn^w b^nbmXnNÄ Ss¶ “”””

^pÜn\n]psX hmiI^y§apw koXpw b^nh^kpw ASntWmXNw Ss¶ tNmtaKn`msN bm«m]n^p¶p .In`^ksa hiSmbt¯msX tWm¡n . In`À hz´w Nm`n Wn¡p¶ kmapsX I¦qäs¯ Hs«m^p AÛpSt¯msX tWm¡n¡*p . fäp In`À AkÚt]msX]pw . ]msSm¶pw ^pÜn\ns] dmVn¨nà .

ssd¡nWXps¯¯n] ftWmKv, ^pÜn\n Nq«pNmt^mXv NqsX Wn¡p¶Sv N*p At§m«v WX¶p

“”‘ SmWnSpks^ tbm]ntà ?”’

“”‘ tdm*msW tWm¡n Wn¡pkm . BlmsW´m b^nbmXn ?”’

“””” H¶pfnà ..ko«n tbm\w “”‘

“”‘ hmVm^\ tNmtaKv kn«m tWs^ ko«nt`¡ÃtÃm BlmtW ..BlmsWmä Unkhw sNm*v W¶mt]m ? ifv ..B ^lvfn Fsâ AXp¯v k¶n^p¶p . Mm³ Nm^\w C]mav W¶m]n F¶pw b_ªv .AÃm hSy¯n`n]mÄs¡t¶mXv kà ss`Wpw Dt*m ? “”‘ ^pÜn\n AksW tWm¡n In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p

“”‘ A§sW Dt*Â Mm³ Wnsâ fpO¯v tWm¡n b_ªn^n¡pw . ASnWpÅ StâXw Hs¡ Cu ftWmKnWp*v .AÃm SmsW´nWm tdm*s] AtWzgn¡ps¶ “”””‘

“”‘ AsSms¡]p*v . Blm³ knt«m . Mm³ tdm*msW sNm*v tbmt]¡pkm “””””” ^pÜn\n Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v k¶ dnWognsW N¿n bnXn¨p k`n¨n«v ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp N¼nNp«³.sWäv