Chapter Title : രാഗമാലിക [ഋഷി]

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N¼nNp«³.sWäv C¡s]s¶ hz´fm]n N^pSn]m fSn. frUphz^w. At§s^ AkÄ ssN¿ns`Xp¯p. tfmap k¶ms«. At§^v-- sd©p SpX¨p. bSnkv fSnt]m (Fsâ sIkn]nÂ). Mm³ S`]m«n.k*n]psX Imkn Wo«n . ssbâv-- ASn`p*v--. Njn¡ptfm? bpÅn NÃpknsâ tWÀ¡v tWm¡n. Dw... Mm³ S`Np`p¡n. F´mXm? Aksasâ sIkn]n f{´n¨p. _w kn¯v-- tNma. ^s*®w AXn¡pt¶m? Fsâ hn²q... ]q BÀ F KoWn]hv. Aksasâ Nknans`m^p fp¯w WÂNn. Nnjksâ fµimhw Mm³ N¬tNm\n N*p. dpim^n]psX ^m{Sn]ns` hvsbgy bp«pw, Bkn b_¡p¶ B«n_¨n¡_n]pw. NqsX b¸Xw, fp« sbm^n¨Sv--, DÅn]pw b¨fpaNpw WWp¯Sm]n A^nªv-- kn¶mPn^n Hjn¨Sv--. _w H^n_¡p NpXn¨p. bns¶ bp«pw f«\pw b¸Xkpw sk«n knjp§n. Mm³ ^*p _½Xn¨t¸mÄ AkÄ fqs¶®fN¯m¡n! bmâohnXmsS]mt\mXo sk`hp¶Sv--? Mm³ tImUn¨p. ASp Wns¶s]§mWpw N*mt`m¶p sk¨m. H^p huN^y¯nWv--.. AkapsX fpOw C¯n^n SpXp¯p. ssk Z»yq hn G]n b{´*nWp fp³bv Aksa]n_¡n. Sn^n¨p tbm]n dm¡n B«w N*p. ko«ns`¯n tdmVw sN«p_§n. Nm`¯v sskNns]\oät¸mÄ AkapsX tImUyw fWÊn fpj§n. WnW¡v-- knNm^§sa tbXn]mt\m? ]q BÀ A¬NwcÀ«dnÄ F_u*v-- Ctfmg³hv--. H^mhvbn^nWpw Njn¨v-- Nm´m^n HX¨Spw tfm^pNm¨n]Spw I½´n]pw tIÀ¯v C^pWmjn bj¦ªn AN¯m¡n. Nan N*p k^p¶ kjn¡v-- ^s*®w bnXn¸n¡p¶ lo`w lm^n¡_n]mw. Im^pNth^]n SaÀ¶p NnX¶p. hÔy k¶p. FXo B Neo Neo... t¹ sI¿v--. Mm³ b_ªp. Neo Neo tft^ Un tfw O]m`v-- B¯mti.. sN ssKsh SpJv-- tNm dWm]m P]m si tfs^`nt]...Wns¶