കുടുംബ പുരാണം [Manu] 957

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sfm¯w b^nemk¯n B\v.AXp¯ BjvI km Mm³ H^p surprls` S^p¶p*v F¶v A½ b_ªp. A½ ImänwPv ASnNw Wo«msS tkPw WnÀ¯n. Cs¶´m bSnknÃmsS tkPw WnÀ¯n]sS¶v Bt`mIn¨p Mm³ N¼yq«À Hmcv sI]vSp. A½]psX tcmt«mhv tWm¡n km\w kn«p NnX¡mw F¶v N^pSn Mm³ tcm\pw B]n N«n`n NnX¶p. Aæn tk* A½ D_§p¶Sv tWm¡n km\w AXn¡mw F¶v N^pSn Mm³ lÐw D*m¡msS kmSn Sp_¶p. fp¯Ñsâ fp_n]n tk«fpÅSv sNm*v lÐw D*m¡msS Mm³ Hmt^m bXn]pw hq£n¨n_§n. At¸mÄ fp¯Ñsâ fp_n]n Wn¶v H^p AX¡n¸nXn¨ In^n. FWn¡v ko*pw hwl]w. Mm³ kmSn bjpSn`qsX tWm¡n. Fsâ A½ fp¯Ñsâ fm_n S` sk¨p NnX¡p¶p. A½¡v AkninSw CÃm¯k^m]n B^pw Ctà As¸m?… fp¯Ñ³ N«n`n Im^n NnX¡pN]m\v. fp¯Ñsâ fm_n H^p em^ys] tbms` Aà H^p NmfpNn NnX¡pw tbms` Fsâ A½ S` sk¨p NnX¡p¶p. fp¯Ñ³ A½s] sN«nbnXn¨n«p*v. fp¯Ñ³ A½]psX fp`NÄ sM¡n D*m¡p¶p. A½ At¸mÄ b_ªp…
“”H¶v bSps¡ sM¡¨m… FWn¡v tkUWn¡p¶p. Aѳ C§sW tSm¶pt¼mÄ tN_n k¶ fSot`m CknsX DÅks^ Np_n¨v H^p In´]pw CÃtÃm…””
“”Wns¶ Np_n¨pw Wnsâ Cu Npªnbq_nsW Np_n¨pw HmÀ¯n«sÃXn Mm³ C§p k^p¶Sv. “”
Aѳ A½]psX fmN-vhn¡v fpNan`qsX bq_n ssN HmXn¨p. A½ Ssâ Ip*v fp¯Ñsâ Ipt*mXv tIÀ¯v I¸n k`n¨p.
“”FXns] Wo B Sp\ns]ms¡ A§p Ajn¡v sbt®… CSnt¸m Bs^ Nm«mW sbmSnªp skt¨¡ps¶.”” A½]psX fp` Nl¡n sNm*v fp¯Ñ³ b_ªp.
“”B^pw Nm\mSn^nNmWtà Sp\n DXp¡ps¶ Fsâ AÑm…””
A½ N«n`n Wns¶jptWäp fmN-vhn Du^n… Hmiv A½]psX tdmZn N*v Fsâ N®v SÅntbm]n. A½ H^p {dm]pw bmân]pw fm{Sw C«v Wn¶p. F¶n«v Nmft¯msX fp¯ÑsW tWm¡n Ip*v NXn¨p.””F´m C§sW tWm¡n Wn¶ fSnt]m?””
A½ ASpw tImUn¨p fp¯Ñsâ fp*v kNªp fmän. Np® N¿n bnXn¨p. F¶n«v Sp¼n H^p D½ sNmXp¯p.
“”FXn bq_n… Wn¶v sNm©msS km]ns`Xp¡Xn…
“” F´nWmX I¡s^ C§sW B{Nm´w Nm\n¡ps¶. C¶v ^m{Sn sfm¯w Mm³ AÑsâ hz´w AsÃ.?””
A½ fp¯ÑWv Wà tbms` Np® km]n C«v Du¼n sNmXp¯p. H^p Wm\kpw CÃmsS fp¯Ñ³ hz´w f_ptfmavsX km]n Np® C«v sNmXp¯p. fp¯Ñ³ A½]psX S` bnXn¨p A^sN«nt`¡v SÅn sNmXp¯p. A½ B tb^pw Np® km]n sfm¯¯n tNän. Np_¨p tW^w Du¼n]n«v A½ Np® km]n Wn¶v FXp¯p.
“” CWn Du¼n]m Aѳ Fsâ km]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv