മഞ്ഞുരുകും കാലം 9 [വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ] 1514

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k*n HSp¡n. bmÀNnâNt¯¡v N]_m³ tbm] Fs¶ Ak³ SXªp.
AksWs¶]pw sNm*v AXp¯pÅ H^p timhvbnä`nt`¡v WX¶p.
“”F´tZ]v {blvWw? ^mkn`s¯ WX¸n sWsâ Nm`o¶v ktÃmw Du^n tbm]m?””
“”A®m, Hmª tNmfZn AXn¡tÃ. CSv tks_m^p Nm^y¯nWm.””
“”F´v?””
“”dm, Nm\n¨ S^mw””
Ak³ Ft¶w sNm*v B Bhvb{Sn]psX Nymlpkm`nän]nt`m«v WX¶p. Fs¶ AknsX k^n k^n]m]n C«n^n¡p¶ sd©pNan H¶n`n^p¯n.
Aksâ fp_ninµn]n`pw BwPemg]n`pw AknsX Cu¨]Xn¨n^p¶ Aä³ZÀ hv{Sos]ms*s´s¡mt]m b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”A®m, CknsX hf]¯nWà ImÀKv. sFä¯nWm””
“”Giv””
tim«`ms\¶v N^pSn dmÀdÀtgm¸nt`¡pk¶ kr²sW tbms` Mm³ »n¦hym C^p¶p.
“”ASm]Sv, lm`nWn ^*m]n^¯n Aªq_v, f_n] fqkm]n^w, Nrgv\ ^*m]n^¯n F®q_v, A§W§sW””
Fsâ S`]n H^pNq«w FÂ.C.Zn dÄdpNÄ H^pfn¨p N¯n.
W½sX Wm«ns` timhvbnä`pNÄ fmSn^n]à CRv kX¡v. H^p cv`mäv hfp¨]s¯ AWpN^n¡pw knVfm\v CknXps¯ shä¸v.
Cu WP_n Ss¶ Gtjm Ft«m Bhvb{SnNap*v. fn¡SnWpw B_nWv fpNan Wn`Napw. fn¡ fmh§an`pw `mew sNm¿m³ Bkm¯ ØnSn]m\nknsX b` timhvbnäÂhnWpw.
ASpsNm*v AkÀSs¶ sfWªp*m¡n] H^p NpXn kykhm]fm\v kyenIm^w. hwekw Blpb{Sn]n Bt]m*v thcv B\v. s_]vZv D*mknÃ, Bkly¯nWv fp_nNÄ, kr¯n, tklyNsa HanbntN*, A§sW b` BWpNq`y§apw.
CsSms¡ Bhncv CknsX k^p¶SnWp fp³tbSs¶ Aksâ hibmYn]m] GtSm Hu_PdmUvNm^WnÂWn¶pw A_nªn^p¶p.
“”A®Wv Sm`vb^yfpt*m?””
Np_¨p kÀg§am]n«v FWn¡v lWnUnl]m\v. ASv H^p tKymSngn]pw b_ª A_nkÃ. AWpekfm\v.
AtSm*v Mm³ knW] bp^Ê^w Hjnªp fm_n.
Ak³ Sn^n¨psI¶v Aä³Zt_mXv Ft´m b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A`vbw Njnªp AkÀ AksW Nymgv Nus*_nt`m«v A]¨p.
Cu SpÅn f^p¶pNÄ¡pw Np«nNÄs¡Xpt¡* Np¯nsk]v–bnWpsfms¡ Sq¡p¶ tbmÌ_pNÄ CtÃ? CknXps¯ A¯^¯n`pÅ tbmÌ_pNÄs¡m^p t{btSyNS]p*v. Ak]ns`Ãmw tfmZ B]n«pÅ WjvhpfmÀ NmÀ«q\pNÄ AÃ. f_n¨v, Wà AXnsbman I^¡pNam]n^p¶p.
“”Xn Xn C³sK£³ Bt\m tbmant]m C½yqss\thg³ Bt\m?””
BhncntWmXv OKm³Kn tImUn¡p¶Sv tN«p.
“”Xn Xn””
Mm³ Xn Xn C©£sâ tbmÌ_nt`¡v N®pfnjn¨p.
sNmÅmw. WÃ shs`£³. skap¯, WÃ fp³Sq¡fpÅ, sI¼n¨ fpXn]pÅ H^p hpµ^n.
Ak³ b\kpfX¨, Hm bn NmÀZpw km§n A]mÄ b_ª fp_n]nt`¡pÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv