തുടക്കം 8 [ne-na] 1597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo¡n k¨p.

F¶n«p AkapsX WPvWfm] WXpkn AfÀ¯n SXkn.

N®X¨v NnX¶p sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.

“”Ct¸mÄ WÃ hpOfp*v tI«m.. Np_¨p tW^w NqXn A§sW SXkn Sm.””

WXpkn AfÀ¯n SXkp¶SnWnX]n Aksâ N®pNÄ bSps¡ Ko³hnWpÅn koÀ¸p fp«n Wn¡p¶ AkapsX bn³ fmwh tPma§ant`¡p Wo§n. C_pNn NnX¡p¶ Ko³hnWpÅn AkapsX B fmwh tPma§apsX BNm^ ewPn AkWv W¶m]n fWhn`m¡m³ bän.

ASnt`¡p tWm¡p¶SnWnX]n Ak³ SXknsNm*n^p¶ ssN]psX tkPS bSps¡ Np_ªp.

“”F´m SXkp¶Sv WnÀ¯ns]?””

sbs«¶v hztdmV¯nt`¡v k¶ Ak³ N®pNÄ AknsX Wn¶pw {lfs¸«p fmän ko*pw SXkn SpX§n.

Ak³ fWÊn b_ªp.

‘H^n¡`pw sSäm]n H¶pw In´n¡^pSv. t^gvf]v¡v km¡v sNmXp¯n«p*v H¶pw sSäm]n sI¿nsöv. fm{Sfà Ss¶ knlkhn¨p NqsX k¶ sb®m\v. CSpks^ C§sW H^p Sm`vb^ykpw AkÄ St¶mXv Nm\n¨n«nÃ. F®]n`pw SWn¡v Ss¶ hz´fmtN*Sm\v.’

Np_¨p Njnªt¸mtj¡pw AkÄ H¶v f]§n]Sm]n tSm¶n] Ak³ AXp¯ _qfn tbm]n NnX¡mWm]n N«n`n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp.

sbs«¶v AkÄ Aksâ ssN]n N]_n bnXn¨p bmSn f]¡¯n b_ªp.

“”tI«Wpw Ft¶msXm¸w C¶v CknsX NnX¡v.””

Ak³ tk\tfm tk*t]m F¶v H¶v In´n¨ tlgw AkapsX A^nNn`m]n NnX¶p. AkÄ AksW ssN sNm*v sN«nbnXn¨p AktWmXp NqXpSÂ tImSp§n NnX¶p.

AkapsX Wnlzmhw Aksâ fpO¯v Ss¶ S«nsNm*n^p¶p. B sN«nbnXp¯Sn AkÄ¡p St¶mXpÅ hvtWiw fm{Stf DÅp F¶v fWhn`m]SnWm AkWv {btSNn¨p H¶pw tSm¶n]nÃ.

ssd¡v HmXn¨p Wà £o\w D*m]n^p¶SnWm AkWpw bSps¡ D_¡¯nt`¡p kjpSn ko\p.

. . . .

^mkns` D_¡w Fjpt¶ä NmÀ¯nNv A^nNnt`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AlzSns] Nm\p¶nÃ. km¨nt`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ F«p f\n. £o\w Nm^\w D_§n]m hf]w tbm]S_nªnÃ. N«n`n Wn¶pw FjptWäp iman sI¶v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ tZmÀ Sp_¶p NnX¡p¶p. Ak³ bp_t¯¡p C_§n tWm¡pt¼mÄ Nm\p¶ NmjvI H^p SqskÅ Ip^nUmÀ C«p fªp sNm*v fqXnWn¡p¶ H^p f`s] tWm¡n Wn¡p¶ AlzSns] B\v. H^p sI_p N¼nNp«³.sWäv