ശരറാന്തല്‍ 4 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജ] 501

N¼nNp«³.sWäv .. C^pWn_¯n sNmjp¯p DX]m¯ fp`]pw Skn«p Na_n`pÅ F^nt]ma]pw fp´n^n¸jw tbm`pÅ sM«pw N*p kÀ¡n tUkNn]psX BhW¯ns`¡v H^p kn^ Np¯n]n_¡n

“” Biv ..hms_ ..k ..k ^pkm”” kÀ¡n¡pw k^m_m]n^p¶p tUkpkn³s_ km]ns`Xp¸pw hvs_Ã]psX Xohn§pw NqsX B]t¸mÄ …B hf]w Ak³s_ tcm¬ sdÃXn¨p .. bqän kn^`nt«m*v Ss¶ hvs_à S³s_ sdZn³s_ sshZn ImÀKn C«n^p¶ tcms\Xp¯p kÀ¡n]psX tWs^ Wo«n … tUkNn Fjpt¶äp tcm¬ N¿n km§n …

h-vN`n¡m_m] Np® tSm`n¨Xn¨p sNm*v tUkNn AkWp fp¶n fp«p Np¯n ..km]nt`¡v sk¨Spw kÀ¡n tcm\n fqans¡m*v tUkNns] Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p hvs_Ã]psX A^s¡«ns`¡v Smjv¯n …skÅtfm`n¡p¶ AkapsX bq_nt`¡v tUkNn Btklt¯msX Wmkp Wo«n W¡n .. hvs_à AkapsX fp¶n Wn¡p¶ kÀ¡n]psX Np® bnXn¨p H¶v ^*p {bmklyw sSm`n¨Spw AkapsX fp`]ns`¡Sv bm Ioän …

“” Mm³ k^pkm .. SÂNm`w B^pw A_n]* .. Aks^ Wn³s_ bj] kmXNko«nt`¡v sNm*v sbmt¡m “”

‘ F´m]n hmt_ .. B Pp*s]]pw tZmÎs_]pw bnXnt¨m ? ‘ FÃmw tN«SnWp tlgw kÀ¡n b_ªt¸mÄ hvs_à BNmwgt]msX AksW tWm¡n .. km]n`pw Ip*n`pw tS³ SpÅnNapfm]n tUkpkpw Fjpt¶äp

“” bnXn¨p … sSm½³ AÃm]n^p¶p XmÀPäv … Wo]m]n^p¶p “”

“” MmtWm …. F´nWv ? B^ms\s¶ sNmÃm³ WX¡p¶Sv ? Culz^m Mm³ F´v sSäv sI]vSn«m ?’

“” sNmÃm³ {lfn¨Sv Ck³ “” kÀ¡n S³s_ sfmssd`n At¸mÄ k¶ tcmt«m Aksa Nm\n¨p

“” Culz^m fpi½Uv– …Cks^ bnXnt¨m ? As¸m knWpkpw Kngv\pkpw ?’

‘Aks^]pw bnXn¨p “” kÀ¡n ko*pw S³s_ s{Zhv C«p

“” F³s_ ssUktf ..F³s_ tfm³ …AkWnSv sI¿q` hmt_ … F¶m`pw .. Ft¶mXnSv “”

“” tUkp N^]* … AkÀ¡nSv A_n]nÃm¶p tSm¶p¶psk¶m\v KºmÀ b_ªSv … CksWmä¡m FÃmw ¹m³ sI]SSv … ASnWp tk*n]m Wn§sX NqsX k^msS bp_sN k¶Sv … tkXn sbm«pt¼mÄ fpi½Uv– D*m]n^pt¶m AknsX .. HmÀ¯p tWm¡v hvs_Ãm ?’

‘ Cà … skXnsbm«n Njnªm Ak³ k¶Sv …ASv Mm³ tW^s¯ b_ªm]n^p¶tÃm … bs£ tbm`ohv k¶t¸mÄ AkWm Fs¶ A¸p_t¯¡v k`n¨ns« … Asæn`pw …Ak³ …AksW´nWm Fs¶ sNmÃpt¶ ..Mm³ ..Mm³ AktWmsXm¶pw sI]vSnÃtÃm “”

‘ tks_ BÀs¡¦n`pw tk*n Bs\¦n ? tWm¡v Cu BansW … Wo A_n]pw ..CkÀ¡v tk*n]m fpi½Uv–Wns¶sNmÃm³{lfn¨Sv””

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