ശരറാന്തല്‍ 4 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജ] 503

N¼nNp«³.sWäv … sX³g³ ..””

“” Wns¶ ktÃm^pw Nt*m …Fs´¦n`pw knk^w Nn«nt]m ?’

“” tSmfhnsW Bt^m sNm¶p F¶ÃmsS BÀ¡pw H^p knk^kpfnà …Bs^]pw As_Ìv– sI]vSn«pfnÃm¶m Mm³ AknXp¶pfnknXp¶pw tNs« “”

“” tR … As¸m ..As¸m hvs_tèn ?’ Aks^ bnXn¡p¶Sv A¶v W½Ä kyàfm]n N*Stà … bns¶ CksW GtSm Nq«pNm^³ knan¨p b_ªntà … hvs_sèn¡v F³s_ ko«n sk¨v skXnt]äp F¶v “”

‘ Bskm …AsSm¶pw ..FWn¡_n]nà ….”” fpi½Uv– hnP^äv Npän D^¨p sNXp¯n k`ns¨_nªp .

‘ As¸m bns¶ W½Ä CknsX Wn¡* Nm^yfpt*m .. A½ ..knk^sfm¶pw A_n]msS “” Kngv\p AXpt¯¡v Wo§n]n^p¶p .

‘ ^*ns`m¶_n]msS W½Ä tbmN* … W½sa]m\v– AkÀ NpäkmanNÄ B]n N^pSn]n^n¡p¶sS¦nt`m ?’

“” Bskm ..H¶pw H^p bnXn]pw Nn«p¶nà .””

“” FXm ..knWp … W½a¶p tI¨n]psX ko«n Wn¶n_§n]Sv fpSt`m¶p _nssk³Zv sI]vsS …”” Kngv\p b_ªp

‘ W½Ä tI¨ns]]pw sNm*v Wn³s_ Hmt«m]n h-vNqan³s_ fp¶ns`¯n ..hvs_tèns] h-vNqan³s_ fp¶n C_¡n]n«v– W½Ä Hmt«m fmän]n«n«v ¢mhv _qfnt`¡v N]_pt¼mÄ Ak³ hvs_tèns] bnXn¡p¶ bnXn¡p¶Sv N*p tSmfhnsW SÅn fmäp¶p ..Wn³s_ N¿n`m]n^p¶p Ak³ … sb«¶v skXn sbm«n] lÐkpw knhn`Xn¡p¶ lÐkpw ‘

“” AsS …. F³s_ N¿n Wn¶v tSmfhn³s_ d`w bnXp¯w Wn¶t¸mÄ Mm³ ssN A]¨p .. AkWqÀ¶p Smtj¡v tbm]n .. F´v sI¿\sf¶_n]msS Wn¶t¸m B\v bm*n HmXns¡mam³ b_tªm*v HmXn k¶Sv ‘

‘ Òvfw .. MmtWmXn ..Wos]³s_ bp_sN]p*m]n^p¶p.. hvs_sèns] bm*n sbm«n] en¯n]psX C¸p_s¯¡v SÅn]n«p .. bs£ Aks^ tbm`ohv bnXn¨p … W½Ä tSm«¯n Nfnjv¶p NnX¶Sv sNm*v bnXn¡s¸«nà “”

‘As¸m B^m]n^n¡pw tkXn sk¨Sv … ssWäv bt{Xman§nWp tbmNp¶ tbm`ohpNm^psX N¿n tSm¡p*mknà .. bns¶ hvs_sènt]À¸mXm¡n] kmXN Pp*]pw tZmÎ_pw..bs£ bm*n …Zm …Aks^ Wo tWs^ tbmNp¶Sm]m\v N*sS¶tà b_sª ..””

“” AsS .. ASk^v bs£ bp_sN Mm³ DÅSv sNm*v tWs^ tbm]Sms\¦nt`m?’ fpi½Uv– Ak^psX tWs^ Sn^nªp

“” ASpw b_]m³ bänà “” Kngv\p In´]n`m*p

‘ AsSms¡ tbms« .. W½sa ^£n¡m³ Bs^ sNm*v bäpw ? F{S Unkhfm C§sW Njn]ps¶ ? “”

knWp Bt`mIn¨n«v H^p ^£]pw Nm\p¶nà .

‘ Wfp¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv