അവൾ രുഗ്മിണി 3 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജാ] 168

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ ANt¯¡v WX¶t¸mÄ B\v s{N¨hv ftWmKnsâ N®n sb«Sv. AkapsX WX¸nsâ {btSyNS]n sNmjp¯p^p* Np*nNapsX I`Ww B^n`pw Nmffp\À¯psf¦n`pw,ftWmKn`pw BUyw ASv I`Ww hrãn¨psk¦n`pw sb«¶v AkapsX AkØ HmÀ¯Spw fWÊn NpätdmVw D*m]n.

“”””tb^v b_ªnÃ… Aksam¶p b^nI]s¸Xp¯msS]m\v tbm]Sv. C^n¡v tNt«m. Akant¸mÄ k^pw. Mm³ ^p¡pknsâ tI¨n]m\v tNt«m. ^mPn\n.””””””

“””” Mm³ ftWmKv “””” C¯k\ Ak³ bp©n^n¨p.

“””” Mm³ Im] FXp¡mw. AtàAkÄ k^pt¼mÄ HmXn¡pw. knl¶p k`ªmkpw k^p¶Sv. k¶m Nm`pw N¿pw NjpNn tWs^ Bim^¯nsâ fp¶nt`¡m “”””‘””””

“””” tk*. ^pÜn\n¡v FXp¯m fSn””””””

“””” i½w.. ASv Wfp¡v So^pfmWn¡mw”””” ^mPn\n In^n¨p sNm*v ANt¯¡v N]_n.ftWmKv imÄ H¶v ko£n¨p. AVnNw k`pSà F¦n`pw W¶m]n AXp¡n sk¨n^n¡p¶p. ¥mhv CÃm¯ sct_mÉmdv sNm*pÅ S«n Nps_ sfZ`pNapw t{XmcnNapw hÀ«ncn¡äpNapw C^n¡p¶Sv N*k³ Fjpt¶äp At§m«v sI¶p. ASnWp fpNan`m]n N* tcmt«m]nt`¡m\v Aksâ tWm«w BUyw bSnªSv. b¯p Wm`vb¯n]©p k]hv {bm]w fSn¡p¶ H^m\pw ASnWXp¯v Ss¶ GSm*v A{S]pw {bm]w fSn¡p¶ H^p sb®nsâ]pw tcmt«m. ASn sI_n] N¡ sNm*pÅ fm`. ^pÜn\n]psX AÑWpw A½]pfmkpw AktWmÀ¯p . Wà tSKÊpÅkÀ. Ak³ Smsj]pÅ shÀ«ncn¡äpNant`¡pw fäpw tWm¡n.

“””” Im]]mt\m Nm¸n]mt\m ftWmKnWv”””” bp_Nn Wn¶pw ^mPn\n]psX lÐw tN«k³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n.

“””” F´m]m`pw Npj¸fnÃ. ….Zm³hv bYn¨n«p*tÃ. Nps_ hÀ«ncn¡äpw fäpw D*tÃm””””

^mPn\n]psX fpOw kna_ns]¦n`pw sb«¶kÄ In^n¨p.

“”””Zm³hv Nan¨n^p¶p. b*v… Cs¸m…”””” AkÄ s{N¨hnt`¡v tWm¡n.

“””” Fsâ Zm³hnsâ]pw t{Zm]n§nsâ]pw DÅq. dm¡ns]ms¡ AkapsX]m. N*ntÃ. M§sX B¬Np«osX sfZ`pNÄ.”””” ^mPn\n In^n¨p

“””” N*p…. ssd¡v ss_hnwPv..NmÀ ss_hnwPv tdmN-vhnRv. NpRvcp. Na^n. ^pÜn\n F´m kÃ….””””

“””” Wn§tamsXms¡ H¶v fp«n Wn¡t* tfmsW…”””” ^pÜn\n]psX lÐw tN«k³ At§m«v Sn^nªp.

fp«nWp Smsj Wn¡p¶ H^p dWn]³ ssX¸v bmâpw A]ª H^p XogÀ«pw. fpXn D¨n]nt`¡v N]än sN«n sk¨n^n¡p¶p. AkÄ fpOw SpX¨ tSmÀ¯v ^mPn\n]psX tSmant`¡n«p.

“””” FXn tI¨n… F´m Njn¡m³””””

“””””” I¡]pw I½´n]pw.””””|

“”””tR…. N¼nNp«³.sWäv