അവൾ രുഗ്മിണി 4 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജാ] 117

ftWmKpfksa H¶v tWm¡n]n«v ssds¡Xp¯p bp_t¯¡v tbm]n

“”‘ ^p¡q …. A]mÄ … B hq^y{bhmUv– , A]msa§sW DÅ Bams\¶v WnW¡_n]mtfm ?””

“”‘ A]mam^ms\¦n`pw Wfps¡´mXn tI¨o … Wo Wmat¯¡pÅ fmk^¡m³ tWm¡v . . bns¶ A]msa bän A{S tfmlw Aen{bm]sfm¶pw Mm³ tN«n«nÃ. bns¶ ^m{ão]¡m^Wtà fn{S§ta¡mÄ NqXpS l{Sp¡ap*mkmw ..AkÀ kjn b^Uqg\§apw .”””

^pPv–fn\n AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n«pw ^mPn\n imans` sI]_n`n^p¶p In´]n`m]n^p¶p .

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Un kos¡³Zv dmÀ :

AÑsâ bp_sN ftWmKv C_§n F¦n`pw ko«nt`¡v tbm]nà , kos¡³Zv dm_nt`¡m\v sI¶Sv . Nu*_n dnWogv D*m]n^p¶p . dnWogv In^n¨p . ftWmKnsâ fpOemkw N*Spw , Ak³ Nu*_n`pÅ ftä]mtamXv b_ªn«v ftWmKnsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p

“”‘Aan]m F¶ bän ? fpOsf´m fm_n]n^n¡pt¶ ? tR …b_]Xm “”””‘

ftWmKv Aѳ k¶Spw ko«n sk¨p*m]Spw Hs¡ AktWmXv b_ªp .Ak³ b_ªp SoÀ¶t¸mÄ dnWogv A¸hf]w fn*mSn^p¶p . F¶n«v dnWogv ftWmKnsW hq£n¨p tWm¡n tImUn¨p

“”””‘Aan]m b_ …. WnW¡ktamXv hSy¯n F´m\v ? t{bffmt\m AtSm ?”’

“”‘ FWn¡_n]nÃXm .. bs£ FWn¡nãfm\v . Cs¸m AÑWpfm]p*m] hwhm^¯n ASnWv Np_skm¶pw k¶n«nà . C¸js¯ Nm`¯v H^m\pw sb®pw CXbjpNp¶Spw hwhm^n¡p¶Spsfms¡ N*m S½n t{bffm\v Fs¶ms¡ BÄ¡m^v N^pSpw , AÑWpw A§sW N^pSn]n«p*mNpw . ^p¡pknsâ FXpt¯m bnXnt¨m¶pÅ hzemkw sk¨kÄ A§sW]à F¶ÑtWmXp tW^n«v b_ªp . At{SfpÅq . AÑWpw Zu«v k¶Sv , Mm³ tW^s¯ ko«n k^p¶Spw , AÑtWmXv hwhm^n¡p¶Spw Hs¡]m]n^n¡mw . H^p sb®v KoknS¯nt`¡v k^pt¼mjtà sI¡·mÀ¡v AXp¡pw Int«w k^q ..At¸mÄ AÑWpw A§sW N^pSn¡m\pw . ASpsNm*m]n^n¡pw Aѳ ^p¡qsâ ko«nt`¡v k¶Sv . Ak^v ^mPn\ow ^p¡qw Bt^]pfm{l]n¡msS, B^psX fp¶n`pw S`NpWn¡msS Kokn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ …Ft´m ..Ft´m Akt^msXm^p AXp¸w …Zm dnWotg ..CknsX ..CknsX FWn¡pw NqsX H^p tKm`n Nn«ptfm ? bmÀ«v ssXw B]n«v “”‘

dnWogv AksWs]m^p Wnfngw tWm¡n F¶n«v sbm«n¨n^n¨n«v ko*pw Nu*_nt`¡v fX§n .

“”‘H^p `mÀKv “”‘ ftWmKv Nu*_n dmÀ Ìqan`n^p¶p .

“”” thmZ]mt\m tNma]mt\mXm ?”’ dnWogv knh-vNn sbPv sfg_n FXp¯v ¥mÊns`mjn¨n«v ftWmKnsW tWm¡n .

“”””‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv