തുടക്കം 8 [ne-na] 1598

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ dmSv_qfns` tZmÀ Sp_¡p¶ hu*v tN«v Ak³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n. Aksâ N®pNsa AkWv knlzhn¡mWm]nÃ.

H^p Wo` NaÀ Xk DXp¯p B^y C_§n k^p¶p. AkapsX tSman NqXn tbm]n^n¡p¶ fª NaÀ kÅn N*t¸mÄ AkÄ {dm C«n«p*v F¶kWv fWhn`m]n.

CSnWpfp³sbm^n¡Â ko«n k¨p CtS tkg¯n Aksa N*t¸mÄ AkÄ Wm\n¨p Sn^n¨p d¯qfn HmXn N]_n]Sv Ak³ HmÀ¯p. bs£ Ft¸mÄ AkapsX fpO¯v B Wm\tfm H¶pw CÃ.

AkÄ dmPn Wn¶pw {ZÊv FXp¯n«v AktWmXp b_ªp.

“”tI«sWm¶p Sn^nªp C^pt¶, Mm³ {ZÊv fm_s«.””

Ak³ H¶pw fn*msS Sn^nªn^p¶p. AkÄ Xk Du^n fmäp¶SnWv fp³bv AksW H¶v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ N*Sv Aksâ fp¶ns` A`fm^n]n ¥mhn NqXn Ss¶ Ss¶ tWm¡p¶ NmÀ¯nNnsW Bam\v.

AkÄ In\p§n sNm*v b_ªp.

“” tI«³ Mm³ fn*nà tNt«m, N®mXn]n tWm¡n]mÂ.””

“”Hmt¡,, Mm³ tWm¡p¶nÃ.. Wo {ZÊv fm_nt¡m.””

Ak³ S` NpWn¨n^p¶p. Np_¨p tW^w A§sW C^ps¶¦n`pw BNmwg Nm^\w Ak³ S` sI_pSm]n D]À¯n N®mXn]n tWm¡n.

Xk Du^n Naªp Ip^nUm_nsâ bmâv C«p ASnsâ kÅn tN«psNm*n^n¡p¶ B^ys] B\v Ak³ N*Sv. A^¡p fpNan H^p fª NaÀ {dm fm{Sfm\pÅSv.

AkÄ sbs«¶v AksW tWm¡n, ASv N*Spw Ak³ S` Smjv¯n.

AkÄ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”Wm\fnÃm¯k³.. C¿mÄ NãvXsb«p Nů^w Nm\n¡*.. tW^n«p Ss¶ tWm¡nt¡m.””

B H^p km¡v tNÄ¡mWn^p¶ksW tbms` Ak³ sbs«¶v Sn^nªp Aksa tWm¡n. At¸mtj¡pw AkÄ S`kjn tXmbv CXpkm]n^p¶p. ssN D]À¯n k¨n^p¶m AkapsX WPvWfm] N£w Ak³ AkWv bän. t^mfw k¶n«pÅ bmXptbm`pw AknsX CÃm]n^p¶p. tXmbv cpÄ f_¡p¶Sp¶SnWp fp³bv {dm]n sbmSnª AkapsX fp`Nant`¡v Ak³ tWm¡n. sbs«¶pÅ Nmjv¨]n Ak]v¡p AVnNw k`n¸w Csöp AkWv tSm¶n.tXmbv C«p Njnªp AkÄ AknsX Wn¶p sNm*v Ss¶ Wm\t¯msX AksW tWm¡n.

sbs«¶m\v tZmÀ sd AXn¨Sv. AkÄ sI¶v tZmÀ Sp_¶p tWm¡pt¼mÄ Bim^w sNm*v k¶Sm]n^p¶p. knl¸p*m]n^p¶SnWm AkÀ sbs«¶v Ss¶ Bim^w Njn¡mWn^p¶p, Bim^w BhzUn¨p Njn¨ tlgw AkÀ koXnWp fpä¯p kn_Np Nq«n So Nm]Wm]n C^p¶p. Wà S\p¸pw fªpw.

NmÀ¯nNv AlzSns] Ssâ fp¶n`m]n bnXn¨n^p¯n tlgw AktamXv tIÀ¶n^p¶p, AkapsX S`]n fpOw tIÀ¯v k¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv