Chapter Title : ശരറാന്തല്‍ 4 [മന്ദന്‍ രാജ]

Nm`p Wo«n bnXn¨p . Nm NjpNn ...NjpNnNjnªt¸mÄ B\v fp_nkn³s_ Woä SpX§n]Sv .. ko*pw thmN-vhv-- CXm³ bäm¯SnWm Ak³ dqXvhv fm{Sfn«v ¢nWn¡nt`¡v WX¶p .. thmN-vhv-- CÃm¯SnWm Bkpw Wà tkUW .. tPänt`¡v WX¶t¸mÄ B\v en¯n]n sk¨n^n¡p¶ Nmf_s] bän HmÀf k¶Sv . bns¶]Sv tbm]n FXp¯p km¡_pw FXp¯p fSn`n³s_ AXp¯v sk¨v ASn N]_nWn¶v skan]n ImXn . Nm`pNp¯n ImXn]Spw tkUW]m bpaªptbm]n kÀ¡n . dqXvhv Du^n tWm¡n]nÃm]n^pt¶Â H^p bs£ tkUW A_n]pfm]n^p¶nà F¶kWp tSm¶n .

Nm_n N]_n H^p knVw NzmÀs«Àhns`¯n NnX¶Sv fm{Sw HmÀf]p*v . ^mkns` Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ Wà bWn,Nm`nWp Wo^pw tkUW]pw .. hvs_gWnÂknan¨p b_ª tlgw tNm^]psX timhvbnä`ns`¡v Ak³ ]m{S]m]n . CWvK£Wpw fäpw FXp¯t¸mÄ bWn AÂbw kns«¦n`pw tNm^ AZvfnäv-- BNmWm\v WnÀt±ln¨Sv . kÀ¡n knan¨SWph^n¨v KCJ KºmÀ At§m«v-- k¶n^p¶p

"" hms_ ..C¶s` Npj¸sfm¶pw D*m]nà ..CWn Wn¡t\m AkÀ¡v Nmk ?'

"" tk\w Kºmt_... {bSn Wnhm^¡m^Wà ' kÀ¡n C¶s`]p*m] hweks¯ Np_n¨kWtkmXv b_ªp .. ""

F´nWm\v timhvbnä`n tbm]sS¶pw F´m\v hwekn¨sS¶pw Kºm_ntWmXv kÀ¡n b_ªp

"" tSm¡pw fäpw Ak^psX N¿n Ds*¦n hm_nWn SWns] tbmN* . MmtWm h¼t¯m k^mw NqsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ""

h¼¯v fp^ptNl³ .. Sfnjv kwlKWm\v . kÀg§am]n Npfnan]n Smfhn¡p¶p . kÀ¡n]psX]pw knlzØWm\k³. _nt`gWn sb« B^psXt]m knkmi¯nWv SfnjvWm«n tbm]n^n¡p¶p . Wmsat]m fä¶mtam F¯pw . kÀ¡n h¼¯ntWmXv F{S]pw tkPw _nt¸mÀ«v sI¿m³ b_]m³ Kºm_nsW IpfS`s¸Xp¯n

"" hms_ ... Aan]³s_ sb§sX N`ym\fm Wmsa ...C¶v sskNpt¶^w fpSÂ sIÃ\sf¶m AkÄsX HmÀZÀ..Mm³ tW^s¯ hm_ntWmXv hqIn¸n¨n^p¶p ""

"" sl^n]m Kºmt_ , bs£