മഞ്ഞുരുകും കാലം 10 [വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ] 1097

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kas^ b\ns¸«v ASv M§apsX l^o^§apsX WXp¡v sNm*v k¶p.
“”kÃmsS fnXn¡p¶p*tÃm?””
bns¶ Wns¶tbms`m^p I^¡nsW AXpSn§sW Nn«n]m Np®¡v fm{SfÃtÃm ht´mgfp*mNpN.
Ak^v fpOsfms¡ tS¨v kr¯n]m¡n `nbvÌnNvÄsNÃmw SpX¨m\v– C_§n k¶Sv. Bs^]pw N¼n B¡p¶ fpOfms\¶pw b_]qà . bs£ Fs¶ N¼n]m¡p¶ fpOfm]n^p¶p Ak^ptXSv . Wà F® N_p¸v.
tW^s¯ Nm\n¨ Wm\sfms¡ Ct¸mjpw Nmt\*nk^pw F¶v N^pSn] FWn¡v sSän. H«pw Cf In½msS sNmt* Fsâ N®pNant`¡v HäptWm¡nsNm*n^p¶p. bSps¡ B N®pNÄ Ipf¡p¶Sm]n FWn¡v tSm¶n.
kWyfm] Btklt¯msX Aks^s¶ ko*pw AXp¸n¨p.
Fsâ k`y½¨n b*v Mm³ NpXpwd¯v sIÃpt¼mÄ FWn¡v tk*n CÍ`n bpjp§pfm]n^p¶p. Wà f]¯nÂ, H«pw NÃn¸nÃmsS, D½sk¡m³ tSm¶p¶ CÍ`n.
sNms*]psX NknapNÄ ASn`pw frUp B]n^p¶p. Ak^psX NmSnsâ Aäw sSm«v Ip*pNapsX AXn ks^ Fsâ AV^§Ä A^n¨p WX¶p .
Aks^sâ S` ssN¡`m¡n Fs¶ A¼^n¸n¨psNm*p BUyw Fsâ sW_psN]n D½sk¨p. Fsâ tfl]n bän¸nXn¨ kn]À¸v W¡n FXp¯p. Fsâ Njp¯n fpOw bqjv¯n sI_pIp¼W§Ä kÀgn¨p.
B IpwdW Vm^ Fsâ CXs¯ sIkn]n AkhmWn¨p. kas^ bSps¡, bSnª hz^¯nÂ, tImUn¨p, “”””tNm*w Dt*m ssN]nÂ?”
Ct{Sw fpt¶m«v tbmkpsf¶v A¯n¸m_ A½¨n]mt\ Mm³ Wn^o¨nÃ]n^p¶v. At¸mjm tNm*w.
“”””CÔ
“”””Wmsa tfXnt¨m*v k^ptfm?”
“”””D_¸m]pw”
Aks^ knXm³ Mm³ ssNNÄ A]¨p.
bns¶]pw Fs¶ A¼^n¸n¨psNm*v Aks^s¶ SÅn kmgv–tdhnâXpSv FX¯n¨p.
Fsâ tf¨p*nsW Ak^psX WUofpO¯nWpÅn`m¡n. hzoN^\¯nWv Nm¯n^n¡msS Ak^psX Wmkpw Fsâ km]nt`m«v Duan]n«n_§n.
H^p AWpeqSn.
b*v– In©pknsâ km]n Mm³ Wm¡v sNm*v ÚmW¸mW FjpSn]n«p*v. At¸msjm¶pw Nn«m¯ AWpeqSn.
Nan A_n]mkp¶ sb®nsâ Njnkv.
AkÄNv tk*Sv F´mt\m ASv bnXns¨Xp¡mWpÅ Njnkv.
CWn Ck^mNptfm Mm³ b*v– c]À km^nN]n km]n¨ AW´n^kWv Nan bYn¸n¨ A½m]n?
H«pw Afm´n¡msS MmWpw AsS Wm\]¯n Sn^n¨Xn SpX§n . bªnsN«ptbm`pÅ Ak^psX Np*nNÄ ^*pw Mm³ DjpSp f_n¨p. Aks^t¶mXv ko*p AXp¯p. H^p ssNsNm*v Np*n Sm§n, f_pssNsNm* MmWk^psX CXp¸n bnXn¨v H^p bn¨v sNmXp¯p. Ak^psX sSm*]n Wn¶p\À¶ PUvPUw Fsâ A¶Wma¯nt`¡v A`nªn_§n.
AV^bmW¯nÂWn¶v H^p sh¡âv _Ìv FXp¯n«v Aks^sâ NojvIp*v km]n`m¡n . C¯k\ N¼nNp«³.sWäv