പ്രഭാ വലയം [Appan Menon] 413

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sI]vSp. ASv hSy¯n hitUtk«Wp CgvXs¸«nÃm. bns¶ ASnsW sImÃn]m]n Unkhkpw kj¡v. AfnSfm]n fUybn¡p¶Sv sNm*mNmw, F{S b®n]m`pw hitUtk«Wp skÅw tbmNnÃm. Npt_ tW^w AXn¨v S¶v Ft¶mXv b_]pw {bte FWn¡v skÅw k^psf¶v tSm¶p¶nÃm F¶v b_ªv hitUtk«³ Sn^nªp NnX¡pt¼mÄ FWn¡vfq¯p k^p¶tS D*mkpÅp. {bhkw WnÀ¯n] A¶p fpS FWns¡t´m kÃm¯ Nj¸v. F¦n`pw Mm³ Bt^mXqw b_]msS Fsâ kngf§sams¡ DÅn HSp¡n Njn]pN]m]n^p¶p. A§nsW]n^ns¡ H^p Unkhw D¨¡v BUyfm]n«v hitUtk«sâ NqsX Cu tUk³ CknsX k¶p. sImÆm tUmgw DÅ fq¯ tI¨n]psX knkmiw Njnªnt« Sm³ knkmiw Njn¡q F¶v kmlnbnXn¨n^n¡p¶ H^p AWpK³. bns¶ bns¶ hitUtk«sâ NqsX CX¡nsX CknsX k^mWpw M§apsX NqsX Smfhn¡mWpsfms¡ SpX§n. kÃt¸mjpw hitUtk«sâ NqsX]n^p¶v fUybn¡pw F¶sSmjn¨m hzemk¯n`pw sb^pfmä¯n`pw fmWy³. A§nsW Cu koXpfm]pw MmWpfm]pw Np«nNapfm]pw tUk³ Wà AXp¸¯n`m]n. AXp¯ ko«ns` Np^ymt¡mhnsâ em^y FÕn tIX¯n H^n¡Â Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p….B^m {bte hitUksâ NqsX CX¡nsX CX¡nsX k^p¶ BÄ F¶v. At¸mÄ Mm³ b_ªp Fsâ k`n]½]psX fNWm tbÀ tUkWm. AkWpw hitUtk«Wpw H^pfn¨m tKm`n sI¿p¶Sv F¶v. bns¶ AkÀ tImUn¡msWm¶pw Wn¶nÃm. A§nsW]n^ns¡ H^p Unkhw ^m{Sn bSnkv bmÀ«n FÃmw Njnªv Wnsâ Aan]³ AXn¨v bqÊm]n tdmVw sN«p_§pt¼mÄ Mm³ AXp¡a]n bm{S§Ä NjpNn sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ tUk³ skÅw NpXn¡m³ S^ptfm F¶p tImUn¨v AXp¡a]n k¶p. ¥mÊn skÅw sNmXp¯t¸mÄ A]mÄ Fsâ ssNNan fp_p¡n bnXn¨n«v b_ªp……Wo Fs´m^p cnP_mXn {bte…huµ^ykpw AwP`mk\ykpw F´nWp Gs_ b_]p¶p H^p bp^pg³ B{Pin¡p¶sSms¡ ssUkw WnW¡v Btkmaw S¶n«p*v. bs£ AsSms¡ l^n¡pw AWpekn¡m³ hitUktWm WnWt¡m bäp¶nÃtÃm Ft¶mÀ¡pt¼mÄ……Wo hSy¯n Aksâ em^y BN*kaÃm, f_n¨v Fsâ B]n^p¶psk¦n Wns¶ Mm³ F¶pw hzÀ¤w Nm\nt¨tW F¶v b_ªv Fs¶ sN«nbnXn¨v Fsâ ^*p Nknan`pw D½ sk¨p. Nps_ Wmam]n Mm³ sNmSn¨n«pw tUtk«Wn Wn¶pw Nn«mSn^p¶ H^p hm´zWw Asæn H^p sN«nbnXp¯kpw D½]pw tUkWn Wn¶pw Nn«n]t¸mÄ Mm³ tNm^nS^n¨ptbm]n. H¶pw fn*m³ bämsS Mm³ tNm^nS^n¨n^n¡p¶ hf]¯v Ss¶ tUk³ Fs¶ ssNNan tNm^ns]Xp¯v At±i¯nsâ _pfn sNm*ptbm]n NnX¯n ko*pw Fs¶ D½sk¡mWpw Fsâ fp`Nan St`mXmWpw ASns`ms¡ bnXn¡mWpw SpX§n. Fsâ ssWän Ajn¨v Fsâ fp`NÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv