അവൾ രുഗ്മിണി 4 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജാ] 117

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BUyw H^p Wm\t¡Xv tbms`]m]n^p¶p , Wo CknsX tKm`n¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ . Np_¨ptbs^t¶mXv– tImUn¨p . ZnÌn`_n dnhnsWÊn A`vbw CWvs{XÌp*v , ASpsNm*p Wns¶ CknsX N]än kn«Sm\v F¶v b_ªp SXn]q^n . Rm Npj¸fnà . WnW¡v CWvs{Xhv_v Dt* Wfp¡v H^p dmÀ SpX§mw . Wnsâ bYns¸m¶p Njn]s« . ASv Njnªm B sb®ntWw sN«n , kà dm_pw SpX§n shän`mNmw WnW¡v. F´p b_]p¶p “”””‘

ftWmKv Ft´m b_]mWm]n km Sp_¶t¸mtj¡pw kmSn Sp_¡p¶ lÐw tN«p

“””” Bim … B^m CSv .. tWSmskms¡ W½psX sI_n] dm_ns`ms¡ tN_ptfm ? F´m bpSns]m^p lo`w ?””‘ hq^y{bhmUv– bp_Nnt`¡v Sn^nªp .

“””’ FknsX]mXm Wnsâ kn sF bn Nu*À ?”’ Nó Kfm fp³bn k¶p
fp^*t¸mÄ SXn]³ dnWogv kn_¨p tbm]n . Ak³ Iq*n] CXt¯¡v NpSn¨ Kfm`nsW tWm¡n]Spw dnWogv H^m´t`msX tcms\Xp¯p Z] sI]vSp

“”‘ dnWogv tNmanwPv “””” tcm\n SXn]sâ fpOw sSanªSpw ftWmKv sIknt]mXv tIÀ¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Ak³ Smsj Wn¶v tft`¡v sbm§n tbm]n .

“””””” Wo]m hq^ybhmUnsâ b¿WtÃXm ? Wn⸳ CknsX k¶ns«t´y ?”’ tNma_n Np¯n¸nXn¨p]À¯n] Kfm`nsW N*Spw ftWmKnsâ N¿n Wn¶pw tcm¬ Smsj ko\p InS_n .

“”‘ Aѳ ..Aѳ tbm]n .”’ Ak³ Nm^ysf´¶_n]msS kn¡n

“”‘ Ft§m«m tbms] ?”’

“””” sK]v–tfm³ hm_p*m]n^p¶p …hm_nsâ NqsX]m tbms] “”””

“”‘ipw “””” ftWmKnsW bp_Nnt`¡v SÅn]n«v Kfm k¶ hvboZn Sn^n¨n_§n

“”” Zm …hq^y{bhmtU , NjptkÀX tfmsW C_§n kmXm “”””‘ tPäv Nm`psNm*v SÅn¯p_¶p PmÀZWn`qsX dpÅäv ANt¯¡v bmªt¸mÄ shNyq^nän Kfm`nsâ bp_sN HmXn .

“”‘ Wn¡tXm AknsX … SmWm^m ?”’ dpÅäv Ìm³Zn sk¨n«v k«w N_§n]n_§n] Nó Kfm bp_sN HmXn k¶ shNyq^näns] sbm¡n WnÀ¯n A^]n Wn¶v bn¨m¯n]q^n Njp¯n fp«n¨p sNm*v fp^*p

“”‘ Wo sk_pw Nq`n , Fs¶tbms` sk_pw Gjmw Nq`n … Wn¶s]Wn¡v tk* … Wnsâ sfmS`mans] knan¡v ..Aksâ NqsX k¶ B b¶ Wm]nsâ tfmtWw “”””‘

“”” B^mSv … B^mXm Np^ymt¡msh AknsX H¨ sk¡ps¶ ? “”” kmSn Sp_¶p C_§n k¶p knan¨p tImUn¨ _ods] N*v Kfm shNyq^näns] bnXn¨p fmän]n«v AkapsX tWs^ Sn^nªp .

“”‘ Wn⸳ NÅv bt{Smhv , Wnsâ sN«nt]msW C_¡n knXXn NjptkÀX tfmsa “”‘

“”‘ sfmS`man N¼nNp«³.sWäv