സേവകൻ 5 [Mango] 724

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {blvW§Ä FWn¡_n]mw. bs£ Wnsâ A½ hpOfnÃmsS C^n¡p¶ H^p hv{So]tÃ?’
“”Mm³ skÅn]mjvI tbmNmw tI«m’
“”bänÃ. Wmsa Ss¶ Wo Sn^n¡\w. H^mjvI CknsX Wn¶n«v tbm]m fSn. Wmsa Wo ko«n D*mkpw F¶p Mm³ Wnsâ A½]v¡v km¡p sNmXp¯n«p*v. Sn^ns¨m¶pw b_]*’ NmÄ NXv B]n.
Nrgv–t\«³ A§sW]m. knan¡*m]n^p¶p. CWn]nt¸m Wmsa tbmt] bäq.
fp^an k¶p c] FXp¯p sNm*v tbm]n. bns¶ FÃmw sbs«¶m]n^p¶p. A¶p Ss¶ ASv A{bqkv B]n. hÀ¡mÀ B¸ohn`pw fn¶Â tkPS]n Nm^y§Ä WX¡pw. Nmt\* ^oSn]n N*mÂ. Mm³ In´n¨p In^n¨p.
H^mjvI¡Nw cmÀfnWpÅ b\w `en¡pw. At¸mtj¡pw Mm³ Wm«n tbm]n«p k^mw. tfma½s] bn^n]m³ fWÊp k^p¶nÃ. Mm³ ^*p tdm«n tkmZvN km§n. C¶v ^m{Sn BtQmgn¡\w. cmw dnhnWhv tfma½]psXSp fm{Sw AÃ. FtâSpw NqXn B\v. Wà `mew D*mkpw F¶v FWn¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p. Mm³ ko«nt`¡v WX¶p. BtQmgnt¡* ^m{Sn B\v. fWÊv– Wn_s] tfma½]psX sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ…
Mm³ ko«n F¯pt¼mÄ AknsX fpä¯p fq¶p tbÀ Wn¶p hwhm^n¡p¶p*v. tfma½]pw emÀ¤tk«Wpw fsäm^p hv{So]pw. tfma½]psX fpOw tUgyw sNm*p Ipk¶n^n¡pN]m\v. “”Wos]m¶p AXs§Xn tfmat½’ emÀ¤tk«³ b_]p¶p. Mm³ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v Nm^yw AtWzgn¨p. k¶ hv{So emÀ¤tk«sâ sb§Ä B\v. C¶p¨¡v emÀ¤tk«³ kntÃKv B¸ohn tbm]t¸mÄ sb§apsX ko«n tbm]n^p¶tÃm. Aan]³ AknsX D*m]n^p¶nÃ. bpÅn¡m^³ t`m_n ss{ZkÀ B\v. tNm]¼¯q^n Hm«w tbm]n^n¡p¶p. AkÀ Ct¸mÄ k¶Sv emÀ¤tk«tWmXv Np_¨p b\w NXw km§m³ B\v.
tfma½ Ft¶mXv b_ªp, “”C¶v ^mkns` hm_v At§À¡p kaw knä ssbh b©m]¯n Wn¶pw km§n sNmXp¯ntÃ? ASv At§^v AktamXv– b_ªp. A_nª bmsX ASp H¸n¡m³ k¶Sm CkÄ.’
“”FXn Wo AN¯p tbm’ tI«³ b_ªp. tfma½ AkapsX I¡ sNmSw Ikn«n Np`p¡n ANt¯¡v bmªp “”hmt_ Aan]Wpw Ckapw kmXN ko«n`m Smfhw. kmXN sNmXp¡m³ ssbh tImUn¨p DXf k^pw. ASp sNmXp¡mWm CkÄ ssbh tImUn¡p¶Sv’ B hv{So H¶pw fn*msS S` Np¼n«p Wn¶p. AkÀ hwhm^n¡s« F¶p N^pSn Mm³ ANt¯¡v NX¶t¸mÄ D½_s¯ KWm` kjn tfma½ bp_t¯¡v Aks^ tWm¡n Wn¡p¶Sv N*p. KWm` N¼n]n ssN bnXn¨v fp`NÄ N¼nt]mXv tIÀ¯p sk¨m\v WnÂbv. bSnkv tbms` »uhnsâ]pw `p¦n]psX]pw AXn]n H¶pw CÃ. SXn¨p sNmjp¯ I´n NpX§Ä bn¶n SÅn Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ Ak^psX bn¶n F¯n Km¡n sk¨p Wn¶p tImUn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv