സര്‍പ്പക്കാവ് 1 [ഗന്ധര്‍വന്‍] 513

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tNm^n. Mm³ Fs¶ Ss¶ f_¶p F\oäp kmSn`pNÄ Sp_¶p bp_t¯¡n_§n. WnlÐfm] B ^m{Sn]n I{µsâ skÅn skan¨¯n Mm³ fpt¶m«p WX¶p. l^n¡pw Bt^m Fs¶ fpt¶m«p WX¯n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. hÀ¸ Nmkpw NX¶p Mm³ fpt¶m«p WX¶p. kjn]^pNns`Ãmw fpÃ]pw bn¨n]pw bm`]pw bm^nKmSkpsfms¡ bq¯v Wn¡p¶p. hzÀ¤ t`mN¯ns`¡mt\m Mm³ NX¶p sIÃp¶Sv?

WX¶p WX¶p MmsW¯n]Sv bpj k¡¯m]n^p¶p. bpj FWns¡¶pw tbXn]m]n^p¶p. F¶m C¶v I{µ {be]n bpj kÃm*v ftWmi^n]m]Sm]n tSm¶n. Mm³ Sp\nNÄ b_ns¨_nªp bpj]nt`¡v FXp¯p ImXn.

WmanSp ks^]pw Mm³ bpj]n Npan¨n«nÃ. kÃm¯ e]fm]n^p¶p. ko«n`pÅks^Ãmw fn¡km_pw bpj]n`m\v Npan¡p¶Sv. Mm³ fm{Sw Nn\än³ N^]n`pw!

F´m]m`pw C¶v kÃms¯m^p Btklw. MmW_n]msS bpj]n Wo´m³ SpX§pN]m]n^p¶p. foWpNÄ FWn¡v Ipäpw fp«n]n^pwfp¶pt*m? Fs´ms¡t]m hwekn¡p¶p. sbs«¶v Bt^m Fsâ sIkn]n b_ªp.

“”””Fsâ D®o Wns]m¶p f`À¶p NnXs¶. Wnsâ D®n Np«sW MmsWm¶v tWm¡s«.”

Mm³ H^Xnfs] tbms` skůn f`À¶p NnX¶p.

Fsâ Npªp®n I{µsW tWm¡n SaÀ¶p NnX¶p. Mm³ BNmlt¯¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n A§sW NnX¶p. skůnWv– fpNan H^p sbm§p SXn tbms` NnX¡pN]m\v F¶ In´s]m¶pw FWn¡p*m]n^p¶nÃ. bqÀ\ I{µsâ ftWmim^nS ASv fm{Sfm]n^p¶p fWÊnÂ.

sbs«¶v AknsX IµWw f\¡p¶ Nmäv kolm³ SpX§n. ASv Fsâ Np®s]]pw A*nNsa]pw SXkn D\À¯n.

SaÀ¶p NnX¶ Fsâ Np® ImXns]\oäp I{µsW tWm¡n Wn¶p.

sbs«¶v H^p IpXp Wnlzmhw Fsâ Np®Nan bSn¨Sv tbms` tSm¶n.

“”””D®n Np«m. Wn]nsSm¶p Np`p¡nt]. F¶n«v Wnsâ Np® bm Fsâ fpOt¯¡v sS_n¸n¨p Sm.” Bt^m Ft¶mXv b_ªp.

Mm³ I{µsW tWm¡n km\fXn¡m³ SpX§n. F´p ewPn]m\v I{µ³. l^n¡pw fsäm¶pw, fsäm^mapw Fsâ fWÊn k¶nÃ. Mm³ I{µsW tWm¡n H^p{P³ km\fXn WX¯n. Nps_ tW^w FXp¯p Nm\pw. skůn NnX¡pktÃ. D*Nan bm Wn_ªp. ASv Np® kjn làn]m]n bp_t¯¡p sS_n¨p. I{µsW `£yfm¡n {em´fm] tkP¯n sS_n¨p.

Mm³ kyàfm]n N*p, Fsâ bm`vSpÅnNÄ I{µWn sS_n¨p ko\Sv–. ASnsâ fnWphfm] tUi¯v S«n Smtj¡p H`n¨n_§p¶Sv tWm¡n Mm³ dm¡n]pÅ SpÅnNapw NqXn bp_t¯¡p sS_n¸n¨p.

£o\w N®pNsa St`mXn]t¸mÄ MmWp_¡w bnXn¨p.

“”””D®o…F\o¡v…D®o.”

Bt^mknan¡p¶p.Mm³N®pNÄbSns]Sp_¶p.tWm¡pt¼mÄA½]m\v.Mm³ko*pwN«n`nÂSs¶!

F´m\vhwekn¡p¶Sv–.km\fXn¨pS`t¨m_ns`M^s¼§mWpwsbm«nt]m?FsâHmÀf]pwdp²n]psfms¡Fs¶ISn¡pkm\tÃm?