ചൊട്ടയിലെ ശീലം 233

Np«n¡m`¯v Fs¶ Npan¸n¨n^p¶Sv hpfSn B]n^p¶p. b`t¸mjpw sS_n km¡pNÄ Hs¡ AkÀ b_]pfm]n^p¶p. Np«n B]n^p¶Sv sNm*v FWn¡v A¶v AsSm¶pw A{S¡v fWÊn`m]n^p¶nÃ. F¦n`pw AsSms¡ tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ Ft´m H^p {btSyN hpOw FWnNv tSm¶pfm]n^p¶p. Npanfp_n]n N]_n NSNv Npän]n« tlgw hpfSn Fsâ tSmÀ¯v Du^n fmäpw F¶n«v Fsâ tUiw fpjpk³ F® tS¸n¨p S^pw. F¶n«v Fsâ Ip®ns] (A¶k³ sNm¨p sI_p¡³ B]n^p¶p. Ip®n Fs¶ms¡ knan¡mw) bs¿ F®]nXpw. At¸mÄ Ak³ sfsà k`pSm]n k^pw. hpfSn Np`p§n In^n¡pw. Ck³ Bav sNmÅmtÃmXm sNm¨p ssft^. Cs¸m C§sW Bs\¦n k`pSmNpt¼mÄ b_n Smsj fp«n]n«v WnW¡p WX¡m³ bämsS BNpftÃmXm Np®¨ms^ Fs¶ms¡ AkÀ Nfâv bmhm¡pw. Mm³ fn*msS Wn¡pw. F¦n`pw Fsâ ¨p®n]n sSmXpt¼mÄ DÅ hpOw Mm³ AhzUn¡pfm]n^p¶p. hpfSn ko*pw ko*pw ASn sSms«¦n F¶v Mm³ fWÊn B{Pin¡pw. F¦n`pw ASv Sp_¶v b_]m³ Mm³ e]¶p. sI_p¸w fpSt` ASv CIn¨n Bs\¶v b_ªtà kaÀ¯p¶Sv. ASvsNm*v ASns`ms¡ bnXn¡p¶Sv Ft´m sSäms\¶v Mm³ In´n¨p Nq«n sk¨n^p¶p. ko«n`mt^mXpw CsSm¶pw b_]mWpw Mm³ tbm]n«nÃ. ko«ns` Ca] h´mWw Mm³ B]n^p¶SnWm Ss¶ Npan¡m³ DÅ {bm]w B]n«pw hpfSn Ss¶ B]n^p¶p Fs¶ Npan¸n¨n^p¶Sv. Øn^fm]pÅ ssN kaw sNm*ms\¶v tSm¶p¶p Fsâ hmfmWw At¸mtj¡pw WÃtbms` k`p¸w sk¨n^p¶p.

A§sW C^n¡pt¼mÄ B\v H^p hwekw D*mNp¶Sv. As¶Wn¡v fVytkWÂ AkVn B]n^p¶p.

A½mkWpw A½m]n]pw M§apsX ko«n kn^p¶v k¶n«p*m]n^p¶p. D¨ Njnªv GSm*v 3 f\nt]mXv AXp¡p¶ hf]¯v Mm³ Ak^psX fp_n]psX hfob¯p NqXn tbm]t¸mÄ AN¯p Wn¶v A½m]n]psX In^n]pw Np_pN`pw Hs¡ tN«p. bs¿ KW`nsâ knXkn NqXn Mm³ ANt¯¡v tWm¡n. A½mkWpw A½m]n]pw NqsX sN«n¸nXn¨p N«n`n NnX¡p¶p. A½m]n BsN H^p AXn¸mkX]pw s{dhn]_pw fm{Sw C«n«p*v. A½mk³ H^p fp*pw. A½m]n]psX s{dhn]À A½mk³ Du^nfmän. F¶n«v B fp`NÄ I¸m³ SpX§n. A½m]n Bs\¦n A½mksâ fp*v bSns] Ajns¨Xp¯p A½mksâ hmfmW¯n bnXn¨v Np`p¡m³ SpX§n. FWn¡v Ft´m tbms` knNm^§Ä tSm¶n. F¦n`pw Mm³ ASv fpjpk³ tWm¡m³ tbm]nÃ. Bs^¦n`pw N*mt`m F¶v tbXn¨n«v Mm³ AknsX Wn¶pw HmXnt¸m]n. A¶v ^m{Sn Mm³ H^p hzbvWw N*p. hpfSn Fsâ fp¶n DXpSp\n H¶pw CÃmsS Wn¡p¶Sm]n«v. Fsâ tUi¯pw Sp\n H¶pw CÃm]n^p¶p. hpfSn Fsâ Np«Wn N]_n N¼nNp«³.sWäv