അവൾ രുഗ്മിണി 4 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജാ] 117

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXn]´^fm]n H¶v ^*v At¸m]nâvsfâp*m]n^p¶p . ASpsNm*v Wo A¶v ^£sb«p .Rm – Wo {Zhv sI¿v . MmsWm¶pw sI¿nà Wns¶ …Wnsâ AWpkmUfnÃmsS .”””

hq^y{bhmUv– b_]pt¼mjpw A]mapsX N®pNÄ ^mPn\n]psX sNmjp¯p^p* SpX]n`pw A^s¡«n`pfm]n^p¶p . A^s¡«v sbm¯n¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶ AkapsX ssNNÄ¡nX]n`qsX t^mf§Ä bp_t¯¡v Wo*p Wn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ A]mapsX sK«n]n AW¡fp*m]n . ^mPn\n ASnt`¡v tWm¡n]Spw Ahingv\St]msX fpOw Sn^n¨p .

“”‘ {ZÊv sI¿q tfmta “”‘ hq^y{bhmUv– bns¶]pw b_ªp . C¯k\ N®pNÄ AkapsX H^p ssN sNm*v f_]v¡m³ bäm¯ sNmjp¯ fp`Nan`m]n^p¶p . hzÀ\¡a_pÅ ^mPn\n]psX l^o^¯n N®v Nn«mSn^n¡m³ F¶ k®w N_p¯ G^nt]ma]pw ASn`pw N_p¯ fp`¡®v kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX bp_t¯¡v W`vNp¶Spw A]mÄ¡v kn^p¶m]n .skůpÅnNÄ bänbnXn¨p Sna§p¶ HSp§n] k]_pw ASns` Bjtf_n] bp¡napw sNmjp¯p^p* SpX]pw Hs¡ Hs¡ A]mÄ fm_n fm_n N®pNÄ sNm*v sNm¯nk`n¨p

^mPn\n N«n`n NnX¶ sdZv goäv FXp¡m³ SpX§n]Spw A]mÄ ASn bnXn¨p k`n¨p Ip^p«ns]Xp¯p .

“”‘ Wo {ZÊv sI¿v tfmsa … MmsWm¶p Nm\s« Wnsâ AjNv . tbXn¡*m¶p b_ªntà ? Wns¶ Mm³ Fsâ NnX¸_]ns`¯n¡pw ks^ H¶pw sI¿nà .. WsÃm^p sfmS`m Wo . ASm Mm³ Wns¶ At¶ tWm«fn«Sv . tWm¡v tfmsa .. Cu hq^y{bhmUnsâ em^ymbUkn]m\v Mm³ WnW¡v HmcÀ sI]v–SSv– . Fsâ fNapsX {bm]tf]pÅq Fs¶ms¡ b_ªp Wo Fs¶ Nan]m¡n bpÑn¨p SÅn . hm^fnà …Wnsâ AWn]¯n Bs\¶v A_ntªm*v Ss¶]m Mm³ ^pÜn\ns] Fsâ fNWv Bt`mInt¨ . WnW¡nWn F´m]m`pw DXsW knkmisfm¶pw WX¡nà . knkmi¡t¼ma¯n H^p kn`]nÃm I^¡m Wo .. knN`mwP … bns¶ b\kpfnà . CsSm¶pw FWn¡v {blv–Wfà . Wo Fsâ em^y]mk* . Wnsâ AWn]¯ns] Fsâ tfmWv St¶¡v . Ak^k^psX sdZv–_qfn hpOn¡pt¼mÄ Wfp¡v W½psX sdZv–_qfn hpOn¡mw . Nm`nötÃ]pÅq . Wà sNmjp¯ I^¡v sb®m Wo . sfmt`w Np*n]pw sSmX]psfms¡ hq¸À . Cu NpXn`n Wn¶v hq^y{bhmUnsâ sNm«m^¯nt`¡v B\v Wo]pw Wnsâ AWn]¯n]pw k^nN . AtSmsX Wn§sa hwdÔn¡p¶ FÃm {blvW§apw So^pN]pw sI¿pw . FÃmw Wnsâ N¿n`m …F´v b_]p¶p ^mOn sNms¨ “”””‘

“”‘ NX¡v bp_¯v “”‘ ^mPn\n ssN Iq*n fp^*p .

“”‘ bp_¯p NX¶pw sNX¶psfms¡ sI¿p¶sSms¡ bns¶ .. FWn¡v Wns¶ f`¯n]n«v , Wnsâ]o Ipk¶p SpXp¯ Ip*pNÄ D*tÃm , ASo¼n¡pXn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv