മഞ്ഞുരുകും കാലം 9 [വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ] 1514

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm]_mjvI B\v.
skÅn]mjvI Mm³ bSnkv tbms` `mdnt`¡v C_§n. F¶t¯]pw tbms` k*nNÄ H¶pfnÃ. sNms*]psX fp¶n NpWnªp Wn¶v H¸n«p Njnªt¸mÄ H^p bm{S¯n `Íp Aks^Wn¡v Wo«n.
sb®p¼ntÅsX bn_¶mam\v.
skaps¡ In^n¨p im¸n sdÀSvtZ]pw b_ªp ^*p `Ípkpw FXp¯p Mm³ b\n]n fpjpNn.
D¨]m]t¸m bSnkn`pw knl¸v. Bim. F¶m¸ns¶ ktÃmw Njn¡mw F¶pw knIm^n¨ MmWn_§n. Zn¸mÀXvsfânsâ fp¶n F¯n]t¸m W½sX ^pIn sNmt* sk{bmas¸«v C^n¡p¶p. F¶m]m`pw `ÍpHs¡ S¶StÃ. Nm^yw Sn^¡mw F¶v Mm³ sk¨v.
t`Zohv tXm]v–s`änsâ NSNp ¢o³ sI¿m³ k¶kÀ bq«n]t{S.
¢o³ sI¿m³ k¶kÀ sNms*s] N*pNm\nÃ. AtSm*v bq«n tbm]n.
CSmt\m k`n] Nm^yw. B Kâvhv tXm]v`äv Dbt]mPn¨qsX F¶v Mm³.
AkÀs¡m^p ssk¢eyw.
Hm Ft´m¶v Wm\n¡m³? CknXn¸w W½sa DÅp. Mm³ Njn¡m³ tbmNpkm. B^pw Nm\nÃ.
F¶pwb_ªp Mm³ C_§n.
bp_¯n_§n Sq\nsâ bn¶n Wn¶pw F¯n tWm¡n.
½v. tdm]vhv tXm]v`änsâ ANt¯m«v l^w kn« tbms` sNmt* Np*nNp`p¡n N]_nt¸m]n.
fWhm£n F¶v knant¸^pÅ Fsâ sI_n] S` Aksâ S`sbm¡n SpX§n]n^p¶p.
“”H¶v {lfn¨qsX?””
fmWimWn, VWWãvXw, AwPsskN`yw…
“”WnÀ¯v WnÀ¯v. H¶nsâ D¸p tWm¡n]n«v F{S kÀgfm]n?””
Wm`v
“”C§sW sNmt\m¯ns` In´]pfm]n C^p¶m D¸p tbm]n«p f]n^ptbm`pw f\¸n¡m³ Nn«nÔ”
MmWnt¸m Ft´msI¿\w?
“”F_nªp tWm¡\w””
SÃv Nn«n]mt`m?
“”SÃp Nn«m¯ ^oSn]n F_nªp tWm¡\w””
ssk tWm«v?
tNmt*s] N*n«v fm^oZv Bs\¶v tSm¶n]n«nÃ. sWän]n Sn`Nsfm¶pw CÃ. H¶v tWm¡mw.
fWÊn H^m]n^w N\¡pNÄ sfWªp Mm³ te bq^n S«n.
Sn^n¨p `mdnt`m«v N]_n. ASymkly Q«§an Njn¡m³ Mm³ Np_¨p Inbvhpw fn¨_pw H^p Zº]n Fsâ sZh-vNn Han¸n¨p sk¡pw. ASo¶v sNm_s¨Xp¯p Mm³ sNms*]psX NymdnWnt`¡v WX¶p.
sNm_n¨psNm*p Mm³ bs¿ tNmt*s] N¿ns`Xp¡m³ {lfn¨p.
eÀ¯mkntWmXv SÃpNqXn Cs¸m AkÀ Hä¡m\v Smfhw. ASnt`m«v S`]nXm³ MmWks^ t{b^n¸n¨nÃ.
“”tXm]v–s`äns`ms¡ tbmt]m?””
½v F¶v S`]m«Â.
“”F§Wn*v M§sX huN^y§Ä?””
fq¡p¯n]n« fq¡v Ipan¨p tfmlw F¶v b_ªp.
H¶nWmt\m ^*nWmt\m tbm]sS¶v Mm³ BwPy¯n tImUn¨p.
Ak^psX tfm´]psX NaÀ skap¸m]n^pt¶Â tImf¡p¶Sv Nm\mfm]n^p¶p.
F´m]m`pwAk^vWm\¯nÂS`NpWn¨p.
“”bn_¶mam]n«vB^pwPncvsäm¶pwS¶ntÃ?””
CÃ.
“”Ip½mNÅw.C«n^n¡p¶SvbpSn]Ip^nUm_tÃ?””
G]v.bj]Sm.
“”^pIn¡vØn^wIp^nUmÀC«qsX?””
A¿Xm.bntÅ^psXtWm«sfms¡BØmW¯m.bns¶Ip^nUm_pwNqXnB]mÂ…
AkÀfpjn¸n¨nÃ.
“”As¸mCs¸mF´mIp^nUmÀ?””
CknXnt¸mB^pfnÃtÃm.
“”AsS´m,Mm³B^pfÃ?Bkn]mt\m?””
WoAs¸mFsâAkntXwCkntXsfms¡tWm¡ptfm?
“”S^wNn«n]mÂWm¡pNks^sI¿pw””
F´mb_sª?
“”H¶pfntÃ…””
Mm³sfsÃAknXp¶vDu^n.

SpXt^*Sp-t*m?