Chapter Title : ശരറാന്തല്‍ 4 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജ]

B]n^pt¶sW Ak³s_ XmÀPäv ...WX¡msS tbm]t¸mÄ tUkNn]psX ko«n ... AkWm^m\v? A¶v dpÅän SWn¡v tWs^ k¶Spw AkWmNptfm ?'

kÀ¡n¡v H¶pw kyàfm]nà .

B_^ B]t¸mÄ fm] k¶p AkÀ¡pÅ cpZpfm]n ... AkapsX N¿n `m¸pw D*m]n^p¶p .

tUkNn At¸mÄ Npan¡mWm]n N]_n]Sm]n^p¶p .

' fm] .. Asà ...A¶v N*n^p¶p ... S³s_ tcm\n dm`³hv Dt*m H^p tNmÄ sI¿m³ D*m]n^p¶p ""

kÀ¡ns] H¶v tWm¡n]SnWp tlgw hvs_Ãt]mXp kÀ¯fmWw b_ªn^p¶ fm]]psX N¿n Wn¶v kÀ¡n tcm¬ km§n G´n bp_¯p k¶p

AkW^f\n¡qÀ Njnªm\v AN¯p k¶Sv . tUkNn NpanNjnªp k¶p fm] sNm*v k¶ hm^n DXp¡pN]m]n^p¶p . Wo` Na_n DÅ AXn¸mkmX]pw Wo` s»uhpw C«p hm^n sMm_nªpXp¡p¶ Aksa kÀ¡n sNmSnt]msX tWm¡n S³s_ Np®]n Sn^p½n . hvs_à fm]s] WpÅn Ak³s_ Sn^p½Â Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p .

' As½ .. F´nWm Cu bmXpsb«pXp¡ps¶ .... CknsX H^mÄ Ajnt¨m*n^n¡pkm""
fm] knan¨p b_ªt¸mÄ tUkNn Ak^psX tWs^ Sn^nªp .fmwhafm] k]_ns` Npjnª bp¡nan Ss¶ S³s_ Np® bmSn]pw N]_psf¶v kÀ¡n¡v tSm¶n .

"" Mm³ tbmNpkm As½ ...CWn]nknsX Wn¶m kÀ¡n hm_n³s_ tSt^m«¯nWp MmWpw hm£n]mkpw ""

"" Zn .. Wnt¶ Mm³ "" tbmNmWm]n Fjpt¶ä fm]s] kÀ¡n k«w bnXn¨p S³s_ sW©nt`¡v Im]v¨p ..

"" H¶v tbm ...hms_ .."" fm] ]msSm^p Nqh`pw CÃmsS AksW SÅn sdZns`¡n«p .. H^p Nm`n fm{Sw d`w sNmXp¯v Wn¶ kÀ¡n sdZnt`¡v ko\p tbm]n .

"" C¶v CknsX Wn¡p¶Sn FWn¡v kngftfm¶pfnà .. Mm³ k^pw ..hm_nsW tSXn At§m«v-- ... M§apsX KoknS¯nWp tf bXÀ¶ NmÀtfOw sb]vtSmjnªn«v .... ASnWpw