ഉത്സവരാത്രിയില്‍ [Master] 896

N¼nNp«³.sWäv DÕkw Nm\m³ AkÄ M§apsX NqsX k^p¶p F¶ fimÛpSw hwekn¡p¶Sv.

fWhnsâ Ca¡w Nm^\w Mm³ hmfmWyw W¶m]n¯s¶ fUybn¨p. bns¶ Du\v Njn¨p tkgw fm_n. bp_¯v k¶t¸mÄ hof A\nsªm^p§n hzoN^\ fp_n]n Np«nNapsX NqsX C^n¸p*v. Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ AkÄ `Öt]msX Fjpt¶äp Wn¶p. B fpPv²shuµ^y UÀlW¯n FWn¡v MmWXn¨ fUyw Bkn]]nt¸m]Sv tbms` tSm¶n.

H^p Caw Wo` s»uhpw CawWo` {bnâv– gntcm¬ hm^n]pfm]n^p¶p AkapsX tkgw. s»uhv F¶v knan¡p¶SntW¡mÄ, A¸w k`n] {dm F¶ tb^m]n^n¡pw B s»uhnWv tI^pN Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. A{S]v¡v sI_pSm]n«m\v AkaSv S]v¸n¨n^p¶Sv. Wà k®fpÅ AjtN_n] ssN¯*NÄ ^*pw bqÀ® WPvWw F¶pSs¶ tk\sf¦n b_]mw. B ssNNÄ N*m fSn]mNpw ftWmd`w CÃm¯kWv hvO`Ww hwekn¡m³. AVnNw IqXnÃm¯ ^m{Sn B]n«pw AkapsX N£§Ä AfnSfm]n kn]À¯n^p¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p. s»uhnWpÅn skap¯ {dm]psX Wnj hvbãfm]n Nm\mw. sW©p Wn_ªp Wn¡p¶, ]p²h¶²^m] fpjp¯ fp`NÄ. k]À W¶m]n {bUÀln¸n¨pÅ hm^n]pXp¸v. kl§an sNmSn¸n¡p¶ fX¡pNÄ ko\ b^¶p SpXp¯, sNmjp¯ k]À. H^pSpXw F® sNmÅm³ S¡ Bjkpw k`n¸kpw tSm¶n¡p¶ sbm¡nÄ. sbm¡nan Wn¶pw F{S]pw Smjv¯m³ hmVn¡ptfm A{S]pw Smjv¯n]m]n^p¶p AkÄ hm^n Np¯n]n^p¶Sv. N^ns]jpSn] N®pNapw sI_n] Wo` sbm«pw AkapsX shuµ^yw ^*n^«n Nq«n]n«p*m]n^p¶p. Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ SpXp¯p Ipk¶ NojvIp*v Wmkv Wo«n W¡n]n«v AkÄ fVp^fm]n bp©n^n¨p. CSptbms`m^p I^¡nsW Nn«n] ^mtK{µtWmXv FWn¡v Wn]{´n¡m³ hmVn¡m¯{S Ahq] tSm¶n. AXnfpXn W¡nW¡n Sn¶m³ tSm¶p¶, sk®]n NXª l^o^fpÅ sb®v! B Ip*pNan fU^hw Wn_ªp sbm«m³ Wn¡p¶Sv tbms`]m\v.

“”hof kt¶m..tIm_pt*mXo tfmsa Wo’

tkgw fm_n bp_t¯¡v k^p¶SnWnsX em^y tImUn¨p. Aksa N*t¸mÄ hof hm^n tkPw Wo¡n k]_pw sbm¡napw f_]v¡p¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p. WnfngtW^w sNm*v AkapsX A^s¡«v bqÀ®fm]n f_ªn^n¡p¶p. At¸mÄ Fs¶ Nm\n¡mWmt\m AkÄ C{S knlm`fm]n khv{Sw V^n¨p k¶Sv? Fsâ fWhv bnX]v¡m³ SpX§n.

“”D*p tI¨n..’ fVp^fm]n bp©n^n¨psNm*v AkÄ sfmjnªp.

“”Wo k^pt¼mÄ Ak³ NSNv Sp_¡ptfm..AtSm Smt¡m FXp¯n«pt*m..’ em^y tImUn¨p.

“”sdÃXn¨m fSns]¶v b_ªp..F¶m`pw Mm³ AXp¡a emPs¯ NSNv skan]n Wn¶pw bq«n Smt¡m FXp¯n«p*v..ATkm tI«³ D_§nt¸m]mt`m..’

“”F¶m N¼nNp«³.sWäv