ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tW{SpSz bmXkw, hwQXWm tlgn ..AsSms¡ Nm^\w …SoÀ¨]m]pw fäphO¡apw k`n] hwemkWNÄ WÂNn]n«p*v. F´m]m`pw Njnª ^*p kÀg§am]n W½Ä k`n] tW«§ap*m¡n]n«p*v. Wm`v þ A©v B]n^p¶p {bVmW tbmÌpNan Njnª kÀgw W½Ä. Gäkpw AWpNq`fm] kÀgfm\nSv. Cu kÀgw Wfp¡v ]q\n]³ bnXn¡m³ bäpw…bs£…””
kntWmUv sgÃns] Ah´pãvXnt]msX tWm¡n.
“”fäp Nm^y§Ä b_]p¶SnWv fp¼v hOmkntWmXv H^p tImUyw,””
kntWmUv b_ªp.
sgÃn bp©n^n Wn`WnÀ¯m³ {lfn¨p.
“”bmÀ«n]mt\m kyàn]mt\m k`pSv?””
“”^*pw,””
^*mfsSm¶mt`mIn¡msS sgÃn b_ªp.
kntWmUv B D¯^w {bSo£n¨nÃ.
“”H^p hOmkmt\m dqÀgz]mt\m hOmknWv NqXpS {bVmWs¸«Sv?””
“”FWn¡v ^*pw {bVmWfm\v hOmtk,””
sgÃn b_ªp.
FN-vhnNyq«okv AwP§Ä hvSwen¨n^p¶ptbm]n.
“”sgÃn A`N-vhv H^p N½yq\nÌv Bt\m?””
kntWmUn³s_ hz^w kÃmsS NXp¯p.
sgÃn H^p Wnfngw sfuWn]m]n.
“”NãvXs¸XpN]pw tkUWn¡pN]pw sI¿p¶kt^mtXm¸fm\v H^p N½yq\nÌv F¦n Mm³ N½yq\nÌv Ss¶]m\v–,””
iman Ahiyfm] sfuWw Sn§n. Nm^y§Ä S·]Szt¯msX b_]pNs]¶Sm\v sgÃn]psX ^oSns]¶v- AkÀ A_nªn^p¶p. Nm^y§Ä Ak³ H^n¡`pw WmXNo]fm]n AkS^n¸n¡m_nÃ.
“”eoffm] fq`VWw sNm*v hN` DSv¸mUWDbmVnNsa]pw Wn]{´n¡p¶{S VWnNWm] kykhm]n, H^p fmSyqhv..A]mapsX fNÄ Cu Nm¼hns` Ss¶ knUymÀTnWn fnWn tfmÄ fmSyp F´v NãvX¸mXv B\v F´v tkUW]m\v AWpen¡p¶Sv?””
sgÃn]psX bp©n^n fmªp. kntWmUv FWn¡Sv b_]m³ Njn]nÃ. B ^ihyw b_]p¶ Wnfngw Ss¶ Nym¼hv fpjpkWpw Aksa bn¨n¨o´pw, b^nimhw sNm*v, km¡pNÄ sNm*v, sc]vhvdp¡v, kmXvhmbv kjn. sgÃn WnlÐWm]n hz]w b_ªp.
AwP§Ä¡nX]n In^n bXÀ¶p.
“”hOmkpw B Np«n]pw {b\]fms\¦n Fhv Fcv tN]vt¡m FN-vhnNyq«okntWm H^p FSnÀ¸pfnÃ. CSv Sos^ AbNzfm]n, hz´w shÂcv s_hvsbNväv– Hs¡ f_¶v-…hz´w tb^pw bmÀ«nt]mXpÅ D¯^kmUn¯kpw f_¶v- B Np«ns] l`yw sI¿pN, bn¶ms` WX¡pN…ANp«n]psX shu^yw Wg«s¸Xp¯p¶ knV¯n dotikv sI¿pN…F¶n«v hz]w N½yq\nÌv Bs\¶kNmls¸XpN…””
kntWmUv bpÑt¯msX b_ªp.
“”ASpwtbm^msS Ct¸mÄ fsäm^p Pp^pS^fm] b^mSn]p*v,””
kntWmUv SpX˦p.
“”W½psX bmÀ«n kyànhzmS{´y¯nWp H^n¡`pw FSn^Ã. ssUkknlzmhfX¡w. bs£ N^nhvfmänNv tbms` H^p S«n¸v b^nbmXn]nt`¡v hOmkv sgÃns]t¸ms`t]m^mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv