ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {bØmW¯nWv fWpgy^n Wn¶v- fUybmWlo`w fmämWpÅ Njnkv Dt*m? At¸mÄ f]¡pf^p¶v- lo`kpw fmämftÃm? “”sK]vh³ F¶Sm b_sª?”” “”bSnWm_mw k]Êns` fUybmWw SpX§n] Bam Mm³ Ct¸mÄ F³s_ k]Êv C^pb¯ns]m¶v. sgÃn]psX {bm]w. Ct¸mÄ Mm³ KoktWmsX Nm\* BÄ AÃ. fUybn¨p f^n¨ptbmtN* Mm³ Ct¸mÄ fUy¯n³s_ f\fXn¨m IÀ²n¡pw. As{Stf Mm³ fUys¯ sk_p¡p¶p. Nm^\w?”” Ak³ tImUy^qb¯n sgÃns] tWm¡n. “”Nm^\w?”” sgÃn Sn^n¨ptImUn¨p. “”Nm^\w sgÃn b_]p,”” “”i! AsS¶m FXbmXm? MmsW§sW]m b_]pt¶?”” “”l^n Mm³ b_]mw. MmWm\v b_t]*Sv. Fs¶ fWpgyWm¡n]Sv N^nhvfmänNv s{b]À {Pq¸v B\v. ASpsNm*v sgÃn]pw N^nhvfmänNv s{b]À {Pq¸n k^\w,”” “”ASnWp Mm³ fUybn¡m_nÃ,”” “”F¶m`pw k^\w,”” “”k^mw. f]¡v f^p¶v- lo`w fm_ptfm N^nhvfmänNv s{b]À {Pq¸n tIÀ¶mÂ?”” “”§vti ? A¸w sgÃn f]¡v f^p¶v- Dbt]mPn¡ptfm?”” “”AStà tImUnt¨, f]¡v f^p¶v- lo`w fmämtfm¶v-? Bt^mXpw Wo b_sª¡Ãv,”” “”sgÃn H^p N^nhvfmänNv Nm^³ ssUkt¯mXv DX¼Xn sI]vSkWm. ASpsNm*v Fs¶ tbXn¡*. Wmsa Njnªv skÅn]mjvI. FÃm skÅn]mjvsIw sskNpt¶^w B_pf\n¡v tNmtaKns` Im¸`n foänwPv D*v. s{b]À foänwPv. sgÃn k^\w. W½psX s{b]À {Pq¸n³s_ `oZÀ FsNmtWmfnN-vhv Zn¸mÀ«vsfâvt` kÀ¡n tKmhcv hm_m,”” “”bns¶´m, F³s_ Bklyftà sK]vhm, Mm³ k¶n^n¡pw,”” sgÃn b_ªp. Ak³s_ N®pNan AhmVm^\fm] H^p Sna¡fp*m]n^p¶p.

bntäUnkhw dyq«nhvtbm«n sgÃns] Nm¯n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p gmt^m¬. Ak³ sskNp¶p F¶v- AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. A^f\n¡qÀ NjnªptbmN\w. shfnWmÀ iman _ntijvh SpX§m³ hf]fmNpw At¸mtj¡pw. F{S fUybn¨ms\¦n`pw WµNpfmÀ hmÀ NrSyhf]¯v Ss¶ F¯nt¨^pw. k¶]pX³ A]mÄ _ntijvh`nWp tWSrSzw WÂNpw. hz]w Cu\w WÂNn] bm«v Pm]N þkmUykrµhwQs¯ bYn¸n¡pw. Sn^p¯pw. Ak^n In`À k^p¯p¶ Ct{¼msskthgsW Sm`v¸^ybqÀÆw AwPoN^n¡pw. _ntijvh Nym¼v DÕk hfmWfm¡p¶Sn A]mÄ {l²n¨n^p¶p. ASnWnX]n fUy¡p¸n hq£n¨p sk¨n^n¡p¶ Sp\n dmPpfm]n A]mÄ imans` H^p NÀ«Wpskan]nt`¡v fm_pw. ASpNm\pt¼mÄ gmt^m\n³s_ fWÊv SN^pw. AfnSfm]n fUybn¨m\v A]mÄ _ntijvh`nWp Ss¶ k^m_v. bns¶]pw fUybn¡pt¼mÄ A]mapsX Bt^mPytfmÀ¯v AkÄ Bl¦s¸Xm_p*v. S³s_ fp¼n SNÀ¶Xn]pN]m\v hfÀ°Wm] N¼nNp«³.sWäv