”ASÃ A½]v–s¡Ãmw A_n]mw ASnsâ sSankm\tÃm MmWpw Np«Wpw Hs¡…bns¶… bns¶ In` hnWntfs`ms¡… inininin ekmWn]m^mtfmÄ…”

”Wo Nan]ms¡m¶pw tk* Wnâ½ hnWntf`v NnX¶v sNmXp¯m Cu N*sSms¡ D*m¡oSpw Wnsâ S´ k`n] {bfm\n]m]n Kokn¡\Spw…”

”Hm… ASv tW^m… At½sX tUikpw Wm]ntNsX fpOkpw Bt]m*v sNmj¸fnÃ…”

”A¶v B AK]sâ NqsX lrwO^nt¨m*v Wn¶t¸mtj FWn¡v tSm¶n AkWsSÃmw Wnt¶mXv b_]psf¶v…”

”ASnWv A½ kngfnt¡* Cu tfmÄ At½sX ^ihyw hq£n¨n^n¡pw… bns¶ AÑWnSnsWms¡ ht¸mÀ«v Bt]m*v Rm… tNmX¼m¡w ekmWn]psX WÃNm`w…”

”AtS FWns¡m^p WÃNm`w k^\Sv WnW¡pw Np«Wpw Wnsâs]ms¡ S´]v¡pw NqXn] AWpekn¡t\… AÃmsS ekmWns¡mä¡v H*m¡mWm^ps¶ Wnsâ St´¡mapw WÃ S*pw SXow DÅ B\p§ap*m]n^p¶p Fs¶ sNm¯ns¡m*v tbmkm³ A_nt]mXo Wo`ntf…”

ekmWn]½ tUgys¸XpN]ms\¶v fWÊn`m¡n] Wo`nf Aks^ hfmVmWn¸n¡m³ b_ªp…” At½ Ct¸m g¡o`m¶v bt_s¶m^p WXn C_§o«p*v A½ Ak^psX Zyq¸v Bkm³ HmcÀ ktÃmw kt¶m…”

”Hm… CÃXn sNmt¨… B WXn¡v WÃ k®fp*v ASv–sNm*v Mm³ tbm^m…”

”C¯n^n k®fp*m]n^ps¶ Mm³ fSn]m]n^p¶p AtÃ…” Wo`nf b_ªp. ASv b_ªSpw ekmWn]½ Wo`nf]psX CXSptSman làn]m]n AXn¨Spw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p.

”tf`m C§sW b_ªptbmt]¡^pSv MmWSnWà Wns¶ kaÀ¯p¶Sv… ” ekmWn]½]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp. Wo`nf]psX]pw. C^pk^w N®n N®n tWm¡n N®os^m¸n.

AkÀ Wo`nfs] tIÀ¯pbnXn¨v b_ªp. ”CSnWNw b`^pw A½t]mXv tImUn¨n«p*v tfmtaNqXn C_¡n¡qsXs]¶v bs£ Cu A½ tfmta ASnWv knXqÃ… tNmX¼m¡¯pWn¶v gq«nwPv FÃmw Njnªv dmPn b\kpfm]n s{X]nWn fX§n k^pt¼mjpw DÅns` Woä`pw WXpknsâ tkUW]pw fm_nÃ. ^m{So`v D_¡fna¨v WXpknWv Npj¼n«v S^p¶ B bmk¯nsâ hv–tWiw Nm\pt¼mÄ Nm^yhmVy¯nWv tk*n t]mWn¡pÅn lp¢w sS_p¸n¨v tbm]k·m^psX NXbfpOw HmÀ½k^pw… bns¶]pw sSmjn`nWv tk*n C_§pN]ms\¦n`pw fWÊv Cu S_km«n C«nt« A½ tbm]n«pÅq…”

ASv b_ªn«v ekmWn]½ Wo`nf]psX Njp¯n f\w bnXn¨p.

”tim… tUi¯v bp^pg kn]À¸nsâ f\fm\tÃm… At¸man¶s` FÃmw WX¯n AtÃ… bs£ F´m WnW¡v Nm`nsâtX`v tkUW]nÃms¯…” ASv tN«t¸mÄ A¸w fp³bv ekmWn]½ AXn¨Snsâ tkUWs]ms¡ f_¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo`nf S`Smjv¯n b_ªp…

”ASv AknsX tN_oÃt½….”

”At¿mXo A{S¡§v k®fmt\m AktâSnWv…” ekmWn]½ SmXn¡v ssNsNmXp¯p.

”A… ASv… tbm At½… Wm\w k^\q…”Wo`nf S`Smjv¯n.

”AsSms¡ A§Wm Wo`ntf Wnsâ Ip*v sI_pStÃ… AtS tbms` Ss¶ Wnsâ t]mWn]pw sI_pSm\v. FÃm sb®nsâ]pw Ip*nsâ .tg¸v B]n^n¡pw t]mWn¡pw. Wnsâ t]mWn]psX NkmXw sI_pSpw ANw fmwhw Wn_ªSpfm\v. ASm tN_m³ {b]mhw. hm^fnà AkWv ASn FNv–hvbo^n]³hv DÅStÃ… tfmta tbXn¡* tNt«m…” ekmWn]½ Wo`nf]psX Nknan sfsà SjpNn.

A½ H^p NmfPp^pSs¶]ms\¶v fWÊn b_ªv Wo`nf Wn¶p.

”tU… Npªv D\À¶v NnX¶v N^]p¶q….” Aѳ knan¨pb_]p¶Sv tN«v Wo`nf fp_n]nt`¡v HmXn. dm`I{µ³ S¼n]psX BUyem^y]ns` Npªv kngv\p D\À¶v N^]p¶p. Wo`nf AksW N«n`n Wns¶Xp¯p. AXp¯fmhw H^p k]hv {bm]fmNpw NpªnWv. Ak³ bm`v NpXn¡m³ tk*n G§n N^]pN]m\v. Np¸n¸m`pfm]n ekmWn]½ k¶p. NpªnsW km§n.

”Wo`ntf Cu NpªnsW N*n«m\v MmWksW WnW¡v Bt`mIn¨Sv. Fsâ tKm`n sk¨v tWm¡pt¼mÄ WnW¡v WsÃm^p Bt`mIW k^m³ hmVyS]nÃm]n^p¶p ASnWm`m\v MmWnSnWv SpWnªSv. CksW hz´w NpªnsWt¸ms` Wo kaÀ¯\w tNt«m… ” ekmWn]½ ASv b_ªt¸mÄ AÑWpw Wo`nft]mXv b_ªp. ”tfmta Fsâ]pw Aen{bm]w ASpSs¶]m\v tNt«m NpªnsW Wo Wnsâ hz´w fNWm]n Nt*m\w…”

”At½ Um tcm¬…” Np«sâ knan.

”B^m… Np«q…”

”B… A_n]qà inµn]m…”

”inµn]ms\ Mm³ b_]mw…” dm`I{µ³ HmXn sI¶p.

”CSv Aan]WÃan]m A½]v¡m… AfnSmev d¨Wms\¶v tSm¶p¶p…”

”At½ Nan]m¡* tNt«m Np«an]m… A½ sb^n]WXn]mkpw…” dm`I{µ³ Ssâ Afan f_]v¡m³ Np«sâ sIkn]n bnXn¨p.

ekmWn]½ tcm¬ FXp¯p.
”it`m…”

”WfhvvNmÀ ekmWn”

”Bbv Nim³ gq«nwPv NÀ ^ti ti³?”

”APt` cn`nw No gq«nwPw ^mKØm³ tf ti.”

”^mKØm³ tf C³ Hm dZo fpgv–Nn ti”

”HmÀ Bbv GNv N^ms¡ D¯tZ ssi³”

^mKØmWn B]SnWm SWn¡v k^m³ Njn]nsöv ekmWn]½ b_ªSm\v. F¶m AsSm¶pw hm^fnà H^msa¡qXn Nq«n kt¶maq F¶v Z]_ÎÀ b_ªp. bs£ sNm*pk^p¶Sv hv{Sos] B]n^n¡\w Nm^\w tÌ sIt¿*S knf¬hv timÌ`n B\v. A§sW ekmWn]½ Wo`nfs] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nq«n ^mKØmWnt`¡v tbm]mt`m F¶v Bt`mIn¨p. fmÀkmZnNÄ bnXn¡p¶ AZÄhv H¬`n hnWnf B]n^ps¶¦n`pw ekmWn]½ b_ªSv ^mKØmWn ho^n]`ns` PÌv t_mÄ Bs\¶m\v.

”Rm… ho^n]Â Bt\Â WoNqXn sbm]v–t¡m… ftä bXfms\ tbmk*….” dm`I{µ³ Wo`nft]mXv b_ªp.

”A½ A¯^w hnWntf AenW]nt¨m*v FWns¡m^p kngtfmw Cà dm`q…”

”AtS… ASn Mm³ ekmWn fmfns] Wq_plSfmWw AwPoN^n¡p¶p. Nm^\w bnÅfm½sW¡mÄ Wà BapNÄs¡m¸w KoknSw SpX§mWpÅ FÃm hmVyS]pw D*m]n«pw fmfn ASnsWm¶pw tbm]nÃtÃm…”

”AtS… ftäWmam\v ^mKØmWnt`¡v tbmtN*Sv… ASnWv fpt¶ C¶s` ^m{Sn]n ss{X sI]vSSv ktÃmw WXt¡m Btkm…”

”AtS Wo`q Wo ^mKØmWns`ms¡ tbm]n«v hfmVmWm]n«v km… At¸mtj¡pw Wfp¡v AsSms¡ l^n]m¡mw. ^*mjvINjnªtà k^q… ASv ks^ Fsâ sbm¶v tfmÄ Npan¡pt¼mÄ l^n¡pw kn^`v tNän Wnsâ timÄ k`pSm¡v… HÅ fmwhw FÃmw NqXn tN_n AXªn^n¡pkm… ASv St¶fà C¶v ^m{Sn ho sbm«n¨m sbm¶ptfmta Wo Gjnât¶ Nm`Xp¸n¨v WX¡q. ASpsNm*v tbm]n«v km… MmWpw Np«Wpw Nm¯n^n¡mw….”

”Np«tWm AksW´nWm Nm¯n^n¡ps¶ Fs¶….” Wo`p ASnl]n¨p.

”Zo Wnsâ AWn]³ Np«WÃ Fsâ Np®¡p«³…”

”Np®¡p«tWm… F´m dm`q ASv…”

”FXo bXk`w tbmt¯ Np®¡p«³ F¶v sk¨m Fsâ `nwP¡p«³…”

”Hm… ASv…. ASnWv…. iiiii WÃtb^v…” Wo`p D_s¡ In^n¨p.

f^peqfnNapsX]pw, k¼³ tNm«NapsX]pw, {bSmblm`nNam] ^Kbp{S ^mKm¡·m^psX]pw WmXvþ ^mKØm³. C´y]psX kX¡v bXnªm_v emPs¯ tNm« tbms` Wn` sNmÅp¶ k¼³ hwØmWw. ^mKØmWnt`]v¡pÅ ]m{S Wo`nf]psX KoknS¯ns` H^p I^n{S¯nWv SpX¡w Np_n¡`m]n^p¶p. dm`pkpfm]pÅ knkmi KoknSw SpX§n Gjmw Unkhfm\v ^mKØmWns`¯p¶Sv.

K]v bq^n`m]n^p¶p hnWnf]psX gq«nwPv. A©v Unkhw Njntª gq«nwPv SpX§q. ASv ks^ F´v sI¿psf¶ ekmWn]½]psX tImUy¯nWv s{bmZ£³ N¬t{XmaÀ f_pbXn WÂNn.

”K]v bqs^m¶v Ipän¡_§n Nm\pN A{SSs¶…”

”A©v Unkhfntà F¶m bns¶ F´nWv K]vbq^v fm{Sfm¡p¶p Np_¨qsX B]nt¡ms«…” Wo`nf b_ªp. f`]man]m]n^p¶p s{bmZ£³ N¬t{XmaÀ. lnk³b«À F¶m\v tb^v.

”b«t^ F´m]m`pw M§ans§¯n At¸m bns¶ H^p Xq_§v B¡n¡a]mw… ” eWmWn]½]pX]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Aen{bm]w f_n¨m]n^p¶nÃ.

^mKØmWn]m] H^p kykhm]n B]n^p¶p B hnWnf]psX s{bmZyqhÀ. DX³ Ss¶ lnk³ b«À s{bmZyqhs_ knan¨p.

”]Un ]m GNv {b]mSNv BNÀg¬ ti, t`Nn³ tf C³ Chv–Nm dWqPm…”

”]iv Xot¡ ti HmÀ A¨m ti…” “”Xqs_¦n Xq_v CX]v¡v SmWpw AkÀs¡m¸w tKm]nâv sI¿psf¶ s{bmZyqh_nsâ Aen{bm]¯nWv AWpNq`fm]n Ss¶ lnk³b«À b_ªp. `mâv tcm¬ N«v sI]vSn«v A]mÄ ekmWn]½t]mXv b_ªp.
”At¸mÄ At½w tfmapw Wmsa fpS ^mKØm³ Nm\m³ s_Zn B]nt¡maqt«m…” Wo`pknsâ SpXp¯ Nknan H^p WpÅp sNmXp¡\sf¶v lnk³b«À¡v tSm¶n]Sm\v bs£ s{bmZyqh_nsâ SXn¨ l^o^w HmÀ¯t¸mÄ ASv tks*¶v sk¨p.

Nm_n Wo`nf]pw eWmWn]½]pw lnk³b«^pw NqXn AkÀ¡v tÌ sI¿mWpÅ tim«`nt`¡v ]m{SSn^n¨p. kpf¬hv timÌ Bs\¶v b_ªn«v tim«t`m F¶v ekmWn]½ tImUn¨p. ASv AknsX huN^yw Np_km. bns¶ tfmÄ NqXn DÅSpsNm*v thcv tim«Â Atà ekmWn… lnk³ b«À Ssâ NqanwPv ¥mhv fpOt¯¡v H¶pNqXn AfÀ¯nsk¨n«v Nm_nsâ fp³hoän sManªn^p¶p.

kn³tZm ¥mhv Smjv¯n Wo`p bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n]n^p¶p. kXt¡ C´y]psX fpOfp{U]m] S\p¸pw Nmäpw AkÄ¡v AWpeks¸«p SpX§n. DXsW Ss¶ shzä_pw, tNm«pw, fcv–`_pw FÃmw FXp¯\nªp. AXp¯ Unkhw fpS¡m\v h©m^w ¹m³ sI]vSn^n¡p¶Sv. AKvfoÀ t_mZns` tPmbmÂdm^n F¶ {btUls¯ tim«À Egn]n`m\v fp_n dp¡v sI]vSn^n¡p¶Sv.

Wo`p Nm_nWp skan]ns` K]vbqÀ WP^s¯ Däp tWm¡ns¡m*n^p¶p. BWNapw, NpSn^Napw, kÀ® Uob§apw Wn^¶ H^p tQmg]m{S]m\v t_mZn C_§n]t¸mÄ BUyw N*Sv. tQmg]m{S]psX Gäkpw bp_Nn`m]n, NpSn^¸p_¯v kmapw bnXn¨v ^mKmknsW tbms` H^mÄ. N`ym\¯nWm]n sI_p¡sâ Nq«À sb¬ko«nt`]v¡v BtQmgfm]n tbmNp¶ dm^m¯v F¶ IX§m]n^p¶p ASv. ^mKØmWn N`ym\ hoh¬ B]n^n¡\w. tim«Â F¯p¶Sv ks^ C§sW]pÅ fqt¶m Wmt`m dm^m¯pNÄ AkÀ N*p. AsSÃmw lnk³b«À Wo`pknWv knlUfm¡nsNmXp¯p.

Wo`pknsâ knkmiw Njnªn«v H^mjvIt] B]pÅq F¶v lnk³b«t^mXv ekmWn]½ b_ªp.

”F¶m f^ptfmsW NqXn sNm*pk^m³ tf`m^pt¶m CkÀs¡m^p i\ofq¬ {Xn¸v Bt]tWtÃm…” lnk³b«À Pu^k¯n b_ªp. ssN¡pªnsW tWm¡mWm\v dm`³ AknsX Wn¡p¶Sv b_]m³ k¶Sm\v ekmWn]½. bs£ bns¶ I^n{Sw fpjpk³ knk^n¡\w F¶SnWm ASv b_ªnÃ…”AkWpw A½m]nÑWpw AknsX bnXn¸Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b\ns]m*v… bpSn] Nrgn SpX§m³ hf]fm]n…”

At¸mtj¡pw NmÀ tim«`n F¯n]n^p¶p.

]m{Sm£o\w Nm^\w Wo`nf D_§nt¸m]n. tim«`n bSpbSp¯ sf¯]n ekmWn]½ fNÄs¡m¸w tIÀ¶p NnX¶p. N`ym\wNjnªv sN«n]k³ f*]v¡v tN_nNnXt¡* sb®m… im… bmkw… ekmWn]½ Wo`nfs] sfsà St`mXn. A½t]msXm¸w NnX¶v Wo`p hpOfm]n D_§n.

bnsäUnkhw ^mkns` B_v f\nt]msX Wo`f D\À¶p. bp_¯v sI_n] fqX fªpw Imä fj]pw.
s_Zn]m]n {bemS e£\w Njnªv _qfns`¯n]t¸mtj¡pw Smsj NmÀ F¯ns]¶v _qw tdm]v k¶p b_ªp. AfoÀ tNm«]nt`¡m\v AkÀ A¶v tbm]Sv. Wo`nf Umk\n]m\v A\nªn^p¶Sv. ekmWn]½ hm^n]pw. AfoÀ tNm«]n F¯n]t¸mjpw fj tSmÀ¶n«nÃm]n^p¶p. lnk³ b«À b_ªp.
”tNm«]n N]_\sf¦n BW¸p_t¯ tbmNm³ bäq….”

”BW¸p_t¯m… Fât½m MmWnÃ…” Wo`p e]¶p.

”ASnsW´m sbt® MmWntà NqsX bns¶ WnW¡v F´nsâ bp_¯v tN_n]m`pw F´m…” ekmWn]½ Wo`nfs] Blzhn¸n¨p.

BW¸p_¯v N]_m³ Nyq Wn¡\fm]n^p¶p. fjWWªv ekmWn]pw lnk³b«^pw Wo`pkpw Nyqkn Wn¡pN]m\v.
AknsX NqXpS`pw kntUlo] Xq_nÌpNam]n^p¶p Wn¶Sv. AkÀ¡nX]n Umk\nIpän Wo`p F¶ C^pb¯n fq¶pNm^n ssb¦nan. C^pbSv fnWnäv Nm¯p WnÂt¡*n k¶p BW F¯m³.

AkÀ fqk^pw BW¸p_¯v N]_n. BUysfm^p A¦`m¸p*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw A½ H¸fpÅ ssV^y¯n Wo`p N]_n. BW¡m^sâ sSm«pbn¶m`m\v Wo`p C^p¶Sv, ASnWv bn¶n ekmWn]½, ASnWv bn¶n lnk³b«À, Wo`pknsâ fp`NÄ ^*pw BW¡m^sâ bp_¯v tIÀ¶v AfÀ¶n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. tbm^m¯nWv BW]psX WX¯¯n Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v BW]psX Ws«Ãnsâ AW¡w kÃm¯ C¡nan]p*m¡n Wo`pknWv. Umk\n fp«pks^ D]À¯n sk¨n^n¡pN]m\v. skÅns¡m`phn« skap¯ Nm`n ^mKØm³ fj¯pÅnNÄ Ipwdn¡p¶p.

BW¸p_¯n^p¶v Wo`pknsâ bq_pw fp`]pw kÃmsS Nn^pNn^p¯p.

hq^Kv tbman`qsX ‘Kms`dv Iu¡v’ F¶ WXpfpät¯]v¡v BW {btkln¨p. N]_pt¼mÄ D*m]n^p¶ b^n¨]¡p_kv H¶pfnÃmsS SnNª AeymhnNsa tbms` Wo`pkpw ekmWn]½]pw BW¸p_¯pWn¶n_§n.

AfoÀ tNm«]ns` H^p sbmSp CXfm\v Kms`dv Iu¡v. b«ma bt^Zv, ]p² knK]mtQmg§Ä SpX§n]k Kms`dv Iu¡n k¨m\v WX¶n^p¶Sv. k`n¸tf_n] Cu WXpfpä¯nsâ kl§an `m]§apw, fpNan eX·m^psX fp_nNapfm\v ØnSn sI¿p¶Sv. Ks`dv Iu¡nsâ H^p kl¯m]n tNm«]psX fpNÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn`Nans`]v¡pÅ bXkpNÄ. B bXkpNapsX H^p kl¯m]n H^p sNm¨p t£{Sw Nm\mw. ln`mtUkn t£{Sfm\Sv. Nmao tUkn]m\v {bSngvY.

”fm³ hnwPv H¶mf³ ^mKmkv C¶v dmw¥mtUln`m]nt¸m] sKtÊm_ns` ^mKmknsW b^mK]s¸Xp¯n tWXn] kn{Pifm\vln`mtUkn]psXSv.” lnk³ b«À b_ªp.

”At¸mÄ b«^¦nÄ CknXps¯ Øn^w hµÀlNWm\tÃ…” Wo`p Nant]msX tImUn¨p. Wo`p H^p ^hnN¯n]m\¶v lnk³ b«À¡v fWÊn`m]n. s{bmZyqhÀ ^mKm_mwIuimWv AVnNw dp²nfpt«*nk^nsöv A]mÄ fWÊn b_ªp. A½]pw Npj¸fnÃ. fmwhafm] WnSwdfm\v… BW¸p_¯n^p¶v ekmWn]½]psX WnSwdfmÀ±kw hvbÀln¨_nªn^p¶p lnk³b«À.

ekmWns]]pw fNsa]pw NqXpS BNÀgn¡pkmW]n lnk³ b«À NT SpXÀ¶p. ” A§sW knK] {lo`manSWm] N¨km ^mKmkv fm³ hn§ntWmXv tUkn NYnWfm] H^p kykØ k¨p; WnSykpw SWn¡m]n H^p fWpgysW Np^pSn WÂN\w. bs£ Nm`w NX¶p tbm]t¸mÄ ^mKmkv fWpgy¡p^pSn Wn_p¯n Nmas]]pw fäpw d`n sNmXp¡m³ B^wen¨p. CSn ASrbvS]m] Nman]psX kn{Piw S` A`vbw I^n¨v Smtj]v¡v tWm¡n]n^n¡p¶ AkØ]n`m]n.”

”Hm… ASmt\m B {bSnf]psX S` Smtjm«n^n¡t\…” Wo`p AÛqSw Nq_n.

ln`m tUkn t£{S¯nsâ bXkpNÄ N]_n sIÃp¶Sv fsäm^p WXpfpä¯m\v Unkm³þCþBwF¶_n]s¸Xp¶, Wm`vbSp Sq\pNÄ A`¦^n¡p¶ H^p fÞbw B\v Cu WXpfpäs¯ {bVmW NmjvI. ^mKmkv bu^ fpOy^pfm]n hwkUn¡pN]pw Ak^psX b^mSnNÄ b^ni^n¡pN]pw sI]vSn^p¶Sv CknsX k¨m\v.

Cu WXpfpä¯nsâ H^p kl¯m]n ftWmi^fm] H^p NkmXw ØnSn sI¿p¶p. Pt\gv tbmÄ F¶v tb^pÅ Cu NkmXw, tNm«]psX NqXpS hpµ^fm] emP§ans`]v¡pÅ H^p NkmXw NqXn]m\v. ^Kbp{SþfpPÄ kmhvSpN`]psX]pw In{Stk`]psX]pw AWpbffm] H^p h¦`Ww B\v Pt\gv tbmÄ F¶_n]s¸Xp¶ Cu NkmXs¯ ftWmi^fm¡p¶Sv. hhy WnÀfnS Im]¡q«pNapw, SWn hzÀ®kpw Im`n¨p tIÀ¯m\v Pt\gv tbmÄ tfmXn bnXn¸n¨n^n¡p¶Sv. Pt\gv tbmansâ Wn`¯p bmNn] S_t]mXpNÄ¡v tbm`pw {btSyN ewPn]m\v. 1611 Wpw 1667 CX]n b\n SoÀ¡s¸« Cu NkmXw C¶pw ]msSm^p f§`pw CÃmsS Wn`Wn`v¡p¶Sv, A¶s¯ Nm`s¯ In{SN`mht¦S¯nsâ fnNkp Nm^\fm\v.

Pt\gv tbmansâ fpNÄ emP¯pw kl§an`pw Km`n F¶v inµn]n A_n]s¸Xp¶ KWm`NÄ D*v. ASn h¦oÀ\fm] sNm¯pb\nNÄ sI]vS C¯^w KWm`NÄ sNm«m^¯ns` hv{So KW§Ä¡v WXpfpäs¯ NmjvINÄ tWm¡n¡m\mWpÅSm]n^p¶p. C¯^w KWm`NapsX {btSyNS, AN¯p Wn¶v tWm¡n]m bp_w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nmjv¨NÄ Nm\mw; bt£ bp_¯v Wn¶v tWm¡n]m Km`N¯nWp DÅn`qsX ANt¯]v¡v Nm\mWmknà F¶Sm\v. bÀ± h{¼Um]w Wn`Wn¶n^p¶ A¡m`¯v hv{SoNÄ AWyÀ¡v fp¶n S§apsX fpOw Nm\n¨n^p¶nÃ. Km`N¯nWp AN¯p Wn¶v bp_t¯]v¡pÅ NmjvI C§sW]m\v.

Pt\gv tbman Wn¶v Sp^¦ hfmWfm] H^p kjn]n`qsX]m\v fq¶mw WXpfpät¯¡v AkÀ WX¶. Cu Sk\ fp¶n WX¶Sv ekmWn]m\v. Umk\nIpän] Wo`pknWv bn¶n lnk³b«À. A]mÄ CXWmjn]ns` f§n] skan¨¯n Wo`pknsâ WnSwdSpÅ BhzUn¨psNm*v WX¶p.
AfoÀ tNm«]psX hzNm^y CXw SpX§p¶Sv AknsX B]n^p¶p. hpµ^nfm^m] _m\nfm^pw Ak^psX tSmjnfm^pw khn¨n^p¶ CXw. ^*p {bVmW fµn^§am\v AknsX]pÅSv. hpOv Wnkmhv F¶_n]s¸Xp¶ tkW¡m` fµn^kpw, K]v fi Asæn logv fi F¶_n]s¸Xp¶ N®mXn sNm«m^kpw.

lnk³b«À eWmWn]½s]]pw Wo`pknsW]pw BUyw F¯n¨Sv N®©n¸n¡p¶ logv fi`nt`]v¡p Ss¶]m\v. tNm¬skNv–hv BNrSn]n`pÅ B]n^¡\¡nWv sdÂKn]³ N®mXn¯p*pNÄ bSn¸n¨ Ipk^pNapw f¨pfm\v logv fi`nWpÅSv. hÀk{S N®mXn f]w! Cu N®mXnNan hq^y skan¨w S«pt¼mÄ logv fi H^p hpkÀ® kn{Piw tbms` Sna§pft{S.

huµ^ykSvN^\w F¶Sn`pb^n, S\p¸nsW sI_p¡mWpÅ H^p fmÀ¤kpw NqXn]m]m\v logv fi WnÀfn¨n^n¡p¶Sv. kna¡pNm`pNan Np¯n WnÀ¯n] Uob§an Wn¶v IqXv ANs¯ N®mXnNan {bSnc`n¨v fi`nWp DÅn`msN IqXp b^¡p¶p. fi`nsâ tf¡q^]n {l²n¨p tWm¡n]m C^p¼v k`]§Ä Nm\mw. CSv NW¯ bÀ±NÄ Sq¡n]nXm³ Dbt]mPn¨n^p¶p. N®mXnNÄ {bSnc`n¸n¡p¶ IqXv skan]nt`]v¡p tbmNmsS Cu bÀ±NÄ SXªp Wn_p¯n]n^p¶p.

AknsX H^p fmÀdnÄ In{Sfp*m]n^p¶p. BUyw AsSm^p bqbm{Sw fm{Sfms\¶m\v Wo`p N^pSn]Sv. bs£ AXpt¯¡v sI¶v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ A¼^¶ptbm]n. ASn AtWNw frP ^qb§Ä Bt`OWw sI]vSn^n¡p¶p. CtS In{S¯nsâ {bSndnwdw tbms` fsäm¶v AXp¯ Sq\n`pw D*v.

”W½psX N`mNm^·ms^ h½Sn¡\w Atà At½…” Wo`p ekmWn]½]psX ssNNan fp_psN bnXn¨p. Wm¸©p Nm^n]m] ekmWn]½s] CSnWNw Ss¶ s{bmZ£³ N¬t{XmaÀ lnk³b«À¡v Cãfm]n¡jnªn^p¶p.

”km CWn Wfp¡v hpOv Wnkmhnt`¡v tbmNmw…” lnk³b«À Aks^ knan¨p.

fpPÄ ^oSn]nÃpÅ bqt´m«¯nWp A¸p_w, hpOv Wnkmhv F¶ tkW`v¡m` Prifm\v. ftWmi^fm] In{S tk`NÄ sNm*v A`¦^n¨k]m\v hpOv Wnkmhnsâ Ipk^pNÄ. NXp¯ IqXnsW {bSnt^mVn¡m³, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp_n¡pÅn H^p Nr{Snf skŨm«w Ss¶ hpOWnkmhn D*m]n^p¶p. Cu skÅw bmjm¡n Na]msS, fp_nNÄ¡nX]n`qsX WnÀfn¨ hvcXnN Im`pNÄ¡pÅn`qsX bqt´m«¯ns`]v¡v Hjp¡n]n^p¶p. Cu fµn^¯nWpw tf¡q^]n C^p¼v ka]§Ä D*v. WW¨ ^mf¨ bÀ±NÄ SqNn]nXmWm]n^p¶p AsS¶p fm{Sw! SpXÀ¨]m]n HjpNp¶ K`kpw, Km`N§apsX {btSyN BNrSn]pw sNm*v IqXnsW {bSnt^mVn¡m³ hpO fi`nWp hmVn¨n^p¶p.

ftWmi^§am] Cu fµn^§Ä N*SnWp tlgw, AkÀ BfoÀ tNm«]psX Gäkpw fpNÄ Wn`]nt`]v¡v WX¶p. thWmW fi F¶_n]s¸Xp¶ B emPw Sm^StfyW ewPn Np_ªSm\v. tNm«]psX Gäkpw bp^mSWfm] emPkpw CSms\¶v b_]s¸Xp¶p.
1599þ ^mKm fm³ hnwPv b\n Njn¸n¨Sm\v Cu emPw. tNm«]n BUyw D*m]n^p¶ sNm«m^kpw CSv fm{Sfm\v. bn¶oXv At±i¯nsâ bn³PmfnNÄ b\n Njn¸n¨k]m\v tNm«]ns` fäp emP§Ä. Cu WXpfpä¯nWp Ipäpfm]pÅ sNm«m^ emP§an`m\v _m\nfm^pw fäp hv{So KW§apw khn¨n^p¶Sv. lnk³ b«À Aks^ AsSÃmw b_ªv fWÊn`m¡n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

”A¦nÄ l^n¡pw s{bmZ£³ N¬t{XmaÀ Bt\m AtSm XqÀ ssPZv Bt\m…” Wo`p Sfml]m]n tImUn¨p.

”tfmta s{bmZ£³ tKm`n tbm]m`pw A¦nÄ XqÀ ssPZm]n Kokn¡psf¶v WnW¡v fWÊn`m]ntà ASv fSn…”

D¨t]mXXp¯t¸mÄ AkÀ AfoÀ tcmÀ«n Wn¶n_§n. ^mKØmWns` ^*mw Unkhw Ss¶ H^p k`n] Urly knhvf]w Nm\m³ hmVn¨Sn`pÅ hwSrbvSnt]msX, tNm«]psX fq¬ tPän`qsX Wo`pkpw ekmWn]pw lnk³b«^pw bp_¯p NX¶p.

NmÀ ÌmÀ«v sI]vSv fpt¶m«v Wo§n]t¸mjpw Wo`p AN¶N¶p tbmNp¶ AfoÀ tNm«]psX AkhmW Urly§Ä N®n`pw fWÊn`pw Wn_¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

B NmÀ tbm]Sv Egn tim«`nt`¡Ãm]n^p¶p. s{bmZyqhÀ ^mKm_mw Iuimsâ f\nfmanN]nt`¡m]n^p¶p.
(SpX^pw)