സേവകൻ 4 [Mango] 749

N¼nNp«³.sWäv h^a CsSms¡ N*v– A´w kn«v Fsâ hfob¯p Wn¶p.
Mm³ ^*p ssN sNm*pw tfma½]psX skap¯p^p* k`n] I´nNapw sNmjp¯ SpXNapw SXkn St`mXn. F¶n«p B I´n NpX§sa bnaÀ¯n sk¨p t_mhv Wn_¯n DÅ PpU Uzm^w AXp¯p tWm¡p¶Sv tbms` Fsâ fq¡v sNm*v D^¨p. tfma½ Nm`pNÄ Nk¨p sk¨p S¶p.
NqSn¡v Smsj bnaÀ¶ bq_nt`¡v Mm³ tWm¡n. Ak^psX bq_¸w tSWn fp¡n FXp¯v tbms` WWªn^p¶p. “”tI¨o H¶p NqXn NpWnªp A`vbw NqXn sNmSw sbm¡n sbma¯n Wn¡mtkm? Mm³ tImUn¨p.
tfma½ ssNNÄ ^*pw Wn`¯p fp«n¨v NmÂfp«v fX¡msS Nm`N¯n NpWnªp Wn¶p.
“”fp_nskm¶pw Nm\m³ CÃ. ^mkns` sNmSw NjpNn]t¸mÄ Bt\m tI¨n¡v Wo_n]Sv?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”Bw…’ tfma½ b_ªp.
“”Np*n NjpNm³ tW^w tI¨n tNmS¯nsâ ANt¯¡v F¶p sk¨m Cu NqSn tSma ]nt`¡v kn^ N]än AsÃ? WOw sNm*n«p*mkpw’ ko«½]m] H^p hv{So AXp¯p Wn`vbp*v F¶pÅ H^p In´]pw CÃmsS]m\v Ftâ]pw tfma½]psX]pw hwhm^w. “”ASp Mm³ F¶pw kn^ tNmS¯nsâ AN¯p N]än Ss¶]m hmt_ NjpNp¶Sv. WOw sNm*p fp_n]nÃ’ tfma½ b_ªp.
“”H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw tfma½ tI¨o. Mm³ Cu NqSn Spa]n W¡mw. FknsX W¡pt¼mÄ B\v Wo_p¶Sv– F¶v tI¨n b_ªm fSn.’ f_pbXn¡v Nm¯p Wn¡msS Mm³ Ak^psX NqSn W¡n SpX¡m³ SpX§n. ^*p SpXNan`pw Fsâ ssNNÄ sNm*v– Ipän bnXn¨v Aks^ F¶nt`¡v AXp¸n¨p bnXn¨p. Fsâ fpOw Ak^psX AhmfmWy k`n¸w DÅ I´n bmanNÄ¡nX]n fp§n. Fsâ Wmkv– Ak^psX bn¶n`qsX tNmS¯n Wn¶pw bq_nt`¡v C_§n. ¹Nv ¹Nv lÐt¯msX Mm³ Ak^psX bq_n Wn¶pw sbm«ns]m`n¨ tS³ W¡n NpXn¨p sNm*n^p¶p. CsSms¡ N*v h^a Wn¶p kn]À¯p. tfma½ b_ªp…’Bim B…hm…hmt_ … Biv… bq_p W¡*…. bqän tkUW…B..]qiq… bqän tkUW Cà bq_m hmt_..’
Mm³ h^a¡v Nm\pkm³ bmN¯n tfma½]psX sNmSw bnaÀ¯n sk¨v , S_]nt`¡v C_§n C^p¶v tfma½]psX N´v Cu¼n NpXn¨p. h^as] H¶p tWm¡n] tlgw tfma½]psX bqänt`¡v ^*p kn^ N]än Ca¡n. “”Fsâ sbm¶p hmt_…bq_p Sn¶*.. Bim…im… kn^`n«p Ca¡msS hmt_… C§sW sI]vSm FWn¡v S^n¸v CaNpw F¶p b_s]Xn h^sa hm_ntWmXv’
h^a Fsâ tSma¯p ssN sk¨p. Mm³ Sn^nªv Aksa tWm¡n. Fsâ fpOw fpjpk³ tfma½]psX bqÀ tSWn WWªn^p¶p.
“”AknsX tks*¶v tI¨n b_]p¶p…’ h^a fXn¨v fXn¨p Ft¶mXv b_ªp.
“”sNmSw fm{Sw W¡n]m fSnt]m tfmta’ Mm³ tfma½t]mXv tImUn¨p.””fSntfmsW’tfma½b_ªp’dp²nfp«nsænÂNqSn¡pÅnt`¡vWms¡m¶ptNäv.AknsXfp_nkpt*mF¶vtWm¡mt`m’
Mm³Ak^psXNqSn]nÂko*pwWmkpfp«n¨t¸mÄ,h^aH¶pwfn*msSAknsXWn¶pwC_§nAkapsXko«nt`¡vHmXntbm]n.
AkapsXHm«wN*tfma½]pwMmWpwD_s¡D_s¡In^n¨p.
SpX^pw…