പത്മ എന്റെ അമ്മ [Yayathi] 970

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AX¡m³ k¿. Wo F´p emPrkmWm… F¶pw Cu I^¡ntW Nt*m*n^n¡mtÃm. tim…

hnäu«n Wn¶p In^n¡p A½t] tWm¡n In^n¨p sNm*v Ak³ Ft¶mXv b_ªp.

A§sW ^*p Unkhw Njnªp. A½]pw MmWpw Afn¯n³s_ ko«n tbmNm³ s_Zn]m]n. Npan¨p Np_ow sSm«v fpXn]n Spahn¡Sn^pw Sn^pNn k^p¶ A½t] N* FWn¡p tbm`pw sNmSn tSm¶n. sNmÅmw… C§sW H^p§n¯s¶ sIÃ\w. ssUktf… Nmt¯mt\… Mm³ {bmÀ°n¨p.

MmWpw A½]pw ssd¡n Afn¯n³s_ ko«os`¯o. NSNv Sp_¶ Afn¯n³s_ A½t]w sI_n]½t]w N*p Mm³ sM«n kas^ fmWrfm]n khv{Sw V^n¨p Wn¶ Akt^¡*m Mm³ Njnª {bmklrw N*k^m\v F¶v H^n¡`pw tSm¶pfm]n^p¶nÃ. A{S]v¡v ewPo]m]kÀ AenW]n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. bt£ Hms^mt^m^p¯^pw fWhp sNm*v Fâ½t] BhzSn¡pN]ms\¶v FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p.

A½ kas^ tkPw Ak^pfm]n Hs¡ AXp¸¯n`m]n. Akt^mt^m^p¯^pw A½t]mXv AXp¯nXbjNp¶Sv N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v kÃm¯ h¦Xw sSm¶n. bmkw A½ Cks^´nWm\v Cu hvtWiw Nm\n¡p¶sS¶_n]p¶ntÃm. CX]v¡v Afn¯v A½t]mXv tIÀ¶n^p¶p A½]psX tcm\n Fs´ms¡s]m bYn¸n¡p¶Sp N*p. Mm³ tImUn¨t¸mÄ A½]psX tcm\n kmXvhm¸v BÎntkäm¡pN]m\v F¶p b_ªp. AfnSv F³s_ tcm\pw km§n tWm¡n.

Afn¯n³s_ A½]v¡v WÃ ssN¸p\rfm\tÃm? N_nNÄs¡ms¡ F´m ^pIn. MmsW{S sk¨m`pw CSn³s_ Gj]`¯p k^nÃ. Ft¶w NpsX bYn¸n¡ptfm?

e£\w Njn¡p¶SnWnX]n A½ Afn¯n³s_ A½t]mXv b_ªp.

Hm… Sn^¡n«p sk¨Sm… hf]w Nn«pt¼msjms¡ Ct§m«v km. Hs¡ Mm³ bYn¸n¡mw.

Afn¯n³s_ A½ b_ªp.

Afn¯n³s_ A¦nÄ A½t] Ss¶ hq£n¨p tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. A]nÄ A½]psX Hmt^m l^o^ emP§an`qsX]pw sNmSns]msX Nt®mXn¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. A]mÄ A½s] fWhp sNm*v WPvW]m¡n W¡nt¯mÀ¯pN]m]n^p¶p. bn¶oXv A½]psX tcm¬ WwdÀ Akt^mt^m^p¯^pw km§n. A¶p AkosX Wn¶p tbm^pt¼mÄ A½ ht´mgw sNm*v fSn f_¶n^p¶p.
C{S]pw WÃ BapNta MmWnSpks^ N*n«nÃ. Ft´m^p hiN^\fm…

A½ k^p¶ kjn Ft¶mXv b_ªp.

fv… Mm³ fqan.

A¶p sskNn«v AfnSv Ft¶ knan¨p M§Ä bp_¯v sk¨v N*pfp«n.

F´p b_ªp Wn³s_ A½?

Ak³ tImUo¨p.

Wn§ta Hs¡ kas^ Cãfm]n.

Mm³ f_pbXn WÂNn.

Wn³s_½]psX WÃ hf]w SpX§n tfmtW…

Wo tWm¡ns¡m ^*mjv¨]v¡Nw Wn³s_½t] N¼nNp«³.sWäv