ശരറാന്തല്‍ 4 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജ] 503

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NojX§n]mt`m ?’ Kngv\pkm\Sv b_ªSv

“” Wo tkt\ NojX§nt¡m … Wo]pw sbmt¡m … FWn¡v k¿ CXn sNmÅm³ .. hSyw sSan]p¶Sv ks^ Ak^N¯nXpw ..C¯ ..C¯msX Nm^yw HmÀ¡pt¼mjm ‘ fpi½Un³s_ N®pNan skÅw Wn_ªp

‘ ti … kngfn¡msSXm … H¶pftÃ`pw b«n\n NnX¯nÃtÃm AkÀ”” Kngv\p AksW hfmVmWn¸n¨p.

‘ Mm³ sNmXp¡msS f^ps¶m¶pw Njn¡nÃtÃmXm … GSp hf]kpw Hmt^m¶v Bt`mIn¨n§sW ..””

knWp H¶pw fn*n]nà … fpi½UnWv ^*p htimU^nfmÀ B\v .. fq¯]mÄ knkminS]m]n Updm]n .. ^*mfs¯ htimU^n knkmitfmInS … BUy eÀ¯mkp Dtb£n¨p tbm]n AVnNw Smfhn]msSSs¶ ko*pw Wà {bm]kySymhw DÅ H^mapfm]n Ak^psX knkmiw Njnªp .. ASpw k`y SmfhfnÃmsS Hjnªp … Ct¸mÄ AkÀ GNm´ kmh¯n`m\v .. fp_n]n Wn¶n_§ms_ Cà .. fpi½Un³s_ sI_p¸¯ns` Ak³s_ D½m f^n¨SnWm C¯fm^m\v AksW tWm¡n]Sv .. fq¯ C¯]psX knkmiw Njnªt¸mÄ fpS Ak³ Ca] C¯t]mXv Nq«m]n …ASnWp Nm^\w B hf]¯v Ak³s_ dm¸ fsäm^p N`ym\w Njn¨Spw .. C¯ F¶v b_ªm Ak³ Imkpw . Ak^psX N®v Wn_]p¶Sv Nm\p¶Sv AkWnãfnà ..ASv sNm*v Ss¶ fpi½Uv– Ds*¦n C¯m AkWp fp¶n {bh^n¸v AenW]n¡pN F¦n`pw sI¿pw . dm¸ AknXnsæn ^*mW½ Bim^w tbm`pw sNmXp¡nà … AkÀ¡v fpi½UnsW AÂbw tbXn DaaSnWm C¯ AXp¡a]n N]_n FXp¯m H¶pw b_]nÃm¶p fm{Sw

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‘ hms_ .. M§sX e£\w Hs¡ bnXn¡ptkm Btkm ?’

kmj]n sbmSnªp sNm*v k¶ tIm_v bm{S¯nt`¡v tNm^n]n«Snt`¡v NpX¼pan]n«v kän¨ A]`¡_n]pw sk*]v¡ sfjp¡pbp^«n]pw kna¼n tUkNn tImUn¨p

‘ Hm .. CStà tUkq hpOw .. Asæn`pw WnW¡v Abm^ ssN¸p\yfsà … Abm^ tX]vÌv ..H¶v ^pIn¨m bnt¶w bnt¶w Njn¡m³ tSm¶pw “”

fo³Imt_mjn¨p D^pa]m¡n knjp§n , Im_p kn^ sNm*v tSm*ns]Xp¯p km]n sk¨q¼ns¡m*v kÀ¡n tUkNns] tWm¡n .

‘ H¶v tbm hmt_ …”” tUkNn Ak³ sNmÅn¨m b_ªsS¶p fWhn`m¡n AktWmXp tIÀ¶v Wn¶p . AkapsX sNmjp¯ CXp¸k³s_ tSman AfÀ¶p …

‘ hvs_tà … Wo]qXn tUkqWp U£n\ skt¨m … Asà tKman AknsX sbm_pSn SpX§pw “” kÀ¡n sdZn`n^p¶p tIm_p®p¶ hvs_Ãs] tWm¡n .

‘ tkt\Â sk«n knjp§o«v tbm hms_ … hm_nWp WÃ Ul tWm¡n sNmXp¡v tI¨n hm_nWv””

hvs_Ã N¼nNp«³.sWäv