Chapter Title : പത്മ എന്റെ അമ്മ [Yayathi]

N*k^m\v F¶v H^n¡`pw tSm¶pfm]n^p¶nÃ. A{S]v¡v ewPo]m]kÀ AenW]n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. bt£ Hms^mt^m^p¯^pw fWhp sNm*v Fâ½t] BhzSn¡pN]ms\¶v FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p. A½ kas^ tkPw Ak^pfm]n Hs¡ AXp¸¯n`m]n. Akt^mt^m^p¯^pw A½t]mXv AXp¯nXbjNp¶Sv N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v kÃm¯ h¦Xw sSm¶n. bmkw A½ Cks^´nWm\v Cu hvtWiw Nm\n¡p¶sS¶_n]p¶ntÃm. CX]v¡v Afn¯v A½t]mXv tIÀ¶n^p¶p A½]psX tcm\n Fs´ms¡s]m bYn¸n¡p¶Sp N*p. Mm³ tImUn¨t¸mÄ A½]psX tcm\n kmXvhm¸v BÎntkäm¡pN]m\v F¶p b_ªp. AfnSv F³s_ tcm\pw km§n tWm¡n. Afn¯n³s_ A½]v¡v Wà ssN¸p\rfm\tÃm? N_nNÄs¡ms¡ F´m ^pIn. MmsW{S sk¨m`pw CSn³s_ Gj]`¯p k^nÃ. Ft¶w NpsX bYn¸n¡ptfm? e£\w Njn¡p¶SnWnX]n A½ Afn¯n³s_ A½t]mXv b_ªp. Hm... Sn^¡n«p sk¨Sm... hf]w Nn«pt¼msjms¡ Ct§m«v km. Hs¡ Mm³ bYn¸n¡mw. Afn¯n³s_ A½ b_ªp. Afn¯n³s_ A¦nÄ A½t] Ss¶ hq£n¨p tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. A]nÄ A½]psX Hmt^m l^o^ emP§an`qsX]pw sNmSns]msX Nt®mXn¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. A]mÄ A½s] fWhp sNm*v WPvW]m¡n W¡nt¯mÀ¯pN]m]n^p¶p. bn¶oXv A½]psX tcm¬ WwdÀ Akt^mt^m^p¯^pw km§n. A¶p AkosX Wn¶p tbm^pt¼mÄ A½ ht´mgw sNm*v fSn f_¶n^p¶p. C{S]pw Wà BapNta MmWnSpks^ N*n«nÃ. Ft´m^p hiN^\fm... A½ k^p¶ kjn Ft¶mXv b_ªp. fv... Mm³ fqan. A¶p sskNn«v AfnSv Ft¶ knan¨p M§Ä bp_¯v sk¨v N*pfp«n. F´p b_ªp Wn³s_ A½? Ak³ tImUo¨p. Wn§ta Hs¡ kas^ Cãfm]n. Mm³ f_pbXn WÂNn. Wn³s_½]psX Wà hf]w SpX§n tfmtW... Wo tWm¡ns¡m ^*mjv¨]v¡Nw Wn³s_½t] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Cu Wm«ns` Gäkpw fp´n] skXn B¡n¯^mw. B... bns¶ Wnâ½]psX kmXvhv B¸v Mm³ Wn³s_ tcm\n t¢m¬ sI]vSn«p*v. WnW¡v ASv sskNmsS DbNm^t¸Xpw. Ak³ tbm]t¸mÄ Mm³ ko«nt`¡v sI¶p. A½ Bt^mtXm tcm\n hwhm^n¨p sNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. tImUn¨t¸m Afn¯n³s_ A½]ms\¶v b_ªp. A¶p ^m{Sn