ഞാൻ സീത [ Manu ] 753

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Npan Njnªp Mm³ tUis¯ skÅw FÃmw SpX¨p Naªp. skÅ Wn_¯ns` N¸pÅ {dm U^n¨p bmân]pw C«p. C¶v Npan Njnªt¸mÄ Ss¶ Ft´m H^p DÕmiw tSm¶n. bmkmX]pw »uhpw V^n¨v dmSv–_qfn Wn¶v C_§n. Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ N«n`n Fsâ hm^n]psX sshZn H^p sbmSn C^n¡p¶p. fp_n]n BsN b^¶ f\w sNm*v ASv fpøq Bs\¶v FWn¡v fWhn`m]n. Aѳ ^mkns` Ss¶ tbm]n fpøq km§n k¶n^n¡p¶p. Mm³ _qfnsâ kmSn AX¨v N®mXn]n tWm¡n. Fsâ l^o^ ewPn Mm³ Ss¶ H¶p BhzUn¨p. 34_ sshhv fp` Ipk¶ »uhn HSp§msS SÅn Wn¡p¶p. Cu »uhnsâ Njp¯v– kas^ AVnNw C_¡n sk«n]Sv B\v. fp`sk«p W¶m]n Nm\mw. Fsâ Sm`n fm` fp` CXp¡nt`¡v ko\v NnX¡p¶p.Mm³ Fsâ k]_nt`Nv tWm¡n. kas^ hpµ^fm] k]À Bs\¶v FWn¡v Ss¶ tSm¶n. bmkmX C{S]pw N]än DXp¡* F¶v Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p. bmkmX]psX tN«v Ajn¨p Smjv¯n sN«n. Ct¸mÄ sbm¡napw Njnªp kas^ Smsj B\v .B Ipk¶ bmkmX CSn NqXpS Smjv¯n DXp¡m³ hmVn¡nà . Fsâ k]_pw hpµ^fm] sbm¡nÄ Npjn]pw N*v FWn¡v Ss¶ AenfmWw tSm¶n. BsN sfm¯w H^p i³hnN]psX `p¡p*v Fs¶ Nm\m³ F¶p tSm¶n. GNtUlw A{S]pw k®sfms¡ B\v FWn¡v. Mm³ hm^n Hs¡ DXp¯p. k]À C{S]pw Nm\n¨v Mm³ BUyfm]n B\v hm^n DXp¡ps¶. S`]n fpøqkpw IqXn Mm³ H¶p NqXn N®mXn]n tWm¡n. Cu tNm`¯n Fs¶ BÀ¡v Hä¡v Nn«n]m`pw Fs¶ tN_n Du¡pw F¶p FWn¡v tSm¶n. Mm³ AÑsâ fp_n]nt`¡v fµw fµw WX¶p. BUy ^m{Sn]n Mm³ hpt^tg«sâ fp_n]nt`¡p NX¶v sI¶tbms` Mm³ AÑsâ fp_n]nt`¡p AtS Dt±lt¯mXv NqXn tbmNp¶p. A¶v Fsâ fWhn D*m]n^p¶ AtS BNmw£]pw ht´mgkpw B\v Ct¸mjpw Fsâ fWhnÂ. Fsâ Nm sb^pfmäw tN«v Aѳ Fs¶ tWm¡n tImUn¨p
“”Bim Fsâ hoS Np«n C{S sbs«¶v kt¶m.?””
Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS S` Smjv¯n S` Smjv¯n Wn¶p. Aѳ Fsâ A^nNnt`¡v k¶v Fsâ N¿n bnXn¨p k`n¨p N«n`n C^p¶p. Fs¶ AÑsâ fXn]n B\v C^p¯n]Sv. F¶n«v Aѳ H^p ssN sNm*v Fsâ fpXn H^p sshZnt`Nv Wo¡n . fpXn]n sk¨n^p¶ fpøqkn fpOw tIÀ¯v B W_pf\w BhzUn¨p. Aѳ Fsâ bn³ Njp¯n Ipwdn¨p sNm*v Fsâ Ipf`n ssN sk¨p AfÀ¯n. F¶n«p Fsâ ssNNan`qsX ssN Smtj¡v sNm*v tbm]n. AÑsâ fXn]n C^p¶Sv sNm*v AÑsâ hmVWw d`w. sk¡p¶Sv FWn¡v fWhn`mNp¶p*m]n. Aѳ b_ªp.
“”Mm³ b`s^]pw Nan¨n«p*v. bs£ C{S hpµ^n B] H^p¯ns] b^hvb^ h½St¯msX BUyfm. fäpÅkÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv