ഞാൻ സീത [ Manu ] 753

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F´m]m`pw C§sW H^p Nm^y¯nWv fp³bv Njn¡p¶Sv WÃm¯\tÃm.””
Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
Mm³ A¶v WtÃm\w Bt`mIn¨p. F´m]m`pw Aѳ Nps_ sb®p§apsX NqsX NnX¶n«pÅ BatÃ. At¸mÄ H^p sb®nsW F§sW ssNNm^yw sI¿\w F¶v AÑWv A_n]m³ bäpw. bns¶ FWn¡v tk*n Aѳ F´pw sI¿m³ S¿m_m\v. Mm³ Bs^ tk\w F¶v b_ªm`pw Fsâ fp_n]n F¯n¡m³ s_Zn B]n Wnt¡\v– Aѳ. Bt¸mÄ bns¶ AÑWv Mm³ Fs´¦n`pw sI]vSp sNmXp¡t*. Fsâ l^o^w Aѳ Bln¨n«ps*¦n Aѳ ASp FXp¡t«. AÑsâ fp¶n Ss¶ BUyfm]n Sp\n D^n]m³ Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p.
ASnsâ h½Sw A_n]n¡m³ B]n Mm³ sSm«Xp¯ Unkhw Ss¶ fp^n§¡ tSm^³ D*m¡n. Aѳ Du\v Njn¡m³ C^p¶t¸mÄ Mm³ Hmt^mt^m N_nNÄ B]n sNm*v sI¶p tXdnan sk¨p. fp^n§¡ N_n AkhmWw B\v sNm*v tbm]Sv. FWnNv Sm`vb^yw Cà F¶p N^pSn AÑsâ fpOw kmXp¶Sv Mm³ N*p. At¸mÄ Mm³ fp^n§¡ N^n]pfm]n AkntX¡p sI¶p. F¶n«v AÑWv Mm³ kna¼n WÂNn. AÑsâ fpOw sSan]p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. Aѳ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.Mm³ Wm\w sNm*v S` Smjv¯n. F¶n«v AÑtWmXv b_ªp
“”FWn¡v h½Sw B\v””
F¶p b_ªp Mm³ AXp¡a]nt`m«p HmXn.
Np_¨p Njnªp Aѳ AXp¡a]nt`¡v k¶p. F¶n«v b_ªp.
“”At¸mÄ Fsâ hoS tfmÄNv Cu AÑsW CãfmWtÃ?””
Mm³ H¶pw b_ªnÃ.
“”Wmsa ^mkns` hpt^gv tbm]n Njnªp sI¿mw. N¼nNp«³.sWävW½psX BUy^m{Sn Wmsa bN B\v. H^p WkkVpknsW tbms` tk\w Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡p k^m³. Njnª Hm\¯nWv km§n] shäv hm^n DXp¯m fSn. ASn hoS tfmsa Nm\m³ Wà I´w D*v.””
Mm³ H¶v fqan.
“”Wmsa ^mkns` Mm³ fpøq km§n S^mw. AsSms¡ sk¨p tk\w k^m³. bns¶ ftä Ø`s¯ t^mfw Hs¡ NatªNv.””
“”l^n AÑm””
FWnNv AÑsâ fpO¯p tWm¡m³ H^p Wm\w B]n^p¶p.
A¶s¯ Unkhw Mm³ AÑsâ fp¶n sbXmsS Hjnªp fm_n WX¶p. tk*n]n^p¶nà F¶ tSm¶Â B]n bns¶. A¶v ^m{Sn H^p tbma N®X¨nÃ. bntä¶v hpt^tg«³ tbm]n Njnªv F´p hwekn¡pw F¶ In´ B]n^p¶p.
tI«³ ^mkns` H^p 8 30 B]t¸mÄ bSnkv tbms` ko«n Wn¶v C_§n. tI«³ tbm]n Njnªp DXsW Mm³ tbm]n A`fm^]n Wn¶p Aѳ b_ª Hm\¯nWv FXp¯ shäv hm^n]pw skÅ {dm bmân bmkmX F¶nk]pw FXp¯p N«n`n C«p. bmkmX]pw »uhpw {dm]pw bmân]pw FXp¯v Mm³ dmSv–_qfn N]_n Npan¡mWm]n. h´qÀ thm¸v– Dbt]mPn¨p WtÃm\w tSs¨m^¨p Npan¨p. t^mfw Hs¡ C¶s` Ss¶ kXn¨n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv