അവൾ രുഗ്മിണി 3 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജാ] 167

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F´m BlmtW Ht¶mXn¨p tWm¡pt¶m””””

“””” Mm³ H^p Ø`w ks^ tbmNpkm .CWn]nk³ k^pt¼mamNs« “””” A]mÄ In^n¨n«v WX¶p Wo§n.

“””” Fsâ BlmWm N£n. btj fZv ss_hnwPvNm^Wm. bpÅns¡m^p kÀ¡v tgm¸p*v Xu\nÂ. tdmhv–tNm Hmt«msfmssdÂhv B³Zv hvsb]À bmÀXv–hv. tN«n«pt*m W½psX tNmtaKnsâ bn¶n`m. Cs¸m Blmsâ f¡am. Blm³ btj ssd¡pw dpÅäpsfms¡ tfmZnssc sI¿pw. H^p dpÅäv FXp¯p sNmXp¯n«p*v Mm³. hf]w CÃt¯m*m. AtàMm³ Ss¶ sI]vtSsW. Blmsâ NqsX NqXn Mm³ b\ns]Ãmw bYns¨Xp¯p.””BlmWm Fs¶ ssd¡v HmXn¡mWpw FÃmw bYn¸n¨Sv .Blmsâ H^p lngySzw B]SvsNm*v hvtbmÀXvhv ssd¡v Nm\pt¼mÄ ^àsfm¶v Sna¡pw . “”

^pÜn\n H^p sI_n] ko«nt`¡v k*n N]än WnÀ¯n. sI_n] fpäw. H^p bn¡¸nWv bmÀ¡v sI¿mw. H^p sshZn`m]n Spahn¯_. ASn kna¡v sk¡p¶Snsâ AX]mafm]n F® HjpNn]n_§n] bmXv.

“”””””km . CknXw ks^ k¶StÃ. ko«n N]_n]n«v tbmNmw “”””

“””” CÃ.Mm³ sbmt¡mamw””””

ftWmKv C_§n fm_n Wn¶p.

“””” AsS¶m BlmtW A§sWm^p tbm¡v. CknsX M§Ä ^*p sb®p§Ä fm{Stf]pÅq F¶v N^pSn C]msa tN_n boZn¸nNs]m¶pfnÃ. C]mav kmtXm””””

ftWmKnsâ fpOw kna_n. sk_psfm^p sb®v H^ms\¶ dipfmWw tbm`pfnÃmsS hwhm^n¡pN]pw sb^pfm_pN]pw sI]vSt¸mÄ AkWp*m]n^p¶p Ai¦m^w sbm«ns]m`n¨p. F§sWt]`pw AknsX Wn¶v C_§m³ Ak³ B{Pin¨p ssd¡n N]_n]t¸mÄ ^pÜn\n No Du^ns]Xp¯n^p¶p.

“””” im.. kmtXm tI«m. C]mÄs¡´m H^p tbXn tbms`. “”””

AkÄ Aksâ ssN bnXn¨p WX¶t¸mÄ ftWmKnWv bn´pX^mSn^n¡Wm]nÃ.

“””” tI¨ns]… ^*v ¥mhv Im]s]Xpt¯m. Fsâs]m^p {c*v NqsX]p*v.””””

^pÜn\n knan¨p b_ªn«v imant`¡v N]_n. fmtWmNv sI_n] k^m´]n Ss¶ Wn¶p.

“””””” AsS´m AknsX Ss¶ Wn¶p NaªSv. N]_n km””””””

lÐw tN«t¸mÄ ftWmKv ANt¯¡v tWm¡n. kmSn¡ hpµ^n]m] H^p sb®v. Hä tWm«¯n ^pÜn\n Bs\s¶ tSm¶q.

fqt¶m Wmt`m k]hv NqXpS Nm\pfm]n^n¡pw .H^p skÅ]n »m¡v {bnâpÅ Ip^nUmÀ. gmÄ CÃm¯Sv Nm^\w fm_nXw W¶m]n FXp¯p Nm\n¡p¶p*v. ASv N*m Ss¶ ^pÜn\n]psX tI¨n Bs\¶v fWhn`mNpw. ftWmKv H¶v In^n¡m³ {lfn¨p.

“”””N]_n km… ^q¡qsâ ¢Ên`mt\m bYn¡pt¶? “”””

tImUn¨n«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv