പരിണയ൦ 637

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sS¶n Wo§n. hvbÀlW¯n B bpgvb§Ä AÂbw kn^nªp… Fsâ kn^`pNÄ B knXkn`qsX B sI©p*nsâ AN¯pkl¯v frUp`S]n D^hns¡m*v Wo§n…N`ym\n]psX Wmkn³ Sp¼nsâ WWsksâ kn^`pNan sSm«p. fqa`pw M^§`pw sbs«¶v Wn¶p… ‘B^m ASv…”” N`ym\n]psX kn_]mÀ¶ hz^w. Hä¨m«¯nWv Mm³ AkapsX tf N]_n. AkapsX Njp¯n Np¯n¸nXn¨v Mm³ b_ªp “”fn*^pSv. sNm¶pNa]pw Mm³. Wo Fs¶ bän b^mSn b_]pw AtÃ… A½t]mXv kÃSpw b_ªmÂ… Wns¶]pw sNmt* Mm³ sbmNq” Sn^ns¨m^m{Nf\w Mm³ {bSo£n¨nÃ…AkapsX BªpÅ SÅ`n Mm³ N«n`n Wn¶pw sS_n¨p… kojp¶SntWmsXm¸w S` FknsXs]m sI¶nXn¨p… Fsâ N®pNan C^p«p N]_n.

“”KnWq… Fjpt¶Â¡v… sNmtaKn tbmNt*?” A½ Uqs^ FknsX Wnt¶m knan¡p¶ sbms`… S`¡v H^p b¯v Nns`m NqXn] tbms`… knhv–Nn]psX sN«v kn«n«nÃ… C¶s` N`ym\n]psX fp_n]n tbm]Sv hzbvWw B]n^ps¶m? Mm³ S`]psX bn¶n sSm«v
tWm¡n. Wà tkUW… As¸mÄ hzbvWw B]n^p¶nÃ… C¶`s¯ Unkhw sfm¯w H^p N_p¯ WmÄ Ss¶. CWn Fs´ms¡ hwekn¡mWn^n¡ps¶m Fs´m? CsSms¡ AÑWpw A½]pw A_nªm koXnWp bp_¯m]Sp Ss¶. AkÀ A_nªp Nm\ptfm. N`ym\n]psX fp_n]psX tWs^ Mm³ H¶p bman tWm¡n… CSp ks^ Sp_¶ f«v Nm\p¶nÃ… AkapsX fp_n]n Wn¶pw Mm³ Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v F§sW F¯n F¶p F{S Bt`mIn¨n«pw bnXnNn«p¶nÃ… CWn CSp hzbvWw B]n^ps¶m? D_¡¯n F§mWpw S` CXn¨Sms\m? Bs^mXv tImUn¡m³… Npanfp_n]n F¯n Mm³ tWs^ gk_nWp Nosj sbm]n Wn¶p. S\p¯ skÅw S`]n ko\t¸mÄ Blzmhw tSm¶n.

sskNn F¯n]Sp sNm*v BUys¯ ¢mÊn N]_msS Mm³ NmâoWn F¯n. hpWn`knsX tW^s¯ C^n¸p bnXn¨n«p*v. H^p sFhv–{Now Njn¨p sNm*v C^n¡p¶p. sN«v knXmWpw kmap sk¨Snsâ £o\w fm_mWpw Hs¡ D¯fw B\p sFhv–{Now F¶p Ak³ b_]m_p*v. H^p Im]]pw km§ns¡m*v MmWpw Aksâ NqsX NqXn. “”Wo C¶s` ko«n F¯ns¸t«m tfmtW UntWlm…”” ‘Rm… H^p bm*n]psX sS_n tNs«¶`msS fäp Npj¸§Ä H¶pw CÃmsS F¯nsb«p” “”Wo sbm]Sn bns¶ kmsamXv kmÄ B]n^p¶p sfmsW… Cs¸mjpw Wà S`tkUW” sWän]n ssN sk¨v hpWn b_ªp “”Fsâ]pw S` sb^p¡p¶p. ASnsâ NqsX S` FknsXs]m CXns¨¶pw sSm¶p¶p. Mm³ Wnsâ ko«n sk¨p F§mWpw ko\m]n^ps¶m?” S`]psX bns¶ ssN HmXn¨p sNm*v b_ªp. “”G]v… FknsX sWm¡s«… CsSknsXs]m Nm^yfm]n fp«n]Sm\sÃm… fp_nªn«p*v. FknsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv