ഞാൻ സീത [ Manu ] 753

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASp sNm*v CSnsWms¡ H^p AkNmln F¶ Wn`¡v Cu ko«n WnW¡pw hpt^gnWpw B]n H^p fNtWm fNtam tk\w.””
“”bs£ AÑm…””
“”F´m]m`pw hpt^gnsW sNm*v ASnWv Njn]pw F¶v FWn¡v tSm¶p¶nÃ. ASv sNm*v….””
Mm³ AÑsâ fpOt¯Nv tWm¡n.
“”ASv sNm*v WnW¡v Cãs¸« Bt^]pw WnW¡v Cu ko«n N]än NnX¸_ b¦nXmw. B^n D*mNp¶ Np«n Bs\¦n`pw B Np«n Cu ko«n hpt^gnsâ fNtWm fNtam B]n ka^pw.””
“”AÑm… Aѳ F´m Cu b_]pt¶.?””
FWnNv tUgyw k¶p.
“”tfmsa. tUgys¸tX*. CSÃmsS WnW¡p H^p A½ BNm³ tks_ kjn H¶pw CÃ.””
“” Fsâ sN«ns]mWv ASnWpÅ Njnknæn FWn¡v H^p A½ BN*. AÃmsS sN«nt]msW sNm*v bänsæn N*k·mÀNv fp¶n Sp\n D^n]m³ Fs¶ Nn«nÃ. hz´w f^pfNtamXv C§sW Hs¡ b_]m³ AÑWv F§sW fWhv k¶p.””
“”tfmsa CSn C{S kngfn¡m³ H¶pw CÃ. AksW sNm*v NjnknÃmªn«tÃ. fm{Skpfà , CsSms¡ Cu Wm«n F{St]m tb^v sI¿p¶p*v.””
“”A§sW b`^pw sI¿pWfps*¶p sk¨v Fs¶ ASnWp Nn«nÃ. A§sW hpt^tg«sW ISn¨p sNm*v FWnNv H^p sNm¨nsW tk*.””
“”tfmsa CSn H^p ISn]pw CÃ. CSv W½psX Bklyfm\v F¶p knIm^n¨m fSn. Cu Mm³ Ss¶ Fsâ B] Nm`¯v F{S sb®p§sa Du¡n]n«p*v F¶SnWv H^p N\¡pw CÃ. em^Sn A_nªpw A_n]msS]pw Mm³ b`s^]pw b\n]n«p*v. Wnsâ Wm¯q³ hpfSn Ctà AkÄ Fsâ hz´w fNÄ AÃ. Mm³ em^Sns] sN«pt¼mÄ AkÄ 3 fmhw PÀen\n B]n^p¶p. Fsâ tf`pUyPØsâ fNam] e^Sns]]pw k]än`pÅ Np«ns]]pw NqXn hzoN^n¨SnWpÅ {bSne`w B]n^p¶p Fsâ XN B]pÅ s{bmtfmg³. ASnWv tlgw AXp¯ {btfmgWv tk*n Aksa Mm³ 3 tbÀ¡v Nmjv¨ sk¡pN]pw sI]vSn«p*v.N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶v sk¨v MmWpw em^Sn]pw S½n F¶pw hvtWit¯msX fm{Stf Njnªn«pÅq. CsSms¡ Mm³ Ct¸mÄ tfmtamXv b_ªSv FÃm ko«n`pw CSv tbms` b`Spw WX¡p¶p*v. bp_¯m_n]p¶nà F¶p fm{Sw. CWn tfmav Bt`mIn¨v So^pfmWn¡v.””

CsSms¡ tN«v FWn¡v S` N_§p¶ tbms` tSm¶n. FÃmw FWn¡v bpSn] A_nkm]n^p¶p. A½s]]pw AÑsW]pw bän A§sW H¶pw FWn¡v In´n¡mtW Njn]p¶nÃ. hpfSn tI¨ns] Aѳ hz´w fNsa tbms` Ss¶ B\v Nm\p¶Sv. tI«sW¡mÄ AÑWv Cãkpw hpfSn G«¯ns] B\v.
Fsâ fWhn Hmt^mt^m In´NÄ B]n^p¶v. H¶n`pw H^p {l²]pw Nn«p¶nÃ. sskNn«v ^mip`pw WkoWpw XqgWp k¶t¸mÄ S`tkUW Bs\¶v b_ªp Hjnkm¡n. ^*p Unkhw FWn¡v D_¡w tbm`pw k¶nÃ. ^*v Unkhw AÑWv fpOw sNmXp¡msS N¼nNp«³.sWäv