ചന്ദനമഴ 7

CHANDANAMAZHA 7 BY DINKAN || PREVIOUS PART

K]bm KWm`]psX sshZn`m]n f_ªpWn¶v DÅnt`¡v tWm¡n. AfrS b_ªp…. At¿ F´m]nSv… AÀKpsW tI«m…F´m]nSv….¹ohv….Fs¶ koXv..

K]bm`nsâ fnjnNÄ Cjªp WX¶p. Fs´m^p kXnskm¯ l^o^w. fmUN_m\n Ss¶]m\nkÄ… Cksa H¶Wpekn¡m³ Nn«n]m Cu K·¯p bns¶ hzÀ¤¯p tbmtN* BklyfnÃ. CkÄ Ss¶ H^p hzÀ¤fm\v. A]mÄ fWt¡m« sN«n. B AwP`mk\y¯n {efns¨¶tbms` K]bm hz]w f_¶v

AfrS]psX A]ª »uhnWpÅn NnX¶mXp¶ fp`NÄ Nm\m³ Wà ^hfm]n^p¶p K]bm tW¡n Wn¶p.

f^pfNapsX tUiNm´n N*v K]bm`nWv AenfmWw tSm¶n. Aksâ ssNNapw Ip*pNapw f^pfNapsX Wnwt¶m¶S§an bpaªv WX¡p¶Sv K]bm H^p tNm^n¯^nt¸msX tWm¡n Wn¶p.

{dm]v¡pÅns` AkapsX fp`Nsa AÀKp³ sM^n¨pX]v¡pN]m\v.

AÀKp³ bn_Nnt`¡v ssN sNm*v tbm]n AfrS]psX {dm Ajn¨p fmän N¸n Wn¶pw fp`NÄ skan]nt`¡p ImXn…. AÀKp³ {dm]pw Du^n N«n`nt`s¡_nªp.

fpOw B fm_nX§ant`¡p bqjv¯n…..WmkpsNm*v B fpjp¯ fm_nWpfpNan In{Sw k^¨p….{dm]n¡p fpNan NqXn fp`¡®pNan fpOfn«p^¨p.

AÀKpsâ Ip*pNÄ AfrS]psX fp`sM«pNÄ Wp\]m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AfrS]psX t^mfNqb§Ä D]À¶p Npan^\n]p¶Sp K]bm N*p…

Wmkn«p fp`¡®pNsa {Shn¸n¨p sNm*n^p¶p…. AfrS]psX N®pNÄ C_pNn]Xªp….WmkpsNm*v k`t¯ fp`sM«pNÄ I¸n NpXn¨p sNm*n^p¶ AÀKp³ AfrS]psX CXs¯ fp`Nsa Nl¡n DX¨p…. AfrS]psX fnjnNÄ GtSm WnÀkrSn]ns`¶tbms` AX]p¶p K]bm N*p….

AfrS AÀKpsâ ssN]n Wn¶v NpS_n fm_n.AÀKpsW HäSÅn Wv sdZn]nt`¡v C«p.

bn¶oXv H«pw hf]w bmjm¡msS Wn`¯p InS_n NnX¶n^p¶ Ssâ hm^n FXp¯\nªv

K]bm Ak^psX Urãn]n sbXmsS sbs«¶v HmXn hz´w fp_n]n N]_n

GSmWpw Wnfng§Ä¡v fp¼v Ssâ N×p¶n N* NmjvI K]bm`nWv f_¡m³ NjnªnÃ…. AfrS]psX fmUNSzw Spap¼p¶ tfWn C§sW Nm\m³ Njn]psf¶v {bSo£n¨nÃ.

Np_¨p Unkhw Njnªv ……….

AfrS Npan¨p S`tSmÀ¯pt¼mÄ bp_¯p

Nm_nsâ tim\Xn ””………..

CSm^m\¸m Ct¸mÄ…..

AkÄ S`]pw tSmÀ¯nsNm*v NSNp Sp_¶p…..fp¶n H^p Ct¶mk NmÀ…..ASn Wn¶pw In^n¨psNm*n_§p¶ AMvK`n tUlm]n AfrSs] tWm¡n In^n¨p…km Nn^¬ tI«³…. Nn^¬ C_§n k¶p….

Nn^¬ AfrSs] H¶v tWm¡n…. fpXns]ms¡ Wo«n]n« hm^n]psfms¡ DXp¯ hpµ^n AfrS BsN fm_n]n^n¡p¶p AfrS]psX fmUNSzw Spap¼p¶ tfWn C§sW Nm\m³ Njn]psf¶v {bSo£n¨nÃ.

Bim k¶ bXpSn]n CknsX Ss¶ Wn¡msS ANt¯¡v km….^*ptbs^]pw £\n¨psNm*v AfrS AN¯p N]_n….

N]_p Nn^t\«…CSv W½psX koXv Ss¶ AMvK`n’ b_ªp.

Mm³ Im] FXp¡mw…^mkns` ^*mapw H¶pw Njn¨n«nÃtÃm AsÃ….

G]v…Nn^¬ In^nIp sNm*v b_ªp

AfrS AXp¡a]nt`¡p tbm]n….

At¸mÄ DÀ½na]pw fVpfSn]pw imans`¡v k¶p

AMvK`n tfmsa Wn§Ä¡p hpOftÃ

AMvK`n: hpOw G«fmÀ FknsX

fVpfSn : AentgNv Hmcohn tbm]n AÀKp³ fpNan`p*v

AMvK`n: Mm³ G«m sW N*n«p k^s«

AMvK`n fpNans`¡v tbm]n

AÀKp³ WÃ D_¡mfm\v ASv tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨v AMvK`n AÀKpsâ AXp¯v k¶p

AMvK`n kaÀ¶p ……Ct¸mjpw AkÄ bj] NphrSn¡pXp¡ Ss¶

kaÀ¶p k`n] sb®ms]¶ Nm^yw AkÄt¡m fäpÅkÀt¡m

tSm¶n]nà …..Xokn Nm\pt¼mÄ AkÄ tI«sâ fm_n tIÀ¶v NnX¡pw

tI«tWmsXm¸w D_§pw ……

H^pS^¯n`pfpÅ AN`kpw AkÀS½n`nà {bm]bqÀ¯n]m]

]pkmkpw ]pkSn]pfms\¶pÅ emkw AkÀS½n`nà ….

WsÃm^p tI«³ ASm\v AÀKp³ AkÄs¡¶pw Ct¸mjpw Ssâ NpªWpK¯n ASm\v AkWv Akapw

_qfn sIÃpt¼mÄ Ak³ fqXn bpS¨p NnX¶p D_§pN]m]n^p¶p.

Aksâ bpS¸p k`n¨p fmän N¼nNp«³.sWäv

{bSo£n¡msS ^mkns` Nn«n] Nmf hpO¯n AÀKpsâ Np® ht´mg SnfnÀ¸n D]ÀWn^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p

AMvK`n sM«n tbm]n

AMvK`n bpS¸v Sn^nsN ]n«v At¸msa¡p AfrS _qfns`¡v k¶p

AMvK`n AfrSs] tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨v

bp_s¯ tbm]n

AÀKpWv H^p foän§nWm]n N¼nWn]ntbmN*n k¶p

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AMvK`n tcm¬ FXp¯v sX_hns` tbm]n

it`m BUÀlv Mm³ Fsâ ko«ns`¯n ^m{Sn Fs¶ Nm\m³ Wo Fsâ ko«n k^ptfm?”

“”””WnW¡v Ct¸mÄ k^m³ bäptfm.. CÃt]m

AkÄ b_ªSv tNÄ¡mSn^n¡m³ AkWp NjnªnÃ.

“”””Cu sb®nsâ Nm^yw. Mm³ k^w.”

Mm³ kmSn Sp_¶p sk¡m

F¶m Ht¡m

Ak³ NmÄ N«v sI]vSp ssd¡nsâ Imkn]pw FXp¯p fpät¯¡v WX¶p.

tPäv ldv–Uw D*m¡msS Sp_¶p, Ak³ ssd¡v t_mZnt`¡v SÅn C_¡n.

ssd¡v HmXn¨p Np_¨p Uq^w tbm]t¸mÄ Ss¶ sI_n] Imä fj SpX§n.

AMvK`n Nn^\nsW tWm¡n WÃ D_¡fm\v

bSns] fp_n]psX kmSn sfsà Sp_¶p bp_¯n_§n.

AkapsX ko«nWp fp¶n F¯n] BUÀlv ssd¡v Wn¶pw C_§n At¸mtj¡pw fj]psX làn NqXn ko«nWpÅns`¡p N]_n FknsX]m\v AMvK`n]psX fp_ns]¶v AkWv A_n]nà ]m ]n ^p ¶p.

fpt¶m«p WX¶t¸mjm\v sbs«¶v BUÀlnsâ bp_¯v B^ptXt]m ssNNav AfÀ¶p BUÀlv sM«n Sn^nªp

tWm¡n]mt¸mÄ AMvK`n

Aksâ ssN bnXnt¨m*v AMvK`n AkapsX tÌÀ _qfns`¡v AksW sNm*v tbm]n…

WÃ fj]p*v BUÀlv b_ªp. sb¿s« Mm³ WW]m³ s_Zns]«m\p k¶n^n¡p¶Sp AMvK`n b_ªp

BUÀlv ssN sNm*v AMvK`n]psX ssN]psX fpNant`]v¡p SXkn. fpNaäw fmwhafm\v. ASn`qsX tSmant`]v¡v F¯n. AkÄ bSns] BUÀlnXpt¯]v¡p k¶p. tSmapw Njp¯pw SXkn BUÀlvsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX Nknant`]v¡v F¯n. sWän]n SXkn. Ip*p kn^ sNm*p fq¡n`qsX Smtj]v¡p k^¨p. Ip*pNan sSm«p. BUÀlv b`t¸mjpw sNmSn¨p tbm]n«pÅ bknjmV^§Ä. Ak bSps¡ kn_ sNm*p. kn^ SmXn]ns`¯n. SmXn bnXn¨p]À¯n. ^*p kn^`pNÄ sNm*v AkapsX Ip*pNÄ kr¯mNrSn]n`m¡n MmWk]n Däp tWm¡n. AMvK`n bSps¡ BUÀlv t`]v¡p Im]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Akapw BUÀlâ N®pNant`]v¡v tWm¡ns¡m*n^p¶p. Umiw, tfmiw, BÀ¯n, Bhàn. AÂbw NphrSn]pw. AsSms¡]m\v B N®pNans`¶v BUÀlv Wv tSm¶n

CWn]pw bnXn¨p Wn¡m³ k¿. sN«n¸nXn¨v BUÀlv B Ip*pNan AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p. Gs_ tW^w B IpwdWw Wo*p Wn¶p. ^*p tb^psX]pw N®pNÄ AXªp tbm]n^p¶p. N®p Sp_¡pt¼mjpw Ip*pNÄ tkÀsbXp¶nÃ. tkÀsbXp¯m³ tSm¶p¶nÃ.

AkÄ¡pw A§nsW]ms\¶p tSm¶p¶p. Gs_ Umin¨n^p¶

tlgw Nn«n] fVp^K`w tbms` BUÀlv B Ip*pNÄ bSps¡ WpN^m³ SpX§n. AkapsX NojvIp*v BUÀlv sâ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`m¡n bSns] I¸ns¡m*n^p¶p. BUÀlv â tfÂIp*v Akapw. bns¶]Sp b^hvbw k¨p fm_n. ^*p tb^pw Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n WmkpNÄ b^hvb^w Ns*¯n. WmkpNapw b^hvb^w I¸n.BUys¯ BÀ¯n lfn¨p b^nh^tdmVw k¶p F¶n«pw Ip*pNÄ tkÀsbXp¯m³ tSm¶n]nÃ. IpwdW¯nWnX]n Ss¶ BUÀlsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX bp_¯v A`]m³ SpX§n. Ak bSps¡ Smtjm«n_§n. AkapsX WnSwddnwd§ant·Â BUÀlv³s_ ssN¯`sf¯n. frUp`fmUN§am] B fmwhtPma§sa bSps¡ SXkn]pX¨p. AkÄ BsNs]m¶p`ªp. I´nNÄ BUÀlv fm_n fm_n sM^n¡pt¼mÄ AMvK`n BUÀlv sâ Ip*pNÄ frUpkm]n NXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. BUÀlv d`w {bt]mPn¨p Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n. fpO§Ä AÂbsfm¶Nän b^hvb^w tWm¡n.AkÄ ko*pw Fs¶ Ipwdn¨p. Pm[fm] B IpwdWw AVnNw Wo*nÃ. Aksa knXÀ¯n fmän] tlgw BUÀlv bn¶nt`]v¡p fm_n. h AMvK`ns] bn¶n Wn¶p sN«n¸nXn¨p. AkÄ A^s¡«pw tUikpw d`fm]n BUÀltWmXv tIÀ¯p^hn. S` BUÀlv sâ tSman Im]v¨p k¨p. BUÀlv H^p ssN sNm*v AkapsX fp`Napw f_p ssN sNm*v AkapsX k]_pw SXkns¡m*n^p¶p. In`t¸mÄ bnXn¨p sM^n¨p. AkÄ bpaNw sNm*p Io_pN]pw In\p§pN]pw sI]vSp. sbm¡nan kn^`n«p N_¡n] tlgw BUÀlv bSps¡ AkapsX tXmbv D]À¯n. bmkmX]psX I^Xp N*p bnXn¨v Ajn¨p. Nm`pNÄ Ca¡n bmkmX Smtj]v¡nXm³ Akapw hiN^n¨p. WPvWfm] SpXNan SXkns¡m*v BUÀlv ssNNÄ AkapsX k]_nt`]v¡p sNm*p k¶p. sbm¡nan sIm_nªp ko*pw AXnk]_nt`]v¡v. AknsX Wn¶p gÍn]psX C`mÌn¡n ssNNÄ tNmÀ¯t¸mÄ AkÄ BUÀlvsâ ssN]n N]_n bnXn¨p. Sn^nªv BUÀlvWv fpOmfpOw Wn¶p. BUÀlv sâ Ip*n AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p.

BUÀlv ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw Aksa FXp¯p]À¯n. ASkÄ {bSo£n¨nÃ. t¿m…. In^n¨psNm*kÄ BUÀlv sâ tSman bnXªp.

SpX fp¡m`pw Nm\n¨v tXmbv fm{Sw V^n¨p kn`mhkSn]m]n«pÅ AMvK`n]psX WnÂbv ftWmi^fm]n^p¶p. Sj¼n³s_ `m©W tbm`pw Nm\m¯ fnWp¯ NmÂfp«pNÄ.

sk®¯pXNÄ. tXm¸n³s_ AXn]n AkÄ ssNNÄ k¨p. bSps¡ ASp]À¯m³ emkn¨p. bns¶ sNmSn¸n¨psNm*p Smjv¯n.

“”””tfm³s_ gÀ«v Ajn¨p Na. F¶mt` MmWnWn kÃSpw Nm\n¡q.”

BUÀlv gÀ«v Ajn¨p.

“”””bm³_pw Ajn¡Xm Np«m,” AMvK`n H^p Wr¯¯ns`¶ tbms` A^s¡«p bSps¡ sk«n¨psNm*p b_ªp.

AkÄ bSps¡ Ip^nUm_n³s_ tXm¸v fpNant`]v¡p sS_p¯p N]än. A¶p Nn^¬ sh`Îv sI]vS gÍn AWmkrSfm]n. AÂbw SXn¨p]À¶ AkapsX SpXpbpgvb¯n bän NnX¡pN]m\v B WWp¯ gÍn. AkÄ ko*pw Ip^nUmÀ D]À¯n. k]À Nm\n¨p. kr¯sfm¯v Bj¯n`pÅ ftWmi^fm] sbm¡nÄ Ipjn. H¶p NqXn sbm¡n]n«v AkÄ Sma¯n bp_w Sn^nªp. BUÀlv B{Pin¨Sptbms` Ss¶. `mk\yfmÀ¶ bn³SpXNÄ. ASnWp fpNan BNrSns]ms¯ B fmwhtPma§Ä. Ak]psX bNpSnt]maw bp_¯p Nm\n¡p¶ gÍn. A^s¡«nWp fpNan ^*p kl¯m]n Wp\¡pjnNÄ tbms` ^*p IpjnNÄ. fpNant`]v¡p N®pNÄ bXÀ¶t¸mtj]v¡pw AkÄ tXmbv D]À¯n S`]v¡p fpNan`qsX Du^n fmän. bns¶ bSps¡ ko*pw fp¶nt`]v¡p Sn^nªp. t`hpÅ tWÀ¯ {dm]v¡pÅn Sn§n kn§n Wn¡p¶ fp`¡p«nNÄ.

“”””tNäs«”

“”””ipw….. tNänt¡m.” AMvK`n fp^*p.

BUÀlsâ Np«³ AkapsX t]mWoSX¯n S«n]p^p½n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

ASkÄ bnXn¨p S³s_ t]mWn¨p*pNÄ¡p tf k¨p NrSyØaw tSXp¶Sptbms` BsNs]m¶p^hn. bns¶ tNtä* Ø`¯p NrSyfm]n k¨n«p lzmhw fp«p¶ tbms` b_sªm¸n¨p.

“”””CWn tNän]Xns¡Xm F³s_ sbmt¶”

BUÀlv A^s¡«p SÅn. B]pVw B fmwhbpgvb¯nWpÅnt`]v¡p sS¶n¡]_n. Akan Wn¶p UoÀQfm] H^p IpXpWnlzmhfpSnÀ¶p. AkapsX ssNNÄ BUÀlvâ bp_¯pw I´nNan`pw AÅn¸nXn¨p. BUÀlv Akant`]v¡p N]_pN]pw C_§pN]pw sI]vSpsNm*n^p¶p. ivRpw…. im… iukq… tkm… AkapsX ho¡m^§Â FWn¡v Btklw bNÀ¶p. HXpkn bm`p Ioäns¯_n¨p. AkmIyfm] AWpekw. BUÀlv AkapsX fpOt¯]v¡p tWm¡n. N®pNÄ bmSn]Xªp ^Sn]psX WnÀkrSn WpNÀ¶p `]n¨p NnX¡pN]m\v AkÄ.

BUÀlv B]pVw AkÄ¡pÅn bmSn SaÀ¶p. l^o^§sa tkÀsbXp¯msf¶p k¨p bSps¡ A^s¡«p bnt¶m«p k`n¨t¸mÄ RpwRpw… Fs¶m^p sNm©t`msX AMvK`n ko*pw BUÀlvsW sN«n bnXn¨p. ssNNÄ BUÀlvsâ I´nNan AfÀ¯n sM¡n.

“”””Ct¸m Du^*,” BUÀlsâ NojvIp*n bSns] H¶p NXn¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.

BUÀlv sI^nªp NnX¡m³ H^p§n]t¸mÄ AkÄ A^s¡«v BUÀlt`]v¡p tIÀ¯p bnXn¨psNm*v BUÀlWv H¸w sI^n-ªp, l^o^§Ä kn«p tbmNm¯ knVw. bns¶ Akam\v SmSvb^ysfXp¡p¶Sv. H^p Nan sNms*m¶pw FWn¡p tbm^m F¶p

b_]msS b_]pN]m\kÄ. Np_¨p tW^w sI^nªp NnX¶ tlgw AMvK`n Ss¶ BUÀlv f`À¯n NnX¯n. BUÀlsâ fpNant`]v¡p N]_n. At¸msjm¶pw BUÀlsâ Np® S³s_ bq_n Wn¶p tkÀsbXmsS AkÄ {l²n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASn³s_ Np«Wp ko*pw D\Àkp WÂNn. Mm³ Smsj]pw AkÄ fpNan`pfm]n. F¶n«kÄ bSps¡ Nm`pNÄ fX¡n Fjpt¶än^p¶p. F³s_ ssNNsaXp¯p bnXn¨p. bSps¡ D]^mWpw SmjmWpw SpX§n. AkapsX fp`NÄ SpÅn¡an¨p. I´nNÄ {Nffm]n BUÀlvsâ SpXNan k¶Xn¨psNm*n^p¶p. NpSn^hkm^n. BUÀlv Wv Btklfm]n.

H^n¡Â bm`p Ioän¡jnªSp sNm*v Gs_ tW^w CSp SpX^m³ Njnªp. AkÄ l^n¡pw BhzUn¨p Nan¡pN]m\v. In`t¸mÄ Urãn fpNant`]v¡p bm]n¨pw N®X¨pw fäpÅt¸mÄ F¶¯s¶ tWm¡n]pw BUÀlsâ A^s¡«n`n^p¶v AkÄ SmamßNfm]n SpÅn¡–an¨psNm*n^p¶p. `i^n tNäp¶ Nm´nNfm] lЯn AkapsX ho¡m^§apw F³s_ Np«m, sbmt¶ SpX§n] knanNapw k¶p sNm*n^p¶p.- HXpkn ko*pw bm`p Ioän. C¯k\ Akapw SaÀ¶n^p¶p. BUÀlvsâ sW©nt`¡kÄ ko\p. l^o^§Ä tkÀsb«p. BUÀlvsW bp\À¶p N®pNan`pw NknapNan`pw kÃm¯ t{bft¯msX D½NÄ S¶p.Ct¸mÄ tbm]vt¡maq. BUÀlv ko*pw sI¶v AkapsX Ip*pNan AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p.

“”””WnW¡p W¶m]n D½ k]v¡mW_n]mw. CSm^m bYn¸n¨Sv?” AkÄ In^n¨p sNm*p tImUn¨p.

“”””kntUl¯p tbm]n bYn¨Sm I¡t^”

“”””Dw, W¶m]n F³s_ sbmt¶..”

AkÄ FWn¡pw WsÃm^p D½ S¶p.

“”””CWns]¶m Nm\p¶Sv?”

“”””Mm³ knan¡mw,” AkÄ b_ªp.

bns¶]VnNw Wn¡msS BUÀlv ]m{S b_ªp tbm¶p

AMvK`n Sn^n¨v AN¯v N]_pt¼mÄ fp¶n Nn^¬

SpX^pw