Chapter Title : രാഗമാലിക [ഋഷി]

FWn¡ptk*n]m\v-- hrãn¨Sv--... fptNgnsâ Bßmkn sSmXp¶ hz^w. N®pNÄ AXªn^ps¶¦n`pw Wn_sªmjpNn. Bim.. l^n¡pw NÅ`£\w. bm«ptN«m`v--, hnWnf Nm\p¼jv--, bphvSNw km]n¡p¼jv--.... Hs¡]§p N^tªmapw. lm^n! Wns¶]ms^Xo sN«ns]Xp¯Sv--? Mm³ tImUn¨p. Hm kÃy Nm^yfm]nt¸m]n. AkÄ hÔy]psX tWÀ¡p Sn^nªp. F¶m Ct§À¡v-- AXp¯ dÔp¡Ä Bt^`pw f^n¨mt`m? H^p Np`pt¡mfnÃ. Wnsâ S´]Ãnt§^v--. Nm]¦paw sNm¨p®osX S´]mXo. Wo tbmXo. Mm³ b_ªp. bm«ptNt«ms«. Hm, MmW§p sbmt¡mamw. bns¶t¡«Sv-- AXp¡a]n Fs´ms¡t]m sbm«ns¯_nNÄ. Mm³ N®X¨p. bm«p Wn`¨t¸mÄ hÔy Fsâ fpOw tSmÀs¯Xp¯v-- SpX¨p. ]q BÀ F s_mfmânNv. CSnWp f^p¶nÃ. Aksasâ Nknan`p½sk¨p. tbmXo... N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ In^n¨p.. AÑW_n]mtfm. Fsâ ^*p Nq«pNm^nNÄs¡¦n`pw AÑsW¶p b_ªm KokWm]n^p¶p. Mm³ sM«nt¸m]n. F´mXo C¸jv-- b_ªSv--? Aka_n]*. Aksasâ sIkn]n f{´n¨p. AÑsW¡m\pt¼msjms¡ Ak^psX fpOw C§sW SpXp¯p k^pw. bns¶ AÑsâ Nm^y§Ä sS^¡pw. hinsN«t¸m Mm³ H^p¯nt]mXv-- tW^n«§p fp«ntWm¡m³ b_ªp. Aksam^p bmkfm]tSm*v-- H¶pw WX¡qsÃs¶Wn¡_n]mw. fäkan¯n^n skaª hmVWw. Akap sI`¸w fp«nt]sW. FXo Cu sNaksW]mt\m sNm¨pbntÅÀ¡nãw. Hmt^m k«pNav--. Mm³ In^n¨p. AkÄ AXpt¯¡v Ìqap Wo¡n]n«n^p¶p. Fsâ AÑWÃmsS tk_ms^¦n`pfm]n^ps¶¦n MmWpw ko\ptbmt]tW. bns¶ sF tWm Umäv-- ]q BÀ tWm«v-- cngnRv tcmÀ tNmw¹nsfâv--hv--. AkÄ ANt¯¡v tWm¡n. b*v-- A½ Ip½m kj¡nWp k^p¶sS¸jms\¶_n]mtfm? GsS¦n`pw hv{SoNÄ CknsX k^pt¼mÄ. Ak^ÑsW tWm¡\Sv-- A½]v¡_n]mw.ASm\v-- Nm^\w. bns¶ A½]{S f*ns]m¶pfÃ. AÑWnsSm¶pw A_nªqsX¶pw A½]v¡_n]mw. A¸jv-- tks_s´¦n`pw Nm^\w b_ªm\v-- kj¡v. MmWnsSÃmw tN«p kmsbman¨n^p¶ptbm]n. AkÄ Wnt¶mXv hqIn¸nt¨m, F¸sj¦n`pw? AkÄ In^n¨p. MmsWm^p sb®tÃ. DÅn sNm¨nsâ N^¨n`p tN«v-- AkÄ kn«p. MmWkap b_ªsSÃmw C^p¶]kn_¡n. Hs^¯pw bnXn]pw Nn«n]nÃ. tKm`n ]{´§apsX CX]nÂ. bns¶ bmt«m, hnWnft]m, Nant]m... CSnsWms¡ tbmNpt¼mÄ ASn`§p fp§pw. hpir¯p¡apw B\p§Ä.