Chapter Title : ശരറാന്തല്‍ 4 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജ]

bm*n k¶Sv ... sfmssd Hm\m¡^psS¶p b_]ptNw sI]vSSv ""

""Wm«ns`Ãmk^pw A_ntªm ssUktf ... At½w tI¨n]psfms¡ tbXn¨n^n¡pkm]n^n¡pw ... tbm`ohpw Hs¡ tN_n]n_§pt¼m ""

"" Hm ... Ak^v Wns¶ sSän²^n¡ptkm¶pfnsÃXm knWp ""

"" Òw .. koXpw NpXow H¶pfnÃm¯ WnW¡Sv b_]mw ""

' sbäSsÃ`pw H^½ FWn¡pfntÃXm ... BUys¯ D^pa FWn¡v S^msS Bim^w Njn¡m¯ A½ ... bYn¯w SoÀ¶n«v tk\w A½s] FkntX¡pw knXmsS ko«n`n^p¯m³""

Kngv\p bm_]n Wo*p WnkÀ¶p NnX¶p

"" Zm .. F\o¡v .. kÃSpw Njn¡v'

' Zm bm*n ..Wo ko«n tbmt]m ?' fpi½Uv-- sNm*v k¶ bmÀh Sp_¶t¸mÄ dn^n]m\n N*p Kngv\p tImUn¨p .

' Òw ... C¯msX f^p¶v F³s_ N¿n AÃm]n^pt¶m ... km§n k¶ Unkhfm ASv hweknt¨ ... ""

""Wo Njnt¨mXm""

"" Òw .. C¶s` D*m¡n]Sm ... IqXm¡n S¶p .. NqsX]n^p¶p Njn¨ntàASv fSn C¯m¡v ..AStà sskNn«v F§tW`pw Mm³ tbmNps¶ .""

"" Òw .. WsÃm^p tZmÎs_ Nm\n¡Xm ..FÃmw sl^n]mNpw""

"" F{S tbs^ Nm\n¨p ... C¯m¡v H¶pfnöm FÃm^pw b_]pt¶ ..""

sNm*v k¶ sbmSnNÄ bm_]psX Ipk«ns` sI_n] Ppi tbm`pÅ AÅn e{Ufm]n sk¨v fpi½Uv-- H^p hnP^änWp So sNmap¯n

"" F¶mXm bpSn] lo`w ?'

"" ti sk_psS N¼nNp«³.sWäv

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