സര്‍പ്പക്കാവ് 1 [ഗന്ധര്‍വന്‍] 513

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bns¶ DÅSv ^*v tk`¡m^nNapw bns¶ B sb®pfm\v. tk`¡m^n Ss¶, bs£ {bm]w Fs¶¡mÄ Ht¶m ^t*m k]Êv NqXpSÂ.

Mm³ AXp¡a kjn AN¯p N]_n tWm¡pt¼mÄ Akapw tI¨n]pw NqXn AXp¡a kmSn`nW^pNn C^n¡pN]m\v. Mm³ Aks^ {l²n¡msS AN¯p N]_n.

“”””Wns¡Xm AknsX…..FknsX sS*m³ tbm]n^p¶p?”

Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS AN¯p N]_n. tI¨n¡v tUgyw N]_n]n«mN\w Fsâ N¿n bnXn¨p k`n¨p. Mm³ sbs«¶v tk¨v tbm] Mm³ kojmSn^n¡m³ sbs«¶v k`Sp klt¯¡v I^nªp.

“”””F´mXm CSv? Wos]´m Cu Han¸n¨p k¨n^n¡ps¶?”

Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ tI¨n]pw B sb®pw NqXn Fsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v tWm¡n C^p¶p f\w bnXn¡p¶p.

Mm³ tI¨n]psX ssN S«n fmän fpt¶m«p tbmNmWmªp.

“”””Xo In^ptS. bnXn]ksW. C¶nksW b^ntlmVn¨n«v Ss¶ Nm^yw.”

Mm³ fpt¶m«p HmXn. F¶m bXn]n Nm S«n Smsj ko\p. ^*v sb®p§apw NqXn Fs¶ bnXn¨p sN«n F¶v Ss¶ b_]mw. Mm³ Nfjv¶p Ss¶ NnX¶p. F¶m BsN SaÀ¶n^p¶ FWn¡v A§sW AVnNw bnXn¨p Wn`v¡mWmNpfm]n^p¶nÃ.

^*pw NqXn Fs¶ f`À¯n NnX¯n. In^pS Fsâ ssNNÄ S`]v¡p fosS sNm*v k¶p bn\¨p k¨v ASn N]_n C^p¶p. Mm³ Nm`pNÄ k¨v NpS_m³ l^fn¨t¸mÄ tI¨n Fsâ fp«n N]_n C^p¶p. H¶mftS t`m` {bNrS¡m^Wm] Mm³ Akapfm^psX B {bt]mP¯n SoÀ¯pw WnÊim]Wm]nt¸m]n.

“”””F´mXm Cu Han¸n¨p kt¨¡ps¶?” tI¨n Fsâ Np®]n Iq*n tImUn¨p.

bnXnk`n¡nX]n Blm³ H¶v Sm\v SpX§n]n^p¶p. Mm³ NnX¶ NnX¸n S` sbm¡n b_ªp.

“”””H¶pfnÃ. tI¨o. Fs¶ H¶v knXv… Mm³ tbms«. A½ N*m BsN sNmj¸fmNpw.”

tbmt^ bq^w. AtSmXp NqXn bpÅn¡m^¯n]psX hwl]w C^«n¨p.

Fsâ Np®s] k`Sp ssN sNm*v bnXn¨n«p tImUn¨p

“”””FXm CsS´ms\¶p?”

slXm! CkÄ¡nSv– F´ms\¶_n]SntÃ? F§Wm b_]pt¶.

Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. bpÅn¡m^n]psX £f Wlns¨¶p tSm¶p¶p.

Fsâ Np® fpt*mX¡w bnXn¨p k`n¨p. hSyw b_ªm FWn¡v Wà hpOw tSm¶n. Np® AkapsX ssN¿n`n^p¶p sb^pNm³ SpX§n.

tW^s¯ sbm¯n Wn¶pw Nn«n] kjp kjp¸pw FÃmw NqXn FWn¡msN ^hn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””FXm Wnt¶mXm tImUnt¨ CsS´ms\¶p?”

“”””tI¨o B fp*v fmän tWm¡p tI¨o.” In^pS DbtUln¨p.

FWns¡t´`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv