സര്‍പ്പക്കാവ് 1 [ഗന്ധര്‍വന്‍] 513

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Hmt^m Np`p¡n`pw b_ª_n]n¡mWmNm¯ AWpeqSn. F´m hpOw. Mm³ hz]w fSn f_¶p A§sW km\w AXn¡pwtbmjm\v IµW¯nsâ PÔw Fsâ fq¡n Spa¨p N]_n]Sv. Mm³ N®pNÄ Sp_¶p tWm¡n. {btSyNns¨m¶pw CÃ. bs£ H^p NpanÀ Nmäv Fs¶ SjpNn St`mXp¶p*m]n^p¶p. Bt^m Fsâ Np®]n DuSp¶Sv– tbms`t]m lzmhw knXp¶Sv tbms`t]m H^p tSm¶Â.

F¶m km\fXn]psX ^hw A{S]v¡v N]_n]SnWm Mm³ ASv Nm^yw B¡n]nÃ. Fsâ kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n C^p¶p Np® k`n¸w k]v¡p¶Sv MmW_nªp… Mm³ ssN]v¡pÅn Np®s] C«p Np`p¡n. Hmt^m Np`p¡n`pw Fsâ Np® d`w k¨v k^p¶Sv MmW_nªp…

“”””gwWm tWms¡Xo… Fsâ D®ns].”

Mm³ gwWs] fWÊn Bt`mIn¨p Bªp km\w AXn¨p. AkapsX Ip*pNÄ kn_]v¡p¶p. knXÀ¶ B N®pNÄ Fsâ Np® N*n«v NqXpS knXÀ¶n«p*v. AkapsX km]v– A´w kn«p Sp_¶n^n¡p¶p. Mm³ bSns] AkapsX ssN bnXn¨p Fsâ Np®]n k¨p.

“”””tim Fs´m^p k`n¸fm D®o. Afo_nsâ D®ns]¡mapw tNfWm\tÃm.”

Fsâ fWÊv gwWs] sNm*v Hmt^m¶v sI¿n¡m³ SpX§pN]m]n^p¶p, AfoÀ FWn¡v knk^n¨p S¶ Wm]nNfms^t¸ms`.

AkapsX bmkmX sbm¡n Hä Np¯nWp bqänt`¡v Np® SÅn N]äm³ B]n^p¶p Fsâ ¹m³. F¶m ASn knUPvVfm]n AkÄ Fsâ Np®s] ssN¿ns`Xp¯p FWn¡v bn_Nn k¶p Wn¶p. H^p ssN sNm*v Np®s] Djnªp. fNpXw bnXn¨p sM¡n bSps¡ km\fXn¨p S¶p. ftä ssN sNm*v Fsâ A*nNsa bnXn¨p^p«n. AkapsX l^o^w Ft¶mXv tIÀ¶v Wn¶p. khv{Sfms¡ Du^n Nasª¶v tSm¶p¶p.

AkapsX fp`]psX hmfobyw Fsâ M^¼pNsa NqXpS D\À¯n. AkapsX Wnlzmhw Fsâ NmSn ko\p. km\fXn]psX tkPS]pw NqXn. AkapsX skap¯v sNmjp¯ ssNNÄ Fsâ Np®s] sM^n¨Xn¨p. sbs«¶v Ss¶ Fsâ S`]v¡pÅn sskUypSn {bkmiw SpX§n. Fs´ms¡t]m hwekn¡p¶p. Fsâ A*nNÄ D^p*p f_n]p¶p… M^¼pNÄ Sn§n koÀ¯p.

sbs«¶v gwW Fsâ NmSn b_ªp. FWn¡v tk\w Cu N®¸mÂ. AkÄ bnXnkn«p Fsâ fp¶n k¶p NpWnªp Wn¶p. AkapsX BhWw FWn¡v AenfpOfm]n.

Mm³ N®pNÄ Sp_¶p tWm¡pt¼mÄ tim…AkapsX IµW Wn_¯n`pÅ I´n A§sW knXÀ¶p WnÃv¡pN]m\v. tks_m¶pw Mm³ N*nÃ…B bq_p tbm`pw!

sbs«¶v Ss¶ Mm³ Fsâ Np®s]Xp¯p B I´n]n k¨v Hä SÅp.

tim! hzÀPw N*p tbm]n. Fs´m^p fmÀUkw. Fs´m^p kjpkjp¸v. F´m H^p IqXv. tN«_nª NTNsa tbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv