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ML-TTKarthika
an¶manë§pIÄ
kpa cmhnse t\cw sshInbmWv DWÀ¶Xv. AXpw Ip«nIÄ hìv
hnfn¨t¸mÄ. kpa I®pXpd¶t¸mÄ
IXv kpabpsS æ«nIÄ Nncn¨pwsImp \nÂç¶XmWv. kpa AhÀç cpt]Àçw D½ sImSp¯pv
Fgpt¶Áv _m¯vdqanteçv t]mbn. kpa
_m¯vdqan \n¶t¸mÄ AhfpsS a\Êpapgphëw cm{Xnbnepmb Imcy§Ä
Bbnêì. AhfpsS icocw apgph³
tcmam©w hìv tcma§Ä FÃmw Fgpt¶Áv \nì. AhfpsS ssI AdnbmsX AhfpsS kmam\¯nÂ
sXm«pXtemSnsImnêì.
_m¯vdqan \nìv Cd§nb kpa \à DjmdnÂ
Bbnêì. AhÄ In¨Wnse
]WnIÄ FÃmw NS ]Sm Fìv XoÀ¯psImnêì. æ«nIsf æfn¸n¨n«v thKw Xs¶
kvIqfnte¡b¨p. At¸mfmWv AhÄ
ASp¯ ho«n \nÂç¶ cP\nsb¡Xv.
cP\n Ipfn¨v \Ã kpµcnbmbn«v \nÂçIbmbnêì. kpa cP\nsb hnfn¨n«v ]Wn IgnªmÂ
hcm³ ]dªn«v Ipfn¡m³ Ibdn.
kmcn Agn¨n«v {_mbpw Ducn AhÄ AhfpsS Xcn¨p \nÂç¶ apeIfnteçv
t\m¡n.F¶n«v AhfpsS ape¡®n ]nSn¨psImv H¶aÀ¯n,
æd¨p thZ\ns¨¦nepw ape¡®pIÄ ap¶nteçv XÅm³ XpS§n. AhÄ sP«n Agn¨p F¶n«v Hìv
aW¯pt\m¡n, kpaçv AhfpsS ]qdnsâ aWw \Ã CjvSambnêì. AXpsImv AhÄ HìIqSn aWw ]nSn¨n«v
sP«n AhnsS Dmbnê¶ _¡Ánte¡n«p. F¶n«v AhnsSbpÅ henb I®mSnbn Xsâ
`wKnbpÅ icocw t\m¡n BkzZn¨p.
AhÄ BtemNn¨p C\nbpw Hê amkw IgnbWw AhfpsS lkv_âv
sUÂlnbn \ns¶¯phm³, F¶n«v thWw icocw apgph³ Hìv
sR¡n¸ngnªv In«phm³. AhÄ
Hê hnc sImv AhfpsS tbm\nbn tXmn. tbm\n BsI shÅw hìv
Ipfn¨ncnçIbmbnêì. AhÄ
æd¨p t\cw I®S¨p]Sn¨v Dffnteçw ]pdtt¯çw hnc XÅm³ XpS§n. AhÄ¡v ætdsÈ kpJw
hì XpS§nbnêì. AhÄ
Ignª cm{Xnbnse Imcy§Ä HmÀ¯p.
cP\nbpw AhfpsS `À¯mhnsâ ktlmZc³ kptcjpw IqSn Xsâ hoSnsâ
hcm´bn Im«n¡q«nb Imakq{X§Ä Bbnêì apgphëw. kpa Dd§msX InSçIbmbnêì. At¸mgmWv hcm´bn BêtStbm sNdnb iÐw tI«Xv. AhÄ BZyw t]Sn¨p hÃ
IÅ·mêamtWm. ]s£ Hê P\Â
Xpdì InSçIbmbnêì. AhÄ
]Xps¡ AXneqsS t\m¡nbt¸mÄ IXv, AhÄçv hnizkn¡m³
IgnªnÃ. cP\nbpw kptcjpw IqSn
XpWnsbÃmw Ducn "69' s]mknj\n InSìv \ç¶XmWv IXv.
AhÄ ]Xps¡ AXp apgph³ t\m¡n
\n¶mkzZn¨p. kptcjnsâ apgp¯
kmam\t¯¡mfpw Ahsf tamln¸n¨Xv cP\nbpsS ænbpw apebpamWv. C{Xbpw henb apeIÄ AhÄçv Dv
Fìv tXm¶nbnê¶nÃ. kptcjv
AhfpsS apeIÄ Ii¡ns¡mnêì. cP\n kptcjnsâ apIfnÂ
InSçIbmbnêì. AXpsImv cP\nbpsS
æn icnçw ImWm³
]Án. Dcpp XSn¨ N´nbnÂ
AhÄçv ]nSn¨v AaÀ¯m³ tXm¶n. kpa AhfpsS ssI Xsâ Xs¶ N´nbnÂ
]nSn¨p sR¡n. kptcjpw cP\nbpw
CsXmìw Iméìmbnê¶nÃ.
AhÀ \¡Â \nÀ¯nbn«v s]mknj³ amdn. cP\n kptcjnsâ apIfn Ibdnbnê¶n«v
kptcjnsâ XSn¨ æ® FSp¯n«v AhfpsS ]qdnsâ DÅnteçv æ¯n¯nêIn,
AhÄ lm..§m Fìv iÐn¡m³ XpS§n, N´n ap¶nteçw ]n¶nteçw
XÅphmëw XpS§n. kpa CXp In«v
AhfpsS aqìv hncepIÄ ]qdnsâ DÅnteçv
XÅns¡mnêì.
æd¨p Ignªt¸mÄ kptcjv cP\nsb InS¯nbn«v, AhfpsS
apIfn Ibdn¡nSì. cP\n ImepIÄ cpw hnSÀ¯n
sh¨p. kpa hnImcw sImv XpÅn. AhfpsS hncepIÄ thKw thKw
Nen¨psImnêì. cP\nbpsS ]qdv XSn¨p
s]m´nbnêì, AhfpsS kmam\w \ndsb ]qS Bbnêì. kptcjv ]qSbpsS CSbneqsS æ®tIÁn
XÅm³ XpS§n. ]ns¶ AhnsS ¹Iv...¹Iv
F¶ iÐambnêì. æd¨v
ASn¨t¸mÄ cP\n thKw thKw Fì ]dªv kptcjnsâ N´nbn ]nSn¨v
AaÀ¯n. C{Xbpambt¸mtgçw kpabpsS
]qdnsâ DÅn \nìv aZPew s]m«nsbmgpIn, AhÄ
kzÀ¤¯nembnêì.
I®pXpdìv t\m¡nbt¸mÄ kptcjpw cP\nbpw ]Wn Ignªv
sI«n¸nSn¨v InSç¶XmWv IXv.
kpa ]Xps¡ Fgpt¶Áv s_Uvdqan h¶n«v
t¢m¡n t\m¡nbt¸mÄ kabw H¶c Bbncnçì. AhÄ Xncn¨p hì
t\m¡nbt¸mÄ cP\n t]mbn¡gnªnêì, kptcj AhnsS Xs¶
InSçì. AhÄ kptcjnsâ kmam\w
t\m¡n, AXv Ct¸mÄ HSnªv InSçì. kpaçv AXv Hìv ]nSn¨v
\¡Wsaìv tXm¶nbnêì. F¦nepw Hê t]Sn sImv AhÄ Hfnªv
t\m¡n \nì. kpabpsS lkvs_âv
anenädnbnemWv. kptcjnt\¡mfpw
\Ã XSnbpw icochpapv, AXpsImp Xs¶ AhÄçv \Ã kpJhpw
In«nbnêì. æd¨p
Ignªt¸mÄ kptcjv apv DSp¯n«v Fgpt¶Áv t]mbn. AhÄ hopw s_Uvdqan hì,
æ«nIÄ kpJambn Dd§pIbmbnêì.
AhÄçv Dd¡w h¶nÃ. AhÄ hnNmcn¨p F´n\mWv cP\n
kptcjns\s¡mv ]cn]mSn sN¿nç¶Xv?
cP\nbpsS IeymWw Ignªn«v 2 hÀjsa Bbn«pÅq. AhfpsS lkvs_âv Zp_mbnemWv. 2 hÀj¯nte eohv In«pIbpÅq. AXpsImv cP\nçv IeymWw Ignªn«v 2 amksa
IqsS Xmakn¡m³ ]ÁnbpÅq.
kpaçv cP\ntbmSv klXm]w tXm¶n, AtXmsSm¸w tZjyhpw. AhÄ lkvs_âns\ h©nçIbmWtÃm sN¿p¶Xv. AhÄ hnNmcn¨p \msfXs¶ AhêsS ho«nÂ
]dbmsaìv. ]s£ AhfpsS a\Êv
apgphëw cP\nbpsS ænbpw apebpambnêì. AhÄçv AXv C\nbpw ImWphmëw sXmSphmëw
tXm¶n¨p. kpa tImtfPnÂ
]Tnçt¼mÄ AhfpsS IqsS ]Tn¨nê¶ Hê æ«nbpambn _Ôapmbnêì. cpt]êw kv{XoIfmbnê¶XpsImv BÀçw Hìw
tXm¶nbnê¶nÃ. B_Ôw tImtfPv
Ignbp¶Xp hsc Dmbnêì. IeymWw
Ignªn«v Ct¸mÄ BZyambn kpaçv hopw Hê kv{Xobpambn _Ôs¸Sphm³
tXm¶n¨p.
kpa thKw jhÀ Xpdì F¶n«v tkm¸v
tX¨v \Ã Hê æfn ]mÊm¡n.
æfn Ignªv ]pd¯p h¶t¸mÄ IXv cP\n tUmdn hìv
X«p¶XmWv.
(Chapterþ2)
cP\n \à kt´mj¯nembncpì. kpa tNmZn¨p Fs´ÃmamWv hntij§Ä.
AhÀ cpt]cpw IqSn s_Uvdqan Ibdn.
kpa cP\nsb DÁpt\m¡n.
cP\n tNmZn¨p kpatN¨n F´m C§ns\ ]XnhnÃmsX t\mç¶Xv? At¸mÄ kpa ]dªp cP\nsb ImWm³ F´p
`wKnbm, AXm t\mç¶sX¶v. kpa cP\nbpsS Ihnfs¯mê½w
sImSp¯p, cP\n s]«ì Hì amdn, ]ns¶ AhnsS Xs¶ Ccpì. kpa tNmZn¨p F´m Rm³ D½ X¶t¸mÄ
CjvSambntÃ. cP\n ]dªp Fs¶
Bcpw D½sh¡mdnà AXpsImmWv.
kpa ]dªp AXpsImÅmatÃm.
cpt]cpw X½n XÀ¡ambn. Ahk\w kpa ]dªp kptcjv cP\nsb D½ shç¶Xv
ItÃm F¶v.
cP\n sR«nt¸mbn.
AhÄ Icbm³ XpS§n. At¸mÄ kpa AhfpsS I®oÀ XpS¨n«v
Icbtà F¶v Bizkn¸n¡m³ XpS§n.
AhÄ cP\nsb ]nSn¨v sXm«Sp¯ncp¯n F¶n«v AhfpsS I®pIÄ XpS¨p. hopw AhÄç cp IhnfpIfnepw D½w
sImSp¯p. cP\n Fgpt¶Án«v hopw
Icªp sImncpì. At¸mÄ
kpabpw Fgpt¶Áv cP\nsb hopw sI«n¸nSn¨p.
cP\n ]dªp, tN¨o CXmtcmSpw ]dbtÃ, Rm³ acnt¡n hcpw
Fs¶Ãmw. kpa Ahsf sI«n¸nSn¨n«v
]dªp \o acnt¡ tamtf Rm³ BtcmSpw ]dbnÃ, ]s£ Rm\nXv
AdnªXmbn kptcjnt\mSv ]dbcpXv. Ahfpw
k½Xn¨p. kpa Ct¸mÄ cP\nsb
sI«n¸nSn¨ncnçIbmbncpì. kpaç
hÃm¯ kpJw tXm¶n, AhÄ ssI Xtgm«p sImpt]mbn Adnbm¯ t]mse cP\nbpsS
N´nbn ]nSn¨p. cP\n At¸mgpw
Icªp sImncnçI Bbncpì.
AhÄ ]dbpìmbncpì, tN¨n Fs¶ c£n¡Ww, F\nç
sXÁp ]ÁnbXmWv, C\nbpw Rm³ BhÀ¯nçIbnÃ, Fìw
aÁpw. Ahkcw ]mgm¡msX kpa
AhfpsS ssIsImv cP\nbpsS Ipnbn ]nSn¨v AaÀ¯n. kpabpsS icocw tImcn¯cn¨p. cP\n Hìw Adnbm¯t]mse Icªp
sImncpì. kpa cP\nbpsS
N´nbn XShp¶tXmsSm¸w Icb tamtf, Icb tamtf, Fì
]dbpìmbncpì.
F\n¡dnbmw tamsf tamfpsS hnjaw, IeymWw Ignªv Ipd¨p
\mftà Ifns¨mÅq AXpsImv tamÄ¡v ISn tXm¶nbXv
kmcanÃ. Cu tN¨nbptÃm
Fì ]dªv cP\nbpsS Ipnbn ]nSn¨v
XShns¡mncpì. kpa cP\nsb
D½wsImSpçhm³ XpS§nbt¸mÄ cP\n Ic¨n \nÀ¯n. AhÄ¡nt¸mÄ cP\nsN¿p¶Xv
a\Ênembn XpS§nbnêì.
AhÄçw Ipnbn XShpt¼mÄ ]qdv Xcn¨p XpS§nbnêì. ]s£ AhÄ¡nXv BZyambn«pÅ Hê
Aë`hambnêì. kpa Ct¸mÄ icnçw
kpJn¨p XpS§nbnêì. AhÄ
cP\ntbmSv s_Ín InS¡m³ ]dªp, F¶n«v IqsS Xs¶ kpabpw
InSì. kpa ]Xps¡ AhfpsS Hê
ssI cP\nbpsS hbdn sh¨v XShm³ XpS§n.
ssI ]Xps¡ s]m¡nfnsâ AhnsS F¯n. Hê hnc s]m¡nfnsâ
DÅn IS¯n XShn. cP\nçw kpJw
tXm¶n. F¦nepw AhÄ Hìw
Adnbm¯t]mse I®pIÄ AS¨p InSì.
kpaç a\Ênembn cP\nç kpJw ]nSn¨p XpS§nsb¶v. AhÄ ASp¯ ]cn]mSnbnte¡v \o§n. kpa ]Xps¡ ]Xps¡ cP\nbpsS kmcn
apIfnte¡v sImp hì. AhfpsS
hg¡q¼pt]mepÅ XpSbn D½w sh¡m³ XpS§n. kpabpsS \mhv s]«ì XpSbnÂ
sXm«t¸mÄ cP\n kpJw sImv tImcn¯cn¨p.
"kpa tN¨o F´m Cu sN¿ps¶'
kpa ]dªp tamsf Rm³ tamfpsS ISn
amÁn¯cmëÅ hgn t\mçIbmWv.
F¶n«v cP\nbpsS kmcn apgphëw apIfnte¡v s]m´n¨p tIÁnbn«v
AhfpsS XpSIÄ cnepw D½w sImSp¯p sImnêì. cP\nbpsS ]qdv AhfpsS Idp¯ \ndapÅ
sP«nbn Xcn¨p \n¶nêì. kpa
]Xps¡ AhfpsS kmam\w ]nSn¨v sR¡n.
cP\n Mvlm... lm.. Fì ]dªp.
kpa ]Xps¡ ]Xps¡ AhfpsS sP«n hen¨nd¡n. cP\nbpsS ]qdv Iv kpabpsS hmbnÂ
shÅw hì. kpa cP\nbpsS cp
Imepw Ih¨p sh¸n¨n«v AhfpsS kmam\¯n Xsâ hmbv sh¨aÀ¯n. cP\n Imaw sImv hnd¨p. AhÄ AhfpsS ssIsImv kpabpsS XebnÂ
]nSn¨aÀ¯n.
kpa ]qdpsâ ckw Aë`hn¨p XS§n. AhfpsS \mhv cP\nbpsS I´n sXm«p,
I´n ISn¨p hen¡m³ XpS§n. Hê
hnc cP\nbpsS kmam\¯nsâ DÅnte¡v IS¯n. aZ\Pew sImp \ndª
AhfpsS kmam\w ¹ ¹ ¹ Fì ]dªpsImnêì.
10 an\nÁv t\cw C§ns\ \¡nsImSp¯
kpa, cP\ntbmSv Iangvì \m¡menIsf t]mse I¿pw Ip¯n
ap«në \n¡m³ ]dªp. cP\nbpsS
Xe s_Ín AaÀ¯n Ipn s]m¡n Imepcpw AI¯n sh¨v
Ccp¯n. kpa¡v cP\nbpsS Ipn
It¸mÄ AhfpsS ]qdn \n¶v shÅw HgpIm³ XpS§nbnêì.
AhÄ cP\nbpsS N´n cpw sR¡n sR¡n ]nSn¨p. AhÄ N´nbn D½ sh¡m³
XpS§n. D½w sh¨p sh¨v cP\nbpsS N´nbpsS
hnShn \mç tIÁn. cP\nç
`b¦c Xcn¸v A\p`hs¸«p. AhÄ N´n Ipep¡m³ XpS§n. kpa AhfpsS \mhv cP\nbpsS aeZzmc¯nÂ
tIÁm³ XpS§n. AtXmsSm¸w AhÄ
Hê hnc sImv cP\nbpsS ]qdn tIÁn Ifn¨p. cP\n kpJw sImv hnd¡m³ XpS§n. kpabpsS \mhns\ DÅntes¡Sp¡m³
thn AhÄ N´n ]n¶nteç XÅn. kpa
AXëkcn¨v Ahsf Ii¡n sRcn¨p. cP\n
kpJw sImp ]pfªp hoé. aZPew
]qd \ns¶mgpIn. kpa Fgpt¶Áv
AhfpsS kmcn Agn¨p amÁn ]qÀ® \ábmbn hopw
s_Ín Ibdn¡nS¶v cP\nsb sI«n¸nSn¨p. cP\n kpJ\n{µbn \ns¶gpt¶Án«v
]dªp
"tN¨o F\n¡v \Ã kpJw In«n'
At¸mgmWv AhÄ kpasb t\m¡nbXv. kpabpsS apebpw tjhv sNbvX ]qdpw In«v
aXnhcmsX t\m¡n. AhÄ
BZyambn«mWv tjhv sNbvX ]qdv ImWp¶Xv.
cP\n AhfpsS tN¨nbpsS ]qÀ Hfn¨p \n¶v In«pv , ]s£ AXp \ndsb ]qS Bbnêì. kpa cP\nbpsS ssI ]nSn¨v AhfpsS ]qdnÂ
sh¨p, F¶n«v ]Tªp tamsf \o AaÀ¯n XShnt¡m. AhÄ Hê ape FSp¯v cP\nbpsS hmbnÂ
sImSp¯n«v IpSnt¨mfm³ ]dªp. cP\n
BZyambn«mWv CsXÃmw sN¿p¶Xv ]s£ AhÄç In«nb kpJw ImcWw
AhÄ kpa ]dbp¶sXms¡ Aëkcn¡m³ XpS§n. kpa cP\nbpsS ape »ukp Xpd¶v FSp¯n«v
sR¡m³ XpS§n. cP\nç hopw hnImcw
hì XpS§n. kpa ]dªp
"tamtf \o Rm³ \¡nbXp t]mse Fsâ
]qdpw \¡n¯êtam?'
cP\n ]Xps¡ Xtgm«nd§n F¶n«v kpabpsS
XpSIfn D½w sImSp¯p. cP\nbpsS
ssIIÄ kpabpsS ]qdn XtemSns¡mnêì. kpa Imepcpw Ih¨v ]qdv s]mfn¨p sImSp¯p. ]qdnse amZIKÔw cP\nsb hndfn
]nSn¸n¨p. AhÄ kpabpsS tjhv sNbvXv
¢o\m¡nb sam«Ip¶nt·Â ISn¨n«v \mhv DÅnte¡v
XÅns¡mSp¯p. shÅw
\ndª B XSn¨p s]m´nb ]qdnsâ Imh¡mc\mbnê¶ sam«¯eb\mb I´nÂ
cP\n \mhn«v NpgÁn. kpabpsS I´v
hepXmbnêì, sNdnb Ip«nIfpsS D®n¸q t]mse.
cP\n¡v I´v In«v AXnibw tXm¶n.
cP\n BZyambmWv I´v icnçw Imé¶Xv.
AhÄ CXphsc AhfpsS kmam\¯nsâ DÄ`mKw t]mepw icnç
t\m¡n¡n«nÃ. AhÄ
kpabpsS ]qdnsâ hc¼pIÄ ISn¨p Xn¶m³ XpS§n.
hndfn ]nSn¨ B\sbt¸mse kpa aqfm³ XpS§n...
Fsâ tamsf A§ns\ thKw thKw \mhn«v Ip¯v Fs¶Ãmw
]dªpsImnêì. cP\n Hê
hnc FSp¯v ]qdnsâ DÅn Ip¯n AtXmsSm¸w AhÄ ]qdp
\¡epw XpSÀì.
cP\nbpsS hncepIÄ thKw thKw Nen¡m³ XpS§n. kpa kzÀ¤temI¯mbnêì, AhÄ
Acs¡«v apIfnte¡v XÅns¡mnêì. Ipd¨p kab¯nëÅn AhfpsS ]mev ]qdnÂ
\nì Hen¨nd§n, AhÄ \nÝebmbn.
cpt]cpw sI«n¸nSn¨p InSì.
Ipd¨pt\cw Ignªt¸mÄ kpa
Fgpt¶Áv cP\ntbbpw Iq«n _m¯vdqan Ibdn. cP\ntbmSv Ip´n¨ncn¡m³ ]dªn«v
AhÄ cP\nbpsS ]qÀ \¶mbn IgpIns¡mSp¯p. kpa¡v hopw B ]qÀ
\¡n¡pSn¡m³ tXm¶n. cP\n
Fgpt¶Áv kpabpsS ]qdpw IgpIn sImSp¯p.
kpabpsS ]qdn sXm«t¸mÄ cP\nç tXm¶n F\nçw kpasb t]mse ¢o³ tjhv
sN¿sWsa¶v. AhÄ A¡mcyw
kpatbmSv kqNn¸n¨p. kpa \msf hSn¨p
sImSp¡msat¶Áp. F¶n«v
cpt]êwIqSn s_Ívdqan t]mbn {Ukv sNbvXp.
cP\n¡v Ct¸mÄ kpatbmSv \Ã
CjvSw tXm¶n, am{Xaà AhfpsS clky ImapIsâ Imcyw BtcmSpw
]dbpIbpanÃtÃm. kpa
]dªp..
"tamtf \o Fs¶ \¶mbn kpJn¸n¨p,
tamÄsS \mhv s]m¶mWv'
cP\n ]dªp, tN¨o Rm\mZyambmWv C§ns\
FÃmw sN¿p¶Xv, CXphsc Hê s]®nsâ kmam\w icnç Inê¶nÃ. tN¨nbpsS kmam\w ImWm³ F´p `wKnbmWv. kpa ]dªp C\n \nsâ A®³ hcp¶Xphsc
\½Äç cpt]Àçw IqSn Ifn¡mw At¸mÄ ISn
amdnt¡mfpw. cP\nbpw k½Xn¨p.
cpt]êw IqSn In¨Wn Ibdn tkmU
Dm¡n IpSn¨p. cP\n
t]mIpIbmsWì ]dªn«v bm{X]dªp.
kpa hopw s_Uvdqan hì I®mSnbn t\m¡n AhfpsS
`wKn BkzZn¨p.
(chapter 3)
ho«nse¯nb cP\nsb¡t¸mÄ cP\nbpsS
A½mbnb½ \o FhnsS t]mbnêì Fì tNmZn¨Xn\v kpatN¨nbpsS
ASp¯mbnêì Fì ]dªp.
At¸mgmWv AhÄ kptcjns\ IXv, AhÄ Hìw Adnbm¯t]mse \o FhnsS
Bbnês¶Sm Fì tNmZn¨p. kptcjv
]Xps¡ A½sb ImWmsX cP\nbpsS ]n¶n hìv AhfpsS
ænbn ]nSn¨v
sR¡ns¡mSp¯p. cP\n ssI hnSphn¨v
amdn \nì. A½ ]pdt¯¡v
t]mbt¸mÄ kptcjnt\mSv ]dªp, \½Ä C\n apX CsXmìw
sN¿m³ ]mSnÃ, sXÁp]ÁnbXv Xnê¯m³ ]dªp. C\n Fs¶ sXmSêsXìv ]dªv
Xm¡oXv sImSp¯p. kptcjnsâ apJw BsI
hmSnt¸mbn.
cP\n¡v ]pXXmbn e`n¨ cXnkpJ¯nsâ
elcnbn æfn¨ HmÀ½IÄ Bbnêì Znhkw apgphëw.
AhÄ aqfn¸m«p]mSns¡mnêì.
cm{Xn Bbt¸mÄ Fìw sN¿mdpÅXpt]mse æfn¨p
kpµcnbmbn. kptcjv A½ Dd§phm³
Im¯nêì, Dd§nsbì XoÀ¨bmbt¸mÄ ]Xps¡
Fgpt¶Áv cP\nbpsS dqansâ P\mebn t]mbn X«n. ]s£ cP\n ]pd¯p h¶nÃ. Ahë BsI hnjaambn. Ahsâ hSn t]mse \n¶nê¶ I® hnjaw sImv Xmgm³
XpS§n. cP\n hcmXmbt¸mÄ Ah³ Ahsâ
s_Ín sNì InSì æ®sbSp¯v XShm³ XpS§n. cP\nsb Du¡mdpÅ kpJw BtemNn¨psImv
hmWaSn¨p. cP\nbpsS ]qdpw apebpw Ahsâ
a\Ên Xmfw XpÅn, AtXmsSm¸w Ahsâ ssI thKw thKw Nen¡m³
XpS§n. s]«ì Ahsâ
æ®bn \nì ]mev tdm¡Ápt]mse ]mªv ]pd¯p
NmSn.
cP\n B kab¯v dqansâ DÅnÂ
InSì sRcns]mcn sImÅpIbmbnêì. kptcjns\s¡mv
Du¡n¡m³ AhÄç tXm¶n. ]s£
kpatN¨nç hmçsImSp¯Xv adphi¯v. Ahkm\w
AhÄ kptcjv Du¡ns¡mSp¡mdpÅXpt]mse cphncepIÄ
]qdnsâ DÅn tIÁn æ¯n¡fn¨p. BkpJ¯n AhÄ Dd§nt¸mbn.
cmhnse Fgpt¶Á cP\n \Ã
aqUnembnêì. thKw thKw AhfpsS
ho«p]WnIÄ FÃmw Ahkm\n¸n¨p.
CXn\nSbn kptcjv In¨Wn F¯n Ahsf ISì]nSn¨p. AhfpsS Nppapgph³ kptcjnsâ
hmbv¡I¯m¡n N¸nhen¨p.
AhÄ¡v Hìw ]dbm³ h¿m¯ coXnbnembnêì Ahsâ
B{IaWw. AhfpsS apeIÄ Ah³ R¡n,
HêssIsImv AhfpsS ænbn ]nSn¨aÀ¯n. cP\n AXv icnçw kpJn¨p. ]s£ AhÄ¡v Ahs\ hnSphn¡msX
c£bpmbnê¶nÃ. kptcjnsâ
_eapÅ ssIIfn \nì AhÄ¡v Hìw sN¿m³
IgnªnÃ. At¸mÄ AhêsS A½
hcp¶Xp Iv kptcjv thKw Ahsf hn«v In¨Wn \nì t]mbn. cP\n icnçw Xcn¨p \nì, AhfpsS
]qdn shÅw \ndªnêì.
]qÀ C¡nfn Im«phm³ XpS§n.
AhÄ s{UÊnsâ apIfneqsS ]qÀ AaÀ¯n¯pS¨p. cP\n ]WnIÄ FÃmw Ign¨v
Ipfn¡m³ Ibdn. AhÄ ænbnepw
]qdnepw ¶¶mbn tkm¸v tX¨v ]X¸n¨p.
æfn¡m³ km[mcW FSp¡mdpÅ kabt¯¡mf[nIw thn
hì AhÄ¡¶s¯ Ipfn¡v.
kpabpw cP\nsbt¸mse \Ã
aqUnembnêì. Ahfpw
]WnIsfÃmw Ign¨v \Ã æfn ]mkm¡n, "kv{Xo P·w ....]pWyP·w ....' F¶ aqfn¸m«v
]mSpìapmbnêì. cP\nbpsS
iÐw tI«v kpa hmXn Xpdì.
cP\n apdnbn Ibdnbt¸mÄ cpt]êw sI«n¸nSn¨v D½sh¡m³
XpS§n. cP\n kpabpsS NpnÂ
ImawsImv Hê ISn sImSp¯p. kpa cP\nsb
s_Uvdqan sImpt]mbn Cê¯n. kpa
]Xps¡ AhfpsS taIvkn s]m¡n.
At¸mgmWv taIvknçÅnse \áicocw cP\n IXv. AhÄ Hì Nncn¨p, ImcWw kpa shdpw
taIvkn am{Xsa C«nêìÅq, _m¡nsbÃmw
Hgnhm¡nbnêì. cP\n kpabpsS
apeIfn XtemSn, ape¡®pIfn ]nSn¨p Ii¡n. sIm¨ptcma§Ä hìXpS§nb
kmam\¯n \¡m³ XpS§n. kpa
hndfnsImp, AhÄ cP\nbpsS taIvkn s]m¡n, Ahfpw sP«nbpw
{_mbpsamìw C«nê¶nÃ.
cpt]êw Nncn¨p. F¶n«v kpa
cP\nbpsS tase Ibdn¡nSì.
AhfpsS Xe cP\nbpsS XpSIfpsS CSbn sh¨p. cP\n kpabpsS ImepIÄ AIÁn sh¨n«v
AhfpsS sam«æ¶nt·Â hmbn«pckn.
At¸mgmWv AhÄ kpatN¨nbpsS Iq¯n ImWp¶Xv, AhÄ¡v kpabpsS
Iq¯nbpsS hep¸w hfsc hepXmbn tXm¶n.
AhÄ Hê hncÂ\Jw sImv Iq¯nbnÂ
sasà sNmdnªp. \mhv kpabpsS
]qdnsâ hc¼pIfn X¯n¡fn¨p. Hê
hnc AhÄ kpabpsS Iq¯nbnte¡v kv{Iqss{UhÀ t]mse
Xncn¨ptIÁn. kpa¡Xv \¶mbn
CjvSs¸«p. AhÄ AhfpsS N´n cP\nbpsS
hncente¡v XÅnsImv B hnc apgphëw Xsâ aeZzmc¯nteç DÄs¡mp. kpabpw cP\nbpsS ]qdnÂ
Ifnçìmbnêì. AhfpsS
hncepIÄ cP\nbpsS CdpInb Iq¯nsb XtemSn, N´n sR¡n sImSp¯p. cpt]cpw
Imaelcnbn BdmSn. s]s«ìmb
cXnaqÀÑbn cpt]cptSbpw ]qdn \nìv ImaPew
]pdt¯s¡mgpIn, ]ns¶ \nÝeambn AhnsS InSì.
Imfnw§v s_ ASnç¶ iÐw tI«mWv
AhÀ Fgpt¶ÁXv. cpt]êw thKw
s_Uvdqan \nìv ]pd¯phì.
hmXn Xpd¶t¸mÄ AhfpsS `À¯mhv AXm Nncn¨psImp
\nÂçì. kpaçv BZyw
Hìw ]dbm³ IgnªnÃ.
AhÄçv AXv Hê kÀss{]kv Bbnêì. cP\n thKw Xs¶ t]mbn. kpa hmXneS¨bpS³ `À¯mhv A³hÀ
Ahsf KmVw ]pWÀì, H«pw sshImsX Ahsf FSp¯vsImv s_Uvdqanteçv
\Sì. cpt]cpw sI«n¸nSn¨v
D½shçìmbnêì. A³hÀ
AhfpsS \mshSp¯v N¸m³ XpS§n. NppIÄ
X½n N¸n hen¨p. elcnaq¯t¸mÄ
A³hÀ AhfpsS taIvkn s]m´n¨, At¸mgmWv AbmÄ AhfpsS \áicocw
IXv. AbmÄ tNmZn¨p "F´m tamsf
C§ns\ Agn¨p hn«ncnç¶Xv' AhÄ ]dªp Rm³ C¶se C¡ hê¶Xv kz]v\w Ip
AXpsImmWv. AbmÄ AhfpsS
apeIfn ]nSn¨aÀ¯n. AhfpsS
henb apeIÄ AbmÄs¡t¸mgpw Hê lcambnêì. AbmÄ AXn ]nSn¨v sRcSm³
XpS§n. AhfpsS ape¡®pIÄ
Fgpt¶Áv \n¡m³ XpS§n, apeIÄ IÃpt]mse Dd¨p. A³hdnsâ ssIIÄ Ahsf DWÀ¯n, AhfpsS
]qdv hn§phm³ XpS§n.
A³hÀ Fgpt¶Áv AbmfpsS s{Ukv
Agn¨p. AbmfpsS Bdn©v \ofapÅ
æ® hSnt]mse \nì. kpa
AbmfpsS eKms\ ]nSn¨v \¡m³ XpS§n.
AhfpsS \mhv AbmfpsS eKm³ \¡n¯pS¨p.
AhÄ eKm³ apgph³ hmbn tIÁn N¸n. AbmÄ B\µelcnbn ap§n. æd¨pt\cw Ignªt¸mÄ AbmÄ
Ahsf ]nSn¨p InS¯n AhfpsS Imepcpw AI¯n sh¨n«v eKms\ AhfpsS kmam\¯nsâ
DÅnteçv tIÁn. AhfpsS kmam\w
shÅw sImv \ndªnêì.
A³hdnsâ æ® kpabpsS emhbn Ifn¨p. cpt]êw ]n¨pw t]bpw ]dbm³ XpS§n. AbmÂ
iànbn Du¡m³ XpS§n. thKw
thKapÅ Du¡n AbmfpsS 殸m AhfpsS
KÀ`]m{X¯nteçv shSnbp IWs¡ ]mªpIbdn. AbmÄ AhfpsS tase XfÀì
InSì. kpabpw icnç
kpJn¨nêì. AbmÄ AhfpsS
N´nbn XtemSns¡mv aÁv hntij§Ä kwkmcn¡m³
XpS§n..........
(Chapter 4)
cP\nçv A³hÀ h¶XnjvSambnÃ. AhÄç tXm¶n AbmÄç hcm³ I kabtabv
! AhÄ s_ÍnÂ
InSìsImv AhfpsS taIvknbpsS CSbneqsS kmam\¯n sXm«p XtemSn. AhfpsS ]qdnsâ tcma¯n\nSbneqsS AhfpsS
hncepIÄ hoWao«n. AhÄçv
kpatN¨nsb t]mse tjhv sN¿Wsaì tXm¶n. ]s£ CXphsc sN¿m¯Xn\m tjhv
sN¿ms\mêt]Sn. cP\n C\n F¶mWv
A³hÀ Xnc¨p t]mæI F¶mtemNn¨psImv InSì.
At¸mgmWv AhfpsS A½mbnA½ ISbnÂ
t]mhpIbmsWìv ]dªv Cd§nbXv.
æd¨p Ignªt¸mÄ kptcjv AhfpsS tUmÀ
XÅn¯pdìv AI¯p hì. AhÄ
NmSn Fgpt¶sÁ¦nepw Ah³ hn«nÃ. F\nçv ]®m³ X¶nsæn Rm³
FÃmhtcmSpw ]dbpsaìv Ah³ `ojnWns¸Sp¯n. AXptI«t¸mÄ AhÄçv t]Snbmbn. Ah³ AhfpsS taIvkn s]m¡n¸nSn¨v AhfpsS
kmam\w \¡m³ XpS§n. AhÄ F´mWv
sN¿pI F¶dnbmsX Imepw Ih¨p \nì sImSp¯p. Ahë ]qdp Xnì aXnbmbt¸mÄ Ahsf
s_Ín ]Sn¨p InS¯n æ® AhfpsS hnShn tIÁn¯Ån. B XÅen AhÄ Mvlm..
At¿m.. Fìv ]dªp t]mbn F¦nepw kmam\¯n æ®
Ibdn¡gnªt¸mÄ B\µelcnbn BdmSm³ XpS§n. Ahëv thsd Hìw
Nn´n¡mëmbnê¶nÃ, C\n Nnet¸mÄ In«nbnsæntem, Fì
IêXn Bªv Bªv ASn¡m³ XpS§n.
AhÄ B ASnbpsS elcnbn AhfpsS Acs¡«v apIfnteçv
XÅm³ XpS§n. s]s«ìv Xs¶ Ahsâ
殸m NoÁn. Ah³
AhfpsS apIfn Iangvì hoé.
cpt]êw Hìw anmsX A§ns\ Xs¶ InSì. ktcjv hopw cP\nbpsS
apeIfn ]nS¡m³ XpS§nbt¸mÄ
cP\n ]dªp kptcjnëv Ct¸mÄ F´mWv Fì sh¨m Cì
sNbvtXm C\ntaen Fs¶ sXmSm³ hcêXv Fìv. kptcjv k½Xn¨p. Ah³ Ahsf Iang¯n¡nS¯n, F¶n«hfpsS
N´nbn R¡m³ XpS§n. AhfpsS
N´n Ahëv hfsc CjvSambnêì. Ah³
BZyw apXte AhfpsS N´nbn Hìv Du¡Wsaìv
IêXnbXmbnêì. cP\n
k½Xn¡m¯XpsImmé CXp hsc sN¿mªXv. Ah³ cP\ntbmSp ]dªp A§ns\bmsW¦nÂ
Cì \nsâ ænbn Hì Du¡Wsaìv. BZyw cP\n k½Xn¨nsænepw Ahkm\w
a\ÊnÃm a\tÊmsS k½Xn¨p.
Ah³ ]dªp thZ\ FSp¸n¡msX Rm³ sNbvtXmfmsaìv. A§ns\ Ah³ AhfpsS N´n apIfnteçv s]m´n¨v Ahsf
ap«nt·Â Ip\n¨v \ndp¯n. F¶n«v AhfpsS N´n \¡m³ XpS§n. N´n \¡nbt¸mÄ cP\nçv hÃmsX
kpJn¨p. AhÄ B kpJ¯n A§ns\
BdmSn. kptcjv ]Xps¡ AhnsSbpmbnê¶
shfns¨®¡p¸n FSp¯v AhfpsS
N´nbn cpXpÅn Hgn¨p. F¶n«v
Hê hnc sImv Iq¯nbn aÊmPv sN¿phm³ XpS§n. ]Xps¡ ]Xps¡ BhncÂ
DÅnteç tIdn. hopah³ cp XÅn
shfns¨® Hgn¨p. Ahsâ ssIhncÂ
DÅnteçw ]pdt¯çw sImphcm³ XpS§n.
cP\nçv thZ\sbmìw Imcyambn tXm¶nbnÃ. AXpsImv AhÄ A§ns\ Xs¶ \nì
sImSp¯p. ]Xps¡ Ah³ æ®
Iq¯nbnteçv sImpt]mbn. æ®bnÂ
æd¨p shfns¨® ]pc«nbn«v ssI hnc amÁn Ip® ]Xnsb AhfpsS
at\mlcamb aeZzmc¯nteçv {]thin¸n¨p. cP\n
AhfpsS KpZw Cdp¡n¸nSn¨p t\m¡nsb¦nepw Ahsâ æ® F®bpsS
hgp¡en ]Xnsb DÅnteçv Ibdm³ XpS§n. cP\nçv ætdÈ thZ\ns¨¦nepw
AhÄ Hìw ]dªnÃ.
Ah³ Ip® Nen¸n¡m³ XpS§n.
Ahëw BZyambmé æ® Iq¯nbn tIÁp¶Xv, Ahëv
]qdnt\¡mfpw kpJw AhfpsS CdpInb ænbn \nìv In«n. Ah³ thKw thKw ASn¡m³ XpS§n. A[nIw sshImsX Xs¶ Ahsâ hocyw AhfpsS
h³æSenteçv ]mªp. XfÀ¶
Ahsâ Ip® Xmt\ hgpXn AhfpsS Iq¯nbn \nìv ]pd¯p hì. cP\n £oWn¨p t]mbnêì. AhÄ Iangvì Xs¶ InSì.
kptcjv Ahsf D½sh¨p. Ahsâ Imaw C\nbpw
amdnbn«nÃmbnêì. Ah³
_mXvdqan Ibdn æ® ¢o³ sNbvXv ]pd¯p hì. At¸mgpw AhÄ A§ns\ Xs¶ aZmekbmbn
InSçIbmbnêì. B ImgvN Iv hopw
Ahsâ æ® s]m§n. Ah³ æ® FSp¯v
AhfpsS hmbv Xpd¸n¨v N¸m³ sImSp¯p. cP\n
Ahsâ Ip® Cu¼m³ XpS§n, AtXmsSm¸w ssIsImv Ahsâ kmam\s¯ hmWaSn¨pw sImSp¯p. A§ns\ Ahsâ ]m apgphëw AhfpsS
hmbn hoWp. AXpapgphëw AhÄ
æSn¨nd¡n. CXn\Iw kptcjv
\¶mbn £oWn¨nêì. Ah\hÄçv
D½sImSp¯v a\anÃm a\tÊmsS]pdt¯çv t]mbn.
(Chapter - 5)
kptcjv ]pd¯p h¶t¸mÄ IXv t]mÌpta³
hê¶XmWv, kptcjn\v Hê scPntÌUv seÁÀ Dmbnêì. Ah³ s]«ì Xs¶ AXv Xpdì
t\m¡nbt¸mÄ IXv Ah\v J¯dn t]mImëÅ hnkbpsS
t]t¸gvkmWv. Ah³ XpÅn¨mSn sImv
cP\nsb hnfn¨p, cP\nbpw hnkbpsS Imcyadnªt¸mÄ kt´mjn¨p.
At¸mgmWv A³hdpw kpabpw IqSn AhntSç h¶Xv. A\hdpw Imcyadnªt¸mÄ kt´mjn¨p. kpa cP\nsb CS¡®n«v t\m¡n
NppISn¨p. kptcjn\v t]mIp¶Xnë ap³]v
kpasb Hì Du¡m³ In«nbncps¶¦n Fì tXm¶n. A³hÀ 10 Znhk¯n\mWv
h¶sX¶dnªt¸mÄ Ahë DÕmlambn.
cP\n kpabpambn AI¯pt]mbn. cP\n kpatbmSv
"F§ns\bpmbnêì tN¨o?'
cp tjm«v FSp¯p Fì ]dªn«v
cP\nbpsS Ipnbn Hê sRçsImSp¯p.
cP\n ]Icsat¶mWw kpabpsS apeIfnepw ]nSn¨p sR¡n. cpt]êw AXn\nSbn Nmbbpm¡n sImp
hì FÃmhêw IpSn¨p.
kptcjv kpasb t\m¡nbt¸mÄ, kpa
kptcjns\ t\mç¶XmWv IXv. kptcjn\v
hÃmsX tXm¶n. Ahëv kpaçv
cP\nbpambpÅ _Ôw Adnbp¶ Imcyw AdnbnÃmbnêì. A³hÀ \Ã DÃmkhm\mbn
CS¡nSçv kpasb ]®n ]®n t\cw Ifªp.
FÃm Znhkhpw cP\n kpasb ImWm³ h¶nêì. AhÄ kptcjpambpÅ _Ôw
\ndp¯nbnêì. kptcjv cP\ntbmSv
t]mIp¶Xp hscsb¦nepw ]®m³ sImSp¡Wsaìv ]dªn«pw AhÄ k½Xn¨nÃ. A§ns\bncnçt¼mÄ A³hÀ ]pd¯pt]mb
X¡w t\m¡n cP\n kpasb ImWm³ hì. AhÄçv ]®m³ ]Ámªn«v Imashdn
aq¯ncnçIbmbnêì. At¸mgmWv
A³hÀ ]pd¯pt]mIp¶Xv Iv AhÄ kpatN¨nbpsS ASp¯v HmSnh¶Xv. kpaçv Imcyw a\Ênembn, AhÄ
cP\ntbbpw sImv s_Uvdqan Ibdn.
cP\nbpsS kmcn s]m´n¨v sP«n Ducn, AhfpsS kmam\w \¡m³ XpS§n. cP\n tImcn¯cn¨p. AhÄ kpabpsS Xe ssI sImv AaÀ¯n
AhfpsS ]qÁnteçv ]nSn¨p. kpa
AhfpsS \mhv cP\nbpsS DÅnteçv tIÁn sImSp¯psImnêì. A³hÀ Ipd¨p sN¶t¸mgmWv ss]k Hìw
FSp¡m¯ Imcyw AdnªXv, Ah³ thKw Xncn¨p hì. ]pds¯mìw kpasb InÃ. AXpsImv Ah³ ASp¡fbpsS Nmcnbn«nê¶
hmXneneqsS DÅn Ibdn.
s_Uvdqw AS¨p InSç¶Xp Iv kpasb hnfn¡m³ XpS§pt¼mgmWv
s_Uvdqan \nì Rc¡w tI«Xv.
Ah³ s]«ìv t]Sns¨¦nepw AXv Ima¯nsâ sRê¡amsWìv
a\Ênembn. Ah³ Xsâ `mcysb
sXÁn²cn¨p, Rm³ t]mbt\c¯v thsd hÃhêambn DuçIbmsWìv Ahë
tXm¶n. Ah³ ]Xnsb hmXnensâ
Xmt¡m ]gpXneqsS t\m¡n.
At¸mÄ I ImgvN Ahë hnizkn¡m³ IgnªnÃ. Xsâ _ohnbpw cP\nbpw IqSn At§m«pw Ct§m«pw
Xncnªv InSìv 69 s]mknj\n aq©pì. Ah³ iÐsamìw Dm¡msX B ImgvN
t\m¡n ckn¨p. cP\nbpsS ]qdv In«hëv
lmenfIn, tcmaw sImv \ndª B ]qÁn Ahëv Ahsâ Ip®tIÁn
ASn¡m³ tXm¶n. kpabpsS \mhv tIdn
Cd§p¶Xpt]mse Ahsâ \mhpw tIÁm³ Ah³ sImXn¨p. Ipd¨p Ignªt¸mÄ AhÀç
cpt]Àçw shÅw hì.
kpa cP\nbpsS tX³ apgphëw \¡nçSn¨p.
AhÀ ]Xps¡ Fgpt¶Âç¶Xv In«h³ thKw Xs¶ hoSnë
]pd¯phìv, Ipd¨p shbnÁv sNbvXn«v ImfnwKv s_Â
AaÀ¯n. s_ÃSn¨v Ipd¨p
Ignªt¸mÄ kpa hmXn Xpdìv Hìadnbm¯ t]mse
\nì. At¸mÄ Xs¶ cP\n
ASp¡fneqsS ]pd¯p t]mIp¶Xpw Ip.
A³hÀ Hìw Adnbm¯Xp t]mse ss]kbpw FSp¯v hopw t]mbn. At¸mÄ Ahsâ Nn´ apgphëw F§ns\ cP\nsb
Hì ]®Wsa¶mbnêì. Ah³
AXnëÅ ¹mëIÄ BtemNn¨pw sImv \Sì. Aì A³hdpw kpabpw Imcyambn Xs¶ AhcpsS
Imaw ]e coXnbn HSp¡n, A§ns\ £oWn¨p InS¡pt¼mÄ
A³hÀ ]dªp...
"kpta \o Ft¸msg¦nepw thsd s]®pambn«v
]cn]mSn sNbvXn«ptm?'
kpa Hì ]cp§nsb¦nepw AhÄ
]dªp,
CÃ C¡m.... F´m Cs¸m C§ns\
tNmZn¡m³!
Ah³ ]dªp F\nçv s]®pw s]®pw
sN¿p¶Xv ImWm³ hey CjvSam AXpsImv tNmZn¨Xm Fìv. kpa Hìw ]dªnÃ,
C¡bpsS Hê ]qXntb Fìw ]dªv Ahsâ HSnªp InS¶ eKms\
]nSn¨aÀ¯n.
A³hÀ Ipd¨p Ignªv ]dªp,
Cìv Rms\mê ImgvN Ip, kpa HìadnbmsX F´msWìv tNmZn¨p.
Rm\nìv cp s]®p§Ä X½n ]cn]mSn sN¿p¶Xv Ip. kpa Hì t]Sns¨¦nepw Hìadnbm¯
t]mse FhnsSbmWv tN«m IXv, kn\nabnemtWm? At¸mfh³ Ahsf sI«n¸nSn¨n«v AÃ
tamtf, Fsâ `mcybpw cP\nbpw X½nÂ. kpa
sR«nt¸mbn. AhÄ Hcn¡epw
IêXnbnà C¡ CXv Adnbpsaìv.
AhÄ Hìw ]dbm\mhmsX Xcn¨nêì t]mbn. At¸mÄ A³hÀ kpatbmSp ]dªp,
"tamtf F\ns¡mê hnjahpanÃ
ImcWw \o thsd Bé§fpsS ASps¯mìaÃtÃm t]mbXv, AXpsImv F\nçv
CjSamWv AsXìv.'
C¡m F\nç ISn hêt¼mÄ F´m
sN¿pI, AXmWv Rm³ cP\nsb hnfn¨Xv, C\n C¡ t]mbmepw F\nçv ISn
hêt¼mÄ Rm³ cP\ntbbpw Iq«n ISn amÁnt¡mfmw.
A³hÀ ]dªp F\nç cP\nbpsS ]qdp
It¸mÄ Hì Du¡m³ tXm¶n, AhfpsS ]qS \ndª ]qdv ImWphm³ F´p
`wKnbm! kpa Ahs\mê ]n¨psImSp¯p.
tamsf F\nç \n§Ä cpt]êw IqSn
sN¿p¶Xv HìIqSn ImWWsaìv, AXns\¦nepw hgnbptm Fì
A\hÀ tNmZn¨Xnëv kpa ]dªp.
"C¡çv A{Xípw CjvSamtWm?
F¦n Hêhgnbpv, ]s£ thsd Bêw Adnbm³ ]mSnÃ, Xe t]mæw'
cpt]cpw IqSn Hê Xoêam\saSp¯p, AXnë tijw Hê
tjm«v IqSn FSp¯v sI«n¸nSn¨psImv Dd§n.
t\cw shfp¯t¸mÄ ]Xnhpt]mse kpa ]pd¯nd§n
]WnIsfÃmw thKw Xs¶ XoÀ¡m³ XpS§n. A³hdns\ ]pds¯mìw InÃ. cP\n ]WnIsfÃmw XoÀ¯v kpµcnbmbn
æfns¨mê§n h¶t¸mÄ kpatN¨nsb Ip.
kpa ssIIm«n hnfn¨p. cP\n h¶bpSs\
kpa hmXneS¨n«p. A³hÀ FhnsSbm Fì cP\n tNmZn¨Xnëv C¡
AXncmhnse ]pd¯p t]mbn C\n D¨ Igntª hcnIbpÅq Fìv kpa
]dªp. cP\nç kt´mjambn, AhÀ
cpt]êw IqSn s_Uvdqan Ibdn taIvkn s]m´n¨p sh¨n«v sI«n¸nSn¡m³
XpS§n. A³hÀ Cu kabw s_Uvdqanse
AeamcípÅn IXIv Aåw Xpdìsh¨v
\nÂçmbnêì. Ah³
apsÃmw Agn¨psh¨v ]cn]qÀ® \á\mbnêì. cP\nbpsS D¨´nIÄ It¸mÄ Xs¶ Ahsâ
eKm³ hSnt]mse s]m´n. Ah³ Hê ssIsImv
Ahsâ æ® XShm³ XpS§n. cP\n Hìw AdnbmsX kpabpsS ]qdv \¡phm³
XpS§n. AhfpsS apeIÄ InSìv BSpìmbnêì. kpa cP\nbpsS apeIfn ]nSn¨aÀ¯n,
Hê ssIsImv cP\n kpabpsS Iq¯nbn XShpìmbnêì. cpt]êw cXnaqÀ¨bn F¯nbt¸mÄ
s]«ìv Aeamcbn \nìv Hê ap«ptI«p. cpt]cpw NmSn Fgpt¶Áp. cP\n ]Xps¡ AeamcbpsS ASp¯psNìv
IXæ Xpdì t\m¡nbt¸mÄ IXv, A³hÀ eKms\ ]nSn¨v
hmWaSnç¶XmWv. cP\nçv hnizkn¡m¶v
IgnªnÃ, AhÄ thKw AhfpsS {UsÊSp¯v AWnbm³ XpS§n.
kpa Hìw Adnbm¯Xp t]mse C¡
Ft¸mgmWv h¶sXìv tNmZn¨p.
A³hÀ Aeamcbn \n¶nd§n h¶n«v ]dªp Rm³ h¶t¸mÄ \o
ASp¡fbn Bbnêì. s{UÊv
amdpt¼mgmWv \n§fpsS iÐw tI«Xv, At¸mÄ s]«ìv Rm³ AeamcbnÂ
Ibdn \n¶XmWv. ]ns¶ IsXÃmw
\n§fpsS Ima t]¡q¯pIfmWv. cP\n
Icbm³ XpS§n. kpa Ahsf ]dªv
Bizkn¸n¨p F¶n«v AhÄ A³hdnt\mSv
]dªp C¡ cP\nbpsS kmam\saÃmw Itm Fìv.
"F´p `wKnbm cP\nbpsS ænbpw ]qdpw
ImWm³' A³hÀ ]dªp. cP\n hopw
Icbm³ XpS§n. At¸mÄ A³hÀ Ahsf
Bizkn¸n¨p, kmcanà Rm³ BtcmSpw ]dbnÃ, ]s£ F\nç cP\nsb Hìv
Du¡m³ XcWw. cP\n kpasbt\m¡n
Icbm³ XpS§n. kpa F´m sNbvIsbìv
]dbm³ ]Ám¯ AhØbn \nì. Ahkm\w cP\nsbs¡mv A³hÀ
k½Xn¸n¨p. A§ns\ A³hÀ cP\nbpsS
æbn ]nSn¨v Ahsf Xsâ amdnte¡Sp¸n¨p.
(Chapter - 6)
A³hdnsâ s\©n InSìv cP\n
]pfªp. Ah³ AhfpsS s{UÊpIÄ Hmtcm¶mbn DucnsbSp¯p. B kab¯v kpa F´mWv sN¿pIsbìw
BtemNn¨v s_Ín Xs¶ Cêì.
A³hÀ kpatbmSv ]dªp, \½Ä cpt]êwIqSn kpasb
kpJn¸n¡m³ t]mhpIbmWv, AXpsImv \obpw s{UsÊÃmw Agnçv
Fìv. kpabpw AhfpsS s{UÊv
amÁnbn«p. A³hÀ cP\nsb apJw
apXÂ D½ sh¡m³ XpS§n, Ah³ AhfpsS Hmtcm C©nepw ap¯w sImSp¯p. cP\n Imaw hìv hnd¡m³ XpS§n, Cu
kabw kpa A³hdnsâ eKms\ ]nSn¨v hmbn sh¨v Cu¼m³ XpS§n. A³hdpw Imaelcnbn ]nSªp, Ah³
cpt]tcbpw Hêan¨v sN¿mëÅ Xnc¡nembnêì.
cP\nbpsS apeIÄ Ah³ Ii¡n,
ape¡®pIÄ hmbnen«v N¸n, cP\n Cu kabw A³hdnsâ apXpI¯v AaÀ¯n
]nSn¨p. A³hÀ kpasb
s_Ín Ih¨p \nÀ¯n F¶n«v cP\ntbmSv kpabpsS ]qdv \¡m³
]dªp. ap«pImen \n¶nê¶
cP\nbpsS ]qÀ A³hÀ N¸n hen¡mëw XpS§n. FÃmhêw
Imaelcnbn BdmSn. æd¨p t\cw
N¸n hen¨ A³hÀ Ahsâ eKms\ FSp¯v cP\nbpsS ]qÁnteçv Bªv
XÅn. Ahsâ æ®bpsS
XÅen cP\nbpsS \mhv kpabpsS ]qdnteçv tIdnt¸mbn. ]ns¶ AhnsS ¹Iv ¹Iv ¹Iv F¶ iÐw sImv
apJcnXambnêì. Ahëv ]mev
hcmdmbt¸mÄ Ah³ cP\nbpsS ]qÁn \nìv æ® hen¨qcn
[rXnbn kpabpsS ap¶ntem«v sNìv, kvIen¨p XpS§nb æ®sbSp¯v
AhfpsS hmbn sImSp¯p. kpa Ahsâ
殸m apgph³ hen¨o¼n æSn¨p. At¶cw cP\n AhnsS
XfÀìv InS¡pIbmbnêì.
A³hdnsâ eKm³ kpabpsS hmbnse NqSn hopw Xe s]m¡m³ XpS§n,
AXpIn«v AhÄ Ahsâ eKms\ Du¼ns¡mnêì. hepXmb eKm³ AhfpsS hmbn \ns¶Sp¯vv
kpatbmSv æn s]m¡n \m¡men \n¡m³
]dªp. AhÄçv Ah³ F´mWv
sN¿m³ t]mæ¶sXìv a\Ênembn, AhÄ A§ns\ æn
s]mfn¨v \nìv sImSp¯p. A³hÀ
AhfpsS ænbn ]nSn¨v Iq¯nbn hnc tIÁm³
XpS§n. cP\n CsXÃmw IpsImv InSçI
Bbnêì. AhÄ kpabpsS apeIsf
XtemSphm³ XpS§n. A³hÀ ]Xps¡
]Xps¡ kpabpsS ænbnteçv Ahsâ æ® æ¯nt¡Án. cP\n At¸mÄ kptcjv sNbvX Imcyw
DuÀ¯p. ]s£ kpabpsS Iq¯nbnÂ
F® Hgn¡msX Xs¶ æ® tIdn t]mbn !!.
A³hÀ Ip® Ducmëw ASn¡mëw XpS§n. kpabpw ænbn tIÁp¶ B
kpJ¯n ebn¨v, æn ]n¶m¡w XÅn¯Ån sImSp¯p. A³hÀ thKw thKw ASn¨v ænbnÂ
\nìv eKms\ hens¨Sp¯v ]mepv apgphëw cP\nbpsS ]qdnëv apIfnteçv Hgn¨p. Hgn¨ DSs\ kpa hìv cP\nbpsS ]qdnse ]mev
apgphëw \¡n¡pSn¡m³ XpS§n.
A³hÀ £oWn¨v Ahi\mbn cP\ntbbpw sI«n¸nSn¨v InSì. B InS¸n Ah³ Dd§nt¸mbn.
kpabpsS hnfn tI«mWv Ah³ DWÀ¶Xv,
AhÄ Ahs\ DuWp Ign¡m³ hnfn¨Xmbnêì. cP\n s]mbv¡gnªnêì. Dué Ignçt¼mÄ cpt]êw
HìapcnbmSnbnÃ. A³hÀ
kpabpsS apJ¯p t\m¡msX DuWv Ign¡m³ XpS§n. AhÄ tNmZn¨p "F´m C¡bpsS
Igs¸Ãmw amdnbntÃ?'
A³hÀ Hìv N½nsb¦nepw NncnçI am{Xsa sNbvXpÅq. ]ns¶ AhÀ AXns\¸Án Hìw
kwkmcn¨nÃ. A³hdnsâ H¼Xmas¯ Znhkw
Bbnêì AXv, Hê Znhkw IqSntb Ahëvv _m¡nbpmbnêìÅq. AXpsImv Ahëv t]mæ¶ Imcyw
HmÀ¯t¸mÄ hnjaw tXm¶n. Ahëv
HìIqSn cP\nsb Du¡Wsaìmbnêì. AXv \Sçsaìv
tXm¶nbnÃ.
A³hÀ \msf t]mæsaìv
Adnªt¸mÄ kptcjv hÀ¯am\w ]dbm³ hì. Ahëv t_mws_bn t]mæhm³ C\nbpw
HcmgvN IqSnbpmbnêì. t_mws_bnÂ
sNìv hnk ASn¨n«v thWw t]mIWsa¦nÂ.
AhÀ X½n ]e Imcy§fpw kwkmcn¨nêì. A³hÀ tNmZn¨p F¶mWv cP\nbpsS lkvs_âv
hê¶sXìv. Ah³ ]dªp Ah³ AhnsS
F¯nbmep³ hêsaìv. CXn\nSbnÂ
kpa tIm^nbpamsb¯n. kptcjv Adnbm¯ t]mse
kpabpsS Imen sXm«p. kpa AXv Imcyambn FSp¯nÃ, F¦nepw Ah³ cP\nsb
]Wnbp¶ Imcyw HmÀ¯p. kptcjpw
AXpt]mse kpasb Ft¸mgmWv Hì Du¡m³ In«pI Fìv BtemNn¨p. Ah³ AhfpsS hSnshm¯ icoc¯nteçv
DÁpt\m¡ns¡mnêì.
AhfpsS kmcn hnShneqsS I s]m¡nÄ ægn Ahsâ eKms\
Cf¡w sImÅn¨p. A§ns\ ]pXnb Hê
cm{Xn IqSn hchmbn.
cP\nbpsS ]qdv ho§nbnêì. A³hdnsâ æ® tIÁn ASn¨t¸mÄ,
AhfpsS ]qdv æd¨v thZ\n¨p. AhÄ
AhfpsS lkvs_ântâbpw kptcjntâbpw A³hdntâbpw æ®IÄ X½n XmcXayw
sNbvXp. lkvs_ân\v \o«w IqSpXemWv,
kptcjnsâ aoUnbw æ® BWv, A³hdnsâ \o«w ædªv XSn¨ æ®
Bbnêì. AhÄ 3 æ®bpw
IqSn Hêan¨v Ahsf tIÁp¶Xv BtemNn¨p, s]«ìv AhÄçv AhÄ Hê
thiysbt¸mse tXm¶n¨p. a\Ênse
Nn´IÄ AhÄ amÁphm³ XpS§n.
kpabpsS a\Ên æd¨pv
s\m¼capmbnêì. AhÄ
A³hÀ cP\nsb ]®psaìv IêXnbnê¶nÃ. AhÄçv A³hdns\ ImWn¨psImSp¡pI
am{Xsa Dt±iapmbnêìÅq.
A³hÀ cP\nsb sNbvXt¸mÄ AhÄçv hÃmsX tXm¶n. AhÄ FÃmw AhfpsS æÁw
sImmsWìv kzbw a\Ên IêXn kmam[m\n¨p.
(Chapter - 7)
A³hÀ t]mæ¶Xp Iv cP\nbpw kptcjpw
kpabpsS ho«n sNì.
A³hÀ cP\nsb Hìv kq£n¨p t\m¡n. cP\nbpw Abmsf Hìv Cê¯n t\m¡n. A³hdnëv cP\nsb ]cn]mSn sNbvXv
aXnbmbnê¶nÃ. kpaçv AbmfpsS t\m«w
A{Xív At§m«v ]nSn¨nÃ.
A³hÀ t]mbt¸mÄ kptcjpw IqSn AbmtfmsSm¸w
]pdt¯¡nd§n. cpt]êw IqSn _kv
tÌm¸nteçv \Sì. kpabpw
cP\nbpw IqSn kpabpsS ho«ntem«v tIdn.
cpt]êw At§m«pant§m«pw t\m¡n.
kpa cP\nbpsS Ihnfn sXm«n«v ]dªp, tkmdn tamsf, sF Baw shcn
tkmdn t^mÀ hm«v tl¸âv Sp bp {^w ssa lkvs_âv. cP\n Hìw annbnà AhÄ
shdpsX Nncn¨p. kpa ]dªp F´m sNbvI,
Hmtcm BWp§fpsS kz`mhw IntÃ, Fsâ ap¶nen«n«mé AbmÄ \ns¶ Du¡nbXv,
F\nív hnjaambn.
"kmcanà tN¨o, tN¨nçv thnbmWv Rm³
sNbvXXv \½Äçv AXv ad¡mw'
AhÄ cP\nbpsS Igp¯n Hcp D½w
sImSp¯p. cpt]êw IqSn sI«n¸nSn¨p. kpabpsS ssIIÄ cP\nbpsS kmcnbpsS hShneqsS
AhfpsS s]m¡nÄ Npgnbn Ifn¨p.
cP\nç hÃm¯ Imaw tXm¶n.
kpa¡Xv a\Ênembn.
AhÄ cP\nsb ssU\nw§v tS_nfnsâ apIfn Ccp¯nbn«v AhfpsS kmcn
s]m´n¨p. F¶n«hfpsS sP«n Ducn
amÁnbn«v \çhm³ XpS§n. cP\n
Aåkab¯n\pÅn kzÀ¤temIs¯¯n.
kptcjv cm{XnbmWv Xncns¨¯nbXv, Ah\nt¸mÄ
Htcsbmê hnNmcsa a\ÊnepmbnêìÅq, KÄ^nÂ
t]mbm ]®Â Ignªp, At¸mÄ t]mæ¶Xnë ap³]v \¶mbn
Ifn¨n«v Xs¶ Imcyw. Ahëv cv t]cmbnêì
a\Ên kpa cP\n. Xcn¨p h¶ Ah³
_m¯vdqan Ibdn æfn¨p.
æ®bpw Anbpw tkm¸n æfn¸n¨v akmPv sNbvXp. æfn¨p ]pd¯p h¶ Ah³ A¯mgw
D®m\nêì. hnf¼ns¡mSp¯
cP\nbpsS ænbn Ah³ ]nSn¨p sR¡n, AhÄ thKw amdn t]mbn. Ahfpw A½bpw IqSn `£Ww
Ign¡m\nêì. Ah³ A½ AdnbmsX
Ahsâ ImepIÄ tS_nfn\SnbneqsS cP\nbpsS kmcnbpsS ASnbn tIÁn
Ifn¨p. cP\nçv Hìw sN¿m³
IgnªnÃ, AhÄ I®pê«n ImWnçI am{Xsa sNbvXpÅq. Ah³ ]Xps¡ Ahsâ Hê ssI tS_nfnsâ
ASnbneqsS IS¯n cP\nbpsS hbÀ XShm³ XpS§n.
cP\n tZjyhpw Imahpw sImv hÃmsX Bbn. Hê hn[w `£Ww Ign¨v AhÄ Fgpt¶Áp,
Ahëw tNmdv aXnbm¡n Fgpt¶Áv t]mbn.
kptcjv Dd§m³ t]mæ¶ `mh¯n Ahsâ apdnbn Ibdn
hmXn iÐapm¡n AS¨p.
F¶n«v Bêw ImWmsX cP\nbpsS s_Ínsâ ASnbn Ibdn Hfn¨p.
cP\n ]WnIsfÃmw Ignªv AhfpsS
s_Ívdqan Ibdn kmcn amÁn ]ns¶ AhfpsS sP«nbpw amÁn
InSì. ]mhmS s]m¡n sP«n
Agnç¶Xp It¸mÄ, kptcjv s_Ín\Snbn InSìv æ®
XShn. AhÄ kptcjv AhnsSbpÅ
Imcyw AdnbmsX Xsâ sP«n FSp¯v aWçhm³ XpS§n.
AhÄ¡nt¸mÄ ]qdnsâ aWw \à CjvSambnêì. AXp Ignªt¸mÄ ]mhmS
s]m¡n¸nSn¨v Hê Im s_Ín tIÁn sh¨v,
ssIhncepIÄ sImv AhfpsS ]qdv XShn aW¡m³ XpS§n. kptcjnëv AhfpsS ]qÀ \¶mbn Iméhm³
km[n¨nêì. Ah³ AhfpsS hn{InbIÄ
Iv Ahsâ eKms\ ]nSn¨v Ipep¡n. cP\n
Hê hnc ]qdnsâ DÅn tIÁn æ¯n. F¶n«hÄ sseÁv Hm^v sNbvXv
InSì. s_Ín InS¶
AhfpsS Acçv Iogvt]m«v \áambnêì.
AhÄ AhfpsS hncepIÄ sImv ]qdn hoWao«phm³ XpS§n. sNdnb Hê sRc¡w Ahfn \nìv
Dbêìmbnêì. kptcjv ]Xnsb
]pd¯p hì, F¶n«hfpsS ]qdn apJw Xmgv¯n. cP\n t]Sn¨v H¨sh¡m³ hmXpd¶t¸mtgçw Ah³
]Xps¡ ]dªp, tN¨o CXp Rm\mWv, RmëÅt¸mÄ F´n\m tN¨o
HÁíp Ifnç¶Xv. AhÄ
Hìw ]dbmsX AhfpsS ImepIÄ Ih¨v Ahë aq©m\mbn Acs¡«v s]m¡n
sImSp¯p. kptcjv Ahsâ \mhpsImpÅ
IfnIfn¨t¸mÄ cP\nçv hnImcw sImv izmkw ap«n. AhfpsS ]qdnse tcma§sfÃmw Ah³ hmbnen«v
N¸n hen¡m³ XpS§n. Ahkm\w cP\n Ahs\
]nSn¨v hen¨n«v ]dªp, æ«m.... thKw tIÁn¯mSm tamt\!!!! Ah³ Ahsâ I¼n¸mc FSp¯v AhfpsS
æÁn¡m«nse Ddhbnteçv sh¨Sn¨p.
AhfpsS ]qdnse NqtSÁt¸mÄ Ahsâ eKm³ Djmdmbn. æd¨Sn¨t¸mÄ AhÄ Ahsâ
taset¡dn, Acs¡«v C«v hoin ASn¨p XpS§n. Ahë a\Ênembn cP\nçv ]mev
hcmdmsbìv, Ahëw Acs¡«v tatem«v s]m¡n sImSp¯p. ]ns¶ AhnsS SIv SIv SIv F¶ iÐw sImv Hê
tIfnsIm«mbnêì. cP\nçv XmaknbmsX
]mev hì, AhÄ £oWn¨v kptcjnsâ tateçv hoWp. kptcjv Ahsf Iangv¯n InS¯nbn«v N´nIfpsS
CSbneqsS AhfpsS ]qdnsâ DÅnteçv Ip® tIÁn sh¨v ASn¨p. B ASnbpsS iànbn Ahsâ eKm³ ]mÂ
iÀ±n¨p.
cpt]êw sI«n¸nSn¨p InSì. Cêhêw izmkw thKw thKw hn«nêì. AhêsS izmtkmÑzmk¯nsâ iÐw apdnç
]pdt¯çv tIÄçtam Fìv tXm¶n¨p.
æd¨pkab¯nëÅn AhÀ t\mÀaembn. kptcjv AhtfmSv ]dªp, Rm³
t]mæIbtÃ, AXpsImv t]mæ¶Xv hsc ]®m³
sImSp¡Wsaìv. AhÄ
ImaelcnbpsS ]nSnbn \nìv thdn«v hê¶tXbpmbnêìÅq. AhÄ Hìv aqfpI am{Xw sNbvXp. Ah³ AhfpsS apeIsf ]nSn¨v Ii¡m³
XpS§n. Hê ape FSp¯v hmbnen«v N¸n. cP\nçv hopw aZ\elcn DWcm³ XpS§n.
kptcjv ]Xps¡ ]dªp, F\nçv
kpatN¨nbpsS æn In«v Hìv Du¡Wsaìv tXm¶nbn«v
ætd \mfmbn. Rm³ t]mæ¶Xnë
ap³]v Hìv ss{S sN¿t«sbìv tNmZn¨p. cP\n BZyw At¿m.. th Fìv
]dsª¦nepw, AhÄ A³hÀ Ahsf ]®nb Imcyw BtemNn¨p. AhÄç tXm¶n, kptcjv kpasb
]®n¡gnªm CuIz Bæsaìv. AhÄ ]dªp kptcjv ss{S sNbvXv t\mçv,
Nnet¸mÄ In«ntbçsaìv.
kptcjnëv AhÄ A§ns\ ]dªt¸mÄ hminbmbn. Ah³ ]dªp \msf cm{Xn Rm³ AhfpsS
ho«n tIdnsN¶n«p Xs¶ Imcyw. cP\n
BtcmSpw CXp ]dbêXv. Aì
cm{Xnapgphëw Ah³, Ahfpambn Ifn¨p, t\cw shfp¯n«mWv Ah³ dqan \nìv
Cd§nt¸mbXv.
(Chapter - 8)
kÔybmbt¸mÄ
Ah³ ]Xnhpt]mse ho«n hì.
DuWp Ignçt¼mÄ Ah³ ]Xnhpt]mse cP\nsb sXm«pIfn¡m³ XpS§nsb¦nepw
AhÄ Hìw ]dªnÃ.
Ah³ AhfpsS XpSIfneqsS ssI HmSn¨v lmenf¡n. s]«ìv Ah³ AhfpsS ]pbn sXm«p,
AhnsS Ahëv \à anëkw Aë`hs¸«p. Ah³
AhnsS apgphëw ssI HmSn¨p, AhfpsS ]qS apgphëw ¢o³ sNbvXnêì. Ahsâ t\m«w I cP\n AaÀ¯n Nncn¨p.
cpt]êw ¹m³
C«Xpt]mse, cP\n BZyw kpabpsS ho«n sNì. AI¯p tIdn AhÄ kpatbbpw sImv t\sc
s_Ívdqanteçv t]mbn. B X¡w
t\m¡n kptcjv ho«n tIdn Hê dqanëÅnÂ
Hfn¨nêì. Ipd¨p Ignªv, cP\nç
Ah³ DÅn Ibdn¡mésaìv tXm¶nbt¸mÄ, AhÄ
kpatbmSv bm{X ]dªv Xncn¨v t]mbn.
kpa hmXnseÃmw AS¨v ASp¡fbnse Imcy§Ä FÃmw
Ahkm\n¸nç¶XnëÅnÂ, kptcjv s_Uvdqan Ibdn, s_Ínsâ
ASnbnsemfn¨p.
kpa
ssesÁÃmw AW¨v s_Uvdqan tIdn _mXvdqan t]mbn
aq{Xsamgn¨v IqXnsbÃmw IgpIn hr¯nbm¡n dqan hì. AhÄ sP«n Ducns¡mmWv h¶Xv. P«n AhÄ \ne¯n«p. F¶n«v AhfpsS kmcn Ducn¡fªp. {_mbpw, ]mhmSbpw Ducn ]qÀ®
\ábmbn. AXpI kptcjv hmbpw
s]mfn¨v AhfpsS kpµcamb ]pbn t\m¡n I®pamÁmsX InSì. kpa ]Xps¡ Hê taIvkn AhfpsS
tate¡qSn C«v AXnsâ _«WpIÄ C«p.
]n¶oSv sseÁv Hm^v sNbvXv s_Ín tIdn
InSì. AhÄçv Dd¡w hêhm³
XpS§n. kpa B ]IÂ BWv cP\nbpsS ]qdv
tjhv sNbvXv akmPv sNbvXv sImSp¯Xv.
AXpsImv AhfpsS ImasaÃmw AWªnêì.
AhÄ
Dd§m³ XpS§nbt¸mÄ, kptcjv s_Ín\Snbn \nìv
Fgpt¶Áp, F¶n«v AhfpsS taIvkn ]Xnsb s]m´n¡m³ XpS§n. kpa Dd¡¯nsâ a¯n AsXmìw
AdªnÃ. Ah³ taIvkn Acç
apIfn sh¨n«v, AhfpsS ImepIÄ AI¯n, ]nfÀ¶ ]qÁnÂ
\çhm³ XpS§n. ]qdn \çhm³
XpS§nbt¸mÄ, kpaçv Dd¡¯n t]mepw \à kpJw tXm¶n, AhÄ
ssI FSp¯v ]qdn sXmSm³ t\m¡nbt¸mÄ AhnsS Hcp XebmWv
I¿n s]«Xv. AhÄ achn¨p
t]mbn. t_m[w icnçv h¶t¸mÄ sNdnb
\nemshfn¨¯nÂ, AXv kptcjmsWìv a\Ênembn. AhÄ Fgpt¶Â¡m³
t\m¡nbt¸mÄ, Ah³ ]dªp tN¨o t]Snt¡, Rm³ tN¨nsb Hìv
kpJn¸n¡m³ h¶Xm, BêadnbmsX Rm³ s]mbvs¡mÅmsaìv. AhÄ ]ns¶ Hìw ]dªnÃ,
A\§msX InSì. A³hÀ cP\nsb ]®nb Imcyw AhÄ BtemNn¨p. kptcjnsâ \mhn \nìv In«p¶ kpJw
Ahsf D·mZ elcnbn BdmSn¨p.
AhÄ Ahsâ Xe ]nSn¨v ]qdnte¡aÀ¯n. AhfpsS cv ImepsaSp¯v Ahsâ tXmfneqsS C«v Xesb
NpÁn¸nSn¨p. kptcjnëv AhfpsS
]qdnsâ aWw \à CjvSambn, am{Xhpaà Ah³ BZyambn«mbnêì, tjhv
sNbvX ]qdn \ç¶Xv. Ah³ lcw sImv
DÃkn¨p. kpa
Fgpt¶Ánêìv Ahsâ eKms\ ]nSn¨v apIfntem«pw Xmtgm«pw
æep¡n. A³hdnsâ kp¶¯psNbvX
eKmsâ sImS¸\n sXmen aqSnÃmbnêì. sXmensImSbp¶ kptcjnsâ Ip® AhÄçv Hê
]pXpabmbnêì. AhÄ Ahsâ
æ® FSp¯v hmbnen«v N¸n. kptcjnëv
BZyambmév CXpt]mse Du¼p¶ kpJw In«p¶Xv.
Ahëv ]mev hêhm³ XpS§n, ]mev apgph³ kpabpsS hmbnteçv NoÁn. kpa AXpapgphëw æSn¨nd¡n. hopw AhÄ Ahsâ eKms\ ]nSn¨p
æep¡n Fgt¶Â¸n¨v ]nS¨v AhfpsS ]qdnteçv FSp¯p sh¨p.
kptcjv
æ® Bªv XÅn, XÅn XÅn Ah³ £oWn¨p. Ah³ a\Ên hnNmcn¨p, ChÄ Hê
Ima{`m´nbmév. kpa Ahs\
aeÀ¯nInS¯nbn«v Ahsâ apIfn Ibdn tX§m s]mXn¡m³ XpS§n. AhfpsS B iàntbdnb s]mXn¡enÂ
CêhÀçw Htckabw kIve\apmbn. AhêsS
]mepIfpsS an{inXw Ahsâ æ®bneqsS Hen¨nd§n.
Ahfhs\ sI«n¸pWÀìv Ahsâ tase Xs¶ InSì.
kpaçv hopw sN¿Wsaìv tXm¶n, ]s£ kptcjnsâ eKm³ £oWn¨p
InSçIbmbnêì. Ahfhsâ XebpsS
Cê`mK¯pw Imen«nêìv AhfpsS IqXn Ahsâ hmbnteçv sh¨p. kptcjv \mhn«v \¡m³ XpS§n. AhfpsS IqXnbnse Aåw ]pfn¸pckw Ahsâ
eKms\ hopw s]m´n¡m³ XpS§n.
AhÄ kptcjns\ Fgpt¶Â¸n¨v ImÂap«n \ndp¯nbn«v Ahs\
\¡m³ XpS§n. Ahfhsâ ImepIÄ¡nSbneqsS
aeÀìv InS¶n«v ]ip¡p«n ]m æSnç¶Xpt]mse Ahsâ
seKms\ ]nSn¨v æSnçhm³ XpS§n. Ahsâ
eKm³ hopw hSnbmbn \nì. Ahfhsâ
DIsf \¡n¯pS¨p. \¡n\¡n
Ahsâ Iq¯nbn \¡n. B
]Wnbn Ahëv `b¦c lcw tXm¶n.
BZyambmév HcmÄ Ahs\ AhnsS \ç¶Xv.
Ah³ C¡nfnsImv ]pfªp.
kpa HêssI sImv Ahsâ eKms\ ]nSn¨v æep¡n, \mhpsImv Ahsâ
aeZzmcw apgphëw \¡n. BkpJ¯nÂ
Ahsâ æ® hopw ]mev NÀ±n¨p.
kpabpw Ah³
\n¶nê¶Xpt]mse \nì. kptcjv
AhÄ sNbvXXpt]mse ]n¶neqsS \¡n sImSpçhm³ XpS§n, AtXmsSm¸w cp
hncepIÄ AhfpsS ]qÁnen«pw æ¯pìmbnêì. kptcjv Xsâ \mhpsImv AhfpsS tdmk]qsam«v t]mse
ImWs¸« KpZ¯n Nn{Xw hc¨p.
AhÄçv cXnaqÀÑbpmbn, Hê io¡mct¯msS
AhÄ I«nen Iangvìv hoé.
cpt]êw
sI«n¸nSn¨v InSì, t\cw shfp¡mdmbt¸mÄ AhÀ hopw Hê tjm«v
IqSn FSp¯p. ]ns¶ BêtSbpw {i²bnÂ
s]SmsX Ah³ Xsâ hoSnteçv t]mbn.
(Chapter - 9)
kptcjv
KÂ^n t]mæ¶Xnëv ap¼mbn Ahëv cP\nbn \nìv
a\Ênembn, kpabpw cP\nbpw IqSn Ifn¡mdpsìw, kpabmWv cP\nçv
tjhv sNbvXv sImSp¯sXìw aÁpw.
kptcjnëv AXv tI«XpapXÂ cpt]êw IqSn sN¿p¶Xv ImWWsa¶ Bi
tXm¶n. Ah³ cP\ntbmSv C¡mcyw
]dbpIbpw sNbvXp. ]ntÁ Znhkw cP\n
AhnsS t]mbXnë tijw Ahëw kpabpsS ho«nteçv sNì. s_ÃSn¨v hmXn Xpd¶ kpasb
It¸mÄ Ahë a\Ênembn AhÄ Ima¯nsâ s\dpIbnemsWìv. Ah³ Ahtfbpw sImv s_UvdqanÂ
Ibdnbt¸mÄ IXv cP\n ]qÀ® \ábmbn s_Ín Ih¨p
InSç¶XmWv.
]ns¶ AhnsS
\S¶Xv Hê aÕcambnêì.
kptcjnsâ Ahkm\ Znhkambnêì, Aìv cm{Xn Ahëv
t]mtInbnêì. AXpsImv cpt]êw
IqSn Ahs\ ]nSn¨p hen¨p. Ahsâ hmbnÂ
cP\nbpsS ]qdpw, æ® kpabpsS ]qÁnepw sh¨p Ifn¨p. AXp Ignªv kpabpsS ]qdv Ahsâ hmbnepw
cP\nbpsS ]qÀ Ahsâ æ®bpambpw Ifn¨p.
]n¶oSv Ah³ cP\nbpsS aeZzmcw \¡nbt¸mÄ, kpabpsS
Iq¯nbnembnêì æ®. cv
s]®p§fpw IqSn sI«nadnªp. Ahsâ
PohnX¯nse A\ÀL \nanj§fmbnêì AXv.
Ahsâ æ® A©mdv {]mhiysa¦nepw B cm{Xn ]mev OÀ±n¨p. Ah³ £oWn¨p InSì. kpabptSbpw cP\nbptSbpw t]¡q¯pIÄ
Iv ckn¨p. Ahëv At¸mÄ
KÄ^n t]mçv Hê {]iv\ta Bbnê¶nÃ.
(Chapter 10)
kptcjv
t_mws_bn t]mbn. kpaçw cP\nçw AX{X
kt´mj{]Zambnê¶nÃ. AhÀ
A§ns\ \¡nbpw ISn¨pw, ]nSn¨pw Fìw æXn¨p adnªp. ]s£ AhÀçv Hê æ®bpsS A`mhw CSçv
tXm¶n¯pS§nbnêì.
A§ns\
Ccnçt¼mgmWv, kptcjv J¯dn F¯n I¯v h¶Xv.
Ah³ cP\nçv Hê \à t{]ateJ\w FgpXnbnêì. Ah³ Ahsâ æ®bn XpSs¨Sp¯ Hê
Xphmebpw AhÄç k½m\ambn I¯nsâ IqsS Ab¨nêì. cP\nçv BZyw AXv hr¯nsI« Hê XpWnbmbn
tXm¶nsb¦nepw, AhÄ AXv s_Uv dqan sImpsh¨p. cm{Xnbn AhÄ AXv shdpsX
FSps¯mìv aW¯p t\m¡n.
AhÄ AdnbmsX Xs¶ AXnsâ aWw BkzZn¡m³ XpS§n. AhÄçv Xsâ ]qdnsâ DÅn ISn
tXm¶n¯pS§n. AhÄ B Xphme \¡mëw
aq¡n sh¨v aWw BkzZnçIbpw sNbvXp. AhfpsS Hê ssI AhfdnbmsX Xs¶
kmcnbpsS DÅneqsS sP«n CSmsX \áambn shÅsamen¸n¨psImncnç¶
AhfpsS ]qdn sXm«p. hncepIÄ
æ¯n¡fn¡m³ XpS§n.
AhÄ s_Ín aeÀì InSì. Imep cpw AI¯n cp hncepIÄ ]qdnsâ
DÅn æ¯n¡fn¨p.
æ®bpsS aWapÅ SÆ AhÄ aq¡në
apIfn sh¨nêì. CS¯p
ssIsImv AhÄ apebn ]nSn¨p sR¡n, ape¡®pIÄ C«v
Ii¡n. AhÄ AdnbmsX AhfpsS
hmbn \nìv ImaP¸\§Ä ]pd¯p hì. æd¨p kab¯n\pÅn AhfpsS
]qdnsâ DÅn ¥...¥..¥...iÐt¯msSm¸w ]mev ]pdt¯s¡mgpIn. AhÄ \nÝeambn AhnsS
InSì. B InS¸n AhÄ
Dd§nt¸mbn.
apÁ¯v
Im¡ Icbp¶ iÐw tI«mWv AhÄ Fgpt¶ÁXv. AhÄ B æ® aWapÅ Xphme
HìIqSn aW¯v Aeamcbn sh¨v ]q«n. ]ns¶ hmXn Xpdìv
]pd¯p hì. ]Xnhv t]mse AhÄ
kpabpsS ho«n F¯nbt¸mÄ, AhnsS Hê sIm¨p ]¿³ Ccnç¶Xv Ip. kpa ]dªp, AXv AhfpsS {_ZÀ BWv,
kvIqÄ sht¡j³ XpS§nbt¸mÄ h¶XmsWìv. cP\n Ahs\ t\m¡n Nncn¨p. Ahsâ t]À \koÀ F¶mWv, 9þmw
¢mÊn ]Tnçì. C\n 10
Znhkw Ah\nhnsS Dmæsaìv hnjat¯msS kqNn¸n¨p. IrkvXpakv Ah[n Igntª Ah³
t]mæIbpÅq. cP\n Ahs\ BsI
Hìv t\m¡n. h®w Ipdª Hê
CuÀ¡nen ]¿³. cP\n
t\m¡nbt¸mÄ Ahsâ apJ¯v sNdnb \mWapmbnêì. Ah³ {SukdmWv [cn¨ncnç¶Xv. cP\n Ahsâ tXmfn X«ns¡mv
]dªp, Ch³ BsI saenªmWtÃm Ccnç¶Xv F´p ]Án? tN¨n hnÁman³ Hìw
sImSpç¶ntÃ!!! kpa Hê I®v
Cdp¡n Nncn¨p. cP\nçv Ahs\ \¶mbn
CjvSw tXm¶n. AhÄ Aht\mSv, C¯tbmSv
hÀ¯am\w ]dªv t_mdSnçt¼mÄ \o Fsâ ho«ntem«v hm, Fì
]dªv kpabpsS ænbn ]nSns¨mìv sR¡nbn«v ho«ntem«v
t]mbn.
kpaçv \koÀ h¶Xv A{Xív CjvSambnê¶nÃ,
CusNdp¡ëv hcm³ I kabw. cP\n
]qÀ aq©p¶ ImcyamtemNn¨v AhÄ shÅand¡n. D¨bmbt¸mÄ t]mÌvta³ A³hdnsâ I¯v
sImv sImSp¯p. AhÄ s]mf¨v
hmbn¨t¸mÄ A³hÀ Fìw hmWaSnç¶Xpw, C\n hêt¼mÄ cP\nsb
æd¨p Znhkw Du¡m³ t\m¡Wsaìw, kpatbmSv cP\nbpsS ]qdv
\¡n kpJnt¨mfmëw aÁpw FgpXnbnêì. AhÄ I¯v hmbn¨v s_Ívdqanse taibpsS
apIfn sh¨p. D¨bpd¡w
]XnhpÅXpsImv, Ahfpw AhfpsS æ«nbpw IqSn InSìd§n. \koÀ AhnsSbpmbnê¶ Hê ImÀ«q¬
_pçw hmbn¨nêì. _pçv hmbn¨p
Ignªt¸mÄ Ah³ _pçv sImpsh¡m\mbn kpabpsS dqan Ibdn taiçv
apIfnte¡n«p. At¸mgmWv Ah³ AhnsS
sh¨nê¶ I¯v IXv. Ahëv B I¯v
hmbn¡ms\mê ]qXn tXm¶n. Ah³ C¯sb
t\m¡n, kpa \Ã Dd¡ambnêì. Ah³ ]Xps¡ B Is¯Sp¯v dqanë ]pd¯p
hì.
I¯pv Ipd¨v
hmbn¨t¸mÄ Ahë Hê sIm¨p ]pkvXIw hmbnç¶ {]XoXn tXm¶n. (\kodpw Iq«pImêw CSív X«pISbnÂ
t]mbn X¡mfn, Ìv apXemb sIm¨p ]pkvXI§Ä taSn¨v
hmbn¡mdpmbnêì) AXpt]mse
tXm¶n Ahëv. Ah³ hmbn¨v hmbn¨v
F¯nbt¸mgmWv Afnb³ cP\nsb Duç¶ Imcyw FgpXnbXv IXv. A¼S hocm Fsâ C¯sb am{Xw t]mcm,
AbÂh¡ s]®p§tfbpw Du¡Ww AteymSm ......tamt\!!!!! Fìv
a\Ên IêXn. kpa
CXn\nSbn DWÀ¶nêì, \koÀ hê¶ iÐw tI«t¸mÄ
AhÄ Dd§p¶ t]mse Xs¶ InSì.
(Chapter - 11)
\mkÀ
]Xps¡ tS_nfnsâ ASpt¯çv t]mæ¶XmWv AhÄ CS¡®n«v
t\m¡nbt¸mÄ IXv. AhfpsS I¯v
Ah³ AhnsS sImpsh¨p. AhÄçv
hÃmXmbn, A³hÀ FgnXnb Imcy§Ä A§n\t¯XmWtÃm. cP\nsbçdn¨v FgpXnb Imcy§Ä IqSn
BtemNn¨t¸mÄ AhÄçv hÃm¯ Acniw Ibdn. I¯v Iodn
IfbmªXn AhÄçv k¦Sw tXm¶n.
C\n F§ns\ Ahsâ apJ¯pt\mçw Fì hnNmcn¨v ]Xp¡s¡
Fgpt¶Áp. _m¯vdqan t]mIm³
t\m¡nbt¸mÄ hmXn ASªp InSç¶XmWv IXv. æd¨v kabw Im¯n«pw Xpd¡m¯Xv
It¸mÄ AhÄ ]Xnsb Xmt¡m Zzmc¯neqsS AIt¯çv
t\m¡nbt¸mÄ AhÄçv Xcn¸ë`hs¸«p.
\mkÀ Ahsâ \men©v \ofapÅ sNdnb æ®sbSp¯v
æepçIbmWv. AhÄ Is®Sp¡msX t\m¡n \nì. Ahsâ HêssI ænbpsS ASnbneqsS DIfnÂ
]nSn¨nêì. atÁ ssIsImv
Ahsâ C¯ncn t]m¶ æ® thKw thKw Nen¸nçIbmWv. Ah³ Ahsâ I®pIÄ AS¨p
]nSn¨nêì. AhÄçv AXv
It¸mÄ AXnibw tXm¶n, C¯ncn t]m¶ ]¿sâ hnIrXnIÄ AhÄ
Is®Sp¡msX t\m¡n \nì.
s]«ìv Ahsâ æ® InSìv hnd¡m³ XpS§n, AtXmsSm¸w
Ah³ æepç¶Xpw \ndp¯n. AhÄ æ®bnteçv
DÁpt\m¡n, æ®bn \nìv ]mev hê¶sXmìw
InÃ. ]s£ æ® InSìv ]nSíp¶Xv Ip. AXv apIfntepw ASnbnteçw InSìv hnd¨p. AhÄ BZyambmWv æ® C§ns\
InSìv ]nSíp¶Xv Imé¶Xv.
A³hdntâbpw kptcjntâbpw æ®IÄ hnd¡mdnÃ, ]memWv
HgpImdpÅXv. Ah³ SukÀ
IbÁm³ XpS§p¶Xv It¸mÄ AhÄ AhnsS \nìw amdn
ASp¡fbntem«v t]mbn.
Cu C¯cnt]m¶
]¿³ AhfpsS I¯v hmbn¨Xn\memWv C§ns\ æ® ]nSn¨v hmWaSn¨sXìv
AhÄçv a\Ênembn. AhÄçv
hnjaw tXm¶n. \mkÀ t]mbt¸mÄ
AhÄ _mXvdqan Ibdn. AhÄçv 殸mensâ aWsamìw AhnsS
Aë`hs¸«nÃ. AhÄ
tSmbnseÁv koÁnenêìv NpSpaq{Xsamgn¨p. shÅsaSp¯v ]qdv IgpIn. ]qdn sXm«t¸mÄ AhnsS
sImgp¸pÅ {ZmhIw Ip. AhÄçv
a\Ênembn \mkdnsâ hmWaSn It¸mÄ FIvsskÁUmbXmsWìv. AhÄ shÅsaSp¯v ]qdv \¶mbn
IgpIn. \\ªnê¶ AhfpsS sP«nbqcn
Agbn C«p. ]n¶oSv In¨WnÂ
t]mbn Nmbbpw ]ns¶ Ign¡m\mbn NnÃd ]cn]mSnIfpw sNbvXn«v, AhÄ
\mkdns\ NmbæSn¡m³ hnfn¨p.
Nmb æSn¡m³ h¶ \mkÀ F¶t¯¡mfpw Un^dâmbn«mWv
AhÄçv tXm¶nbXv. Ah³ AhfpsS apJ¯v
t\m¡nbnê¶nÃ. Ahsâ
a\Ênse æÁt_m[amWv AsXìv AhÄçv a\Ênembn.
AhÄ
Hìw Adnbm¯Xpt]mse Aht\mSv s]êamdn.
æd¨v Ignªv Ah³ æfn¡m\mbn æfnapdnbnÂ
Ibdn. shÅw Xpdìv tkms¸Sp¯v
icocw apgphëw tX¨p. At¸mgmWv Ah³
Agbn InS¶nê¶ kpabpsS sP«n IXv.
Ah³ AsXSp¯v aW¯v t\m¡n, BZyambmWh³ Hê kv{XobpsS sP«n aWç¶Xv. C¯bpsS ]mev h¶ \\ª sP«nbpsS `mKw
aW¯t¸mÄ Ahsâ saenªp \o æ® _ew sh¡m³ XpS§n. Ah³ sP«nbpsS ]qdnsâ hnShnÂ
IbdmdpÅ `mK¯v \¡n, C¯bpsS ]mensâ êNn Ah\njvSambn. ]n¶oSv sP«nsImv æ®sb s]mXnªv
æep¡nbt¸mÄ Ah\v C¯sb ]®p¶ {]XoXn tXm¶n. A§ns\ æep¡n æep¡n Ah³
æ® I¼nbm¡n. sP«nsbSp¯v
hmbnen«v ISn¨p. Ahëv aXnbmbt¸mÄ,
sP«n HìIqSn aW¯n«v FSp¯ Øe¯v Xs¶ C«p.
Aìv
cm{Xn AhÄ ]Xnhpt]mse ]WnIÄ FÃmw Ign¨v _mXvdqanÂ
aq{Xsamgn¡m\nê¶t¸mÄ AhfpsS sP«n C«nê¶ Øew {i²n¨p. sP«n BsI \\ªp InSç¶Xpt]mse tXm¶n. AhÄ ]qÀ IgpInbXnë tijw
Fgpt¶Áv sP«nsbSp¯p t\m¡n.
DSs\ AhÄç a\Ênembn \mkÀ sP«nsbSp¯v
Ifn¨n«psìv. AhÄ AhfpsS Npv
ISn¨v AaÀ¯n Nncn¨v sP«n AhnsS Xs¶ C«v Dd§m³ Ibdn. AXnë ap³]mbn AhÄ I¯pIÄ FÃmw
Iodn¡fªp.
\mkdpw
AhfpsS apdnbnemWv Dd§m³ InS¶Xv, Ah³ \ne¯v s_Ív hncn¨v InSì,
AhÄ I«nenepw. AhÄçv Ahs\
Hìv Id¡Wsaìv tXm¶n.
AhÄ s_Uvdqanse sseÁv AW¨nê¶nÃ. AhÄ Dd¡¯nse¶ t]mse AhfpsS kmcn
ap«në tase IbÁnbn«v Adnbm¯t]mse InSì. Dd§m³ InS¶ \koÀ s]«ì Xs¶
Dd§nt¸mbn. AhÄçv Ah³ Dd§nbXv
It¸mÄ ]mhw tXm¶n. Ahfpw A§ns\
Dd§nt¸mbn. AhfpsS kmcn At¸mgpw ap«në
apIfn Xs¶bmbnêì.
(Chapter - 12)
Hìd§n¡gnª
\mkÀ, I®pXpdì t\m¡nbt¸mÄ, Ahsâ C¯ IqÀ¡w
hen¨v Dd§pd§p¶XmWv tI«Xv. Ahëv ]ns¶
Dd¡w h¶nÃ. Ah³ Xncnªpw
adnªpw InSì. AXn\nSbnÂ
Ah³ I«nen InSç¶ C¯sb {i²n¨p. Ahsâ
C¯ aeÀìv InSìv IqÀ¡w hençIbmbnêì. AhÄ cpImepw aS¡nbn«mWv
InSç¶Xv. A§ns\ InS¶t¸mÄ AhfpsS kmcn
HìIqSn apIfnteçv Ibdnbn«v XpSIÄ ]pd¯pImWn¨nêì. AhfpsS XpSIÄ It¸mÄ Ahsâ
Dd¡saÃmw t]mbn. Ah³
]Xps¡ InS¡bn Cêì sImv C¯sb t\m¡n. C¯bpsS IqÀ¡w hen ImcWw Ahëv \Ã
ss[cyapmbnêì. Ah³ C¯bpsS Imensâ
AhnsS Xe sh¨v DÅnteçv t\m¡n.
cpImepaIÁn kmcn XpSbpsS apIfn Ibdn InSìd§nbnê¶
kpabpsS kmam\w Ah\m sNdnb shfn¨¯n Hêhn[w ImWm³ Ignªp.
Ahëv AhfpsS
kmam\w Hì aW¯p t\mçhmëw sXmSphmëw tXm¶n.
Ah³ ]Xps¡ AhfpsS ImepIÄ¡nSbn Ibdn InS¶n«v kmcn
HìIqSn IbÁn sh¨p. AhfpsS
tjhv sNbvX ]qdv It¸mÄ Ahsâ kmam\w s]m§n.
BZyambn«mWv henb Hê s]®nsâ kmam\w Ah³ ImWp¶Xv. sNdnb æ«nIfpsS Ipdn¨n Ah³
t\m¡nbn«pv, AXnÂ
\nìv hyXyØambn C¯bpsS kmam\w s]m´n XSn¨nêì. æd¨p t\cw AhfpsS tbm\n NppIsf aXnhcmsX
t\m¡n shÅand¡n.
tbm\n¨ppIfpsS CSbnepÅ I´ns\ Ah³ BÝcyt¯msS
t\m¡n¡p. X¡mfn
amknIbnepw aÁpw hmbn¨n«pÅ Adnhv sImv AXv I´msWìv Ahë
a\Ênembn. AhÄ A\§p¶Xv Iv Ah³
s]«ìv apJw hen¨p.
kpa AhfpsS
CSt¯ `mKt¯ív Ncnªp InSì.
Ct¸mÄ Ahëv s_Ínenê¶m AhfpsS N´n ImWm³
Ignbpambnêì. Ah³ Ahsâ
s_Ín Cêì Xs¶ AhfpsS æn `mKs¯ kmcn s]m´n¨p. At¸mÄ AhfpsS æn apgphëw
]pd¯mbn. Ah³ ]Xnsb AhfpsS
ænbn apIÀì. B ænbpsS aWw Ahs\ elcn ]nSn¸n¨p. ænbpsS hnShneqsS AhfpsS
sRcnªaÀ¶nê¶ tbm\n NppIsf t\m¡n shÅand¡n. Ahkm\w Ah³ cpw I¸n¨v AhfpsS
N´nIfn D½sh¨p.
]n¶oSh³
AhfpsS ænIfpsS hnShn Ahsâ \mhv tIÁn \çhm³ XpS§n. AhfpsS IqÀ¡w hen¨pÅ
Dd¡w Ahëv Hê Aë{Klambnêì.
Ah\m ænIfpsS ckw ]mbkw t]mse tXm¶n. Ahsâ sImXnbpÅ \mhv AhfpsS
ænIfn C¡nfn ]c¯n.
ænIfpsS CSbn Ft´m Cgbp¶ t]mse tXm¶nbn«v kpa
Dd¡apWÀì t\m¡n.
\mkÀ ænbn \mhv tIÁp¶ kzÀ¤temI¯mbnê¶Xp sImv AhÄ DWÀ¶
ImcyadnªnÃ. AhÄ
Adnbm¯t]mse A§ns\Xs¶ I®paS¨v InSìv kpJn¨p.
IqÀ¡w hen \n¶ Imcyw s]«¶mWv \mkdn\v
a\ÊnembXv, Ah³ t]Sn¨v thKw Xs¶ s_Ín hìv I®pw ]q«n
InSì. AhÄçv a\Ênembn
Ah³ t]Sn¨v t]mbn InS¶XmsWìv, AhÄ hopw Dd§p¶Xp t]mse
aeÀìv InS¶n«v ]mZ§Ä cpw s_Ín æ¯n ap«v
aS¡n Imepw Ih¨v InSì. \o«n
\o«n izmkw hen¡m³ XpS§n.
\mkÀ AhÄ hopw Dd§nsbìv IêXn ]Xps¡
Fgt¶Áv t\m¡nbt¸mÄ AhfpsS s]m´nb s\¿¸w s]mfn¨v sh¨v
InSç¶XmWv IXv. Ah³ cpw I¸n¨v
AhfpsS Ih¨psh¨ ImepIfpsS CSbneqsS AhfpsS kmam\w aW¯p t\m¡n. Ah³ BZyambmWv Hê kmam\w ImWp¶Xpw aWç¶Xpw,
{Sukdn\Snbn InSìv Ahsâ æ® hnd¡m³ XpS§n. Ah³ AhfpsS ]qÀ NpIÄ
ssIhnc sImv AI¯n t\m¡n.
AhfpsS kmam\¯nsâ DÅnse Nph¸p \ndw Ahsâ hmbn shÅw
hê¯n. Ah³ AhfpsS ]qdnsâ DÅnteçv
\mhv IbÁm³ XpS§n. AhÄ
Hìv sR«nsb¦nepw Hìw Adnbm¯Xpt]mse InSì sImSp¯p. Ah\hfpsS ]qdnsâ D]cnXew apgphëw \¡ntXmÀ¯n. AhÄ Dd§p¶Xpt]mse ZoÀLambn izmkw
hen¨p hnSpìmbnêì.
AhÄ¡hs\ sI«n¸nSn¡m³ tXm¶nsb¦nepw A\§msX ]qdv
s]mfn¨psh¨v InSì sImSp¯p. ]qdv
\¡n aXnbmb Ah³ AhfpsS apJ¯v t\m¡n, F¶n«v ]Xps¡ Fgpt¶Áv
Ahsâ sNdnb hSnbmb æ®sb ]pds¯Sp¯p.
]ns¶ {SukÀ Ducnsh¨n«v, AhfpsS ImepIfpsS CSbn hìv
tbm\oNppIfn Ahsâ t]\ t]menê¶ æ® sh¨v Dc¡m³ XpS§n. kpaçv A§ns\ InSçhm³ {]bmkw tXm¶n. AhÄç Ahs\ ]nSn¨v ]cn]mSn \S¯nbmtem
Fì tXm¶n. Dc¨v aXnbmbt¸mÄ
Ah³ ]Xnsb Ip® `KZzc¯nteçv æ¯nIbÁmëÅ {ia¯nembn. ]s£ AXv icnbmhmªXn\m Ah³
aXnbm¡n s_Ín \ns¶gpt¶Áv {SukÀ C«v kpabpsS
kmcn hen¨v t\scbn«p.
kpaçv tZjyw
hs¶¦nepw AhÄ A\§msX A§ns\ Xs¶ InSì.
\mkÀ Dd¡ambt¸mÄ AhÄ Hê ssI kmcnçÅnÂ
IS¯n Ifn¡m³ XpS§n. AhÄ
hnc IbÁn AhfpsS shÅw hì æfn¨ ]qdn C«v
Id¡n. hnImcw aq¯p InS¶ AhfpsS
]qÀ s]«ì Xs¶ ]m Npc¯n.
B £oW¯n AhÄ A§ns\ Dd§nt¸mbn.
(Chapter - 13)
s{_bv¡v^mÌv
Ignçt¼mÄ \mkÀ AhfpsS apJ¯v t\m¡msXbmWv Cê¶Xv. AhÄ a\Ên Ahs\s¡mv
icnçw Hìv Ifn¡Wsaìv ¹m\n«nêì. AhfpsS s]m¡nfnë Xmsg hsc Xmgv¯n
AhÄ kmcn sh¨p. AhfpsS sNdnb sNdnb
tcma§Ä s]m¡nfnë Xmsg Hê hcnbmbn Xmtgm«nd§n t]mæ¶Xv, AhfpsS
hmg¡q¼p \ndapÅ ASnhbÁnÂ
hyàambn¡mWmambnêì. \mkdnëv
AhfpsS »uknëÅn hoÀ¸pap«p¶ apeIÄ It¸mÄ Xs¶
I¼nbmbn«mbnêì Cê¶Xv. Ah³
F¶t¯¡mfptasd `£Ww Ign¨p.
{SukdnëÅn \nìv Ahsâ eKm³ ]pd¯p hcmsX kq£nçhm³ Ah³
Gsd ]mSps]«nêì. kpaíXv
Xncnªt¸mÄ AhÄ NncnbS¡n¸nSn¨p.
{]mXÂ
Ignªv Ah³ t\sc t]mbXv cP\nbpsS ho«nte¡mWv. cP\nçv Ahs\ It¸mÄ CjvSambn. AhÄ Ahëambn \m«phntij§Ä
]dªnêì. Ahëahfpw Cdb¯v
t\Àçt\scbmWnê¶Xv. Imepcpw
æ¯nbnê¶ Ahsâ {Sukdnsâ CSbneqsS AdnbmsX Ahsâ kmam\w ]pd¯p
h¶nêì. cP\n AXp Iv AXnte¡v
Ah\dnbmsX t\m¡n. Ahsâ
sIm¨pæ® In«v AhÄçv Nncnbmé h¶Xv, AhfpsS Nqp
hcent\mfsabpÅq. F¦nepw Ahsâ DIsf
AhÄ¡njvSambn, AhÄ¡Xv hmbnen«v N¸m³ tXm¶n. A§ns\ Cêìv hÀ¯am\w
]dbp¶Xn\nSbn AhfpsS kmcn ImepIfn \nìv
Ibdnbnêì. \mkÀ AhfpsS
ImepIfnse tcma§fnteçv t\m¡n. Ahsâ
C¯bpsS ImepIfn tcma§Ä Dmbnê¶nÃ. Ah³ ]dªp tN¨nbpsS ImepIfn Ft´mcw
tcma§fmsWìv. AhÄ Nncn¨psImv
AhfpsS ImepIsf t\m¡nbn«v ]dªp, A§ns\bmWv
NneÀs¡ìv. Ahsâ
C¯bpsS Imenepw D½bpsS Imenepw tcma§fnsÃìv Ah³ ]dªp.
AXn\nSbn cP\n kmcn ap«v hsc s]m¡nbn«v AhfpsS Imense
tcma§sf¸Án Aht\mSv ]dbpIbmbnêì.
AhfpsS kmcnbpsS ASnbneqsS XpSIsf ImWn¨nê¶ Imcyw AhÄ
AdnªnÃ. \mkÀ AhfpsS
shůpSIÄ It¸mÄ I¼nbmIm³ XpS§n.
Ahsâ CuÀ¡nÂ æ® hSnbmbn \n¶mSn. CXn\nSbn \mkdnsâ kwkmcw Hìw
tIÄ¡mXmbt¸mÄ AhÄ Ahs\ t\m¡n, Ahsâ t\m«w AhfpsS
]qdnsâ `mKt¯¡msWìv a\Ênembn.
At¸mgmWv Ahsâ Ip® hSnbmbn ]pdt¯çv Xe\o«n \nÂç¶Xv IXv. sXmenbnÃm¯ Ahsâ æS¸³ \n¶mSp¶Xv
It¸mÄ AhÄçv Nncn hì.
Ahsâ Idp¯ hSnt]mepÅ æ® Hìv Cu¼m³ tXm¶n
AhÄçv. AhÄ Hìadnbm¯
t]mse AhfpsS kmcn Ab¨n«p sImSp¯p. AhfpsS
kmcn Abªt¸mÄ Ahëv AhfpsS Nph¸pv IfdnepÅ sP«n ImWm³
]Án. sP«n It¸mÄ Ahëv hmbnse
shÅw hÁn. Aìw
anphm\mhmsX Ah\hfpsS XSn¨p´nb kmam\¯nteçÁp t\m¡n. Ah\hfpsS kmam\w apgph³
ISn¨papdn¡Wsaìv tXm¶n.
cP\nçv Ah³
AhfpsS ]qdv t\mçIbmsWìv Adnbmambnêì. AhÄ Ahsâ apJ`mhw ImWm³ thn ZrjvSn
DbÀ¯n t\m¡n.
s]«ìÅ AhfpsS t\m«¯n Ahëv Ahsâ apJw Xncnçhm³
]ÁnbnÃ. Ahtâbpw AhfptSbpw
I®pIÄ X½nenSªp. cP\n tNmZn¨p,
\o F´m Xpdn¨p t\mçs¶? Ah³ AhfpsS ]qdnsâ
`mKt¯çv hopw t\m¡n. Adnbm¯ t]mse
Ahfpw t\m¡nbt¸mgmWv AhfpsS sP«n ImWp¶Xv IXv. AhÄ ]dªp A¼S hocm \o ap«bnÂ
\nìv hncnªt¸mtgçw s]®p§fpsS kmam\w t\m¡m³ XpS§nbtÃ?
Fìv ]dªv Ahsâ XpSbn ]n¨n.
Ahëv Hìw anphm³ IgnªnÃ. AhÄ kmcn t\scbn«n«v ]dªp Rm³ \nsâ
C¯tbmSv ]dªp sImSpçw. C¯sbìv
tI«t¸mÄ Ahëv Ahsâ kpt_m[w Xncn¨p In«n.
Ah³ ]dªp tN¨o C\n Rm³ t\m¡nÃ, C\n Ct§m«v
hcnIbpanÃ.
AhÄ
tNmZn¨p, \o F´mWv IXv? At¿m tN¨o Rm³ tN¨osS sP«n ams{X
IpÅq. AhÄ ]dªp icn, \o
Fsâ sP«n IntÃ, F\nçv \ntâbpw ImWWw.
AhÄ Aht\bpw sImv s_Uvdqan Ibdn hmXneS¨p. AhÄ s_Ínenê¶n«v Aht\mSv
{SukÀ Duêhm³ ]dªp. Ahëv \mWw
tXm¶n, BZyambmWv Ah³ Hê s]®nsâ ap¼n {SukÀ Duê¶Xv. Ah³ {Sukdnsâ _«Wgn¨t¸mÄ AhÄ Ahsâ
{Sukdn ]nSn¨v Xmtgm«v hen¨p.
{SukÀ \ne¯p hì hoé.
Ahsâ æ® InSìv BSpìmbnêì. AhÄ Ahsâ æ®bn ]nSn¨v
sR¡n. Ahëv tZlw apgph³
tImcn¯cn¨p. AhÄ Ahs\ I«nenÂ
Cê¯n ImepIÄ AI¯n sh¡m³ ]dªp.
AhÄ Ahsâ ImepIÄ¡nSbn \ne¯nê¶n«v, Ahsâ
CuÀ¡nÂ æ® hmbnen«v Du¼n, Ahsâ DIsf hmbnen«v N¸n. AhfpsS \mhnsâ iànsImv Ahsâ eKm³
NmSn¡fn¡m³ XpS§n. Ah³ AhfpsS
ssIIÄ ]nSn¨pamÁnbn«v ]dªp tN¨o F\nçv t]mbn. AhÄ t\m¡nbt¸mÄ æ®bnÂ
\nìv shÅw t]mse Ft´m cv XpÅn ]pd¯p h¶nêì. AXv km[mcW ]pêj·mÀçv hcmdpÅ
殸m AÃmbnêì.
AhÄ BZyambmWpv CXpt]mes¯ Iuamc ip¢w ImWp¶Xv. Ah³ ]dªp tN¨o F\n¡mZyambmWpv C§ns\
shÅw hê¶sXìv Hê IÅw X«nhn«p.
AhÄ
tNmZn¨p, \n\çv Fsâ kmam\w ImWtWm Fìv, Ah\Xv ImXpIfn hì hoW
tX³ ag t]mse tXm¶n. Ah\mZyambmWv Hê
s]®nsâ kmam\w icnív ImWphm³ t]mæ¶Xv. C¶se C¯bpsS ]qdv sNdnb shfn¨¯nembnêì
IXv. Ct¸mÄ \Ã
shfn¨¯n Hê s]®v kzta[bm AhfpsS kmam\w Im«n¯êhm³ t]mæIbmWtÃm
Fìv kt´mjn¨v Ah³ s_Ínenêì.
cP\n
Fgpt¶Áv AhfpsS kmcn s]m¡n¸nSn¨v Aht\mSv ]dªp tam³ sP«n
Ducnt¡mfq Fìv. Ah\v AhfpsS
sP«n It¸mtg hopw I¼nbmbn. AhfpsS XSn¨
XpSIfpw XSn¨pê ænIfpw X¡mfn IYIfnse \mbnIamsc HmÀ½n¸n¨p. Ah³ AhfpsS sP«n hen¨qcn. Ah³ AhfpsS Acs¡«v Ahsâ apJt¯çv
hen¨Sp¸n¨p. AhÄ ]dªp, tamt\ \o
[rXn sh¡, ]Xps¡ ]Xps¡ sNbvXm aXn. AhÄ s_ÍnÂ
aeÀì InS¶n«v ImepIÄ Ih¨v Aht\mSv hìv D½w
sImSp¡m³ ]dªp. Ah\Xv
tIÄt¡ Xmakw AhfpsS tbm\nbnteçv apJw AaÀ¯n. \mhpsImv ]qÀNppIfn Nn{XcN\
XpS§n. AhfpsS æÁn
tcma§Ä Ah³ ssI sImv XShn. tbm\o
NppIÄ Ah³ N¸n hen¨p. I´nÂ
\mhn«v NpgÁn. Ahfpw Imaw sImv
hnd¨p. Ah³ \mhv AhfpsS tbm\nbnteçv
XÅn IbÁn. \mhnsâ
XÅenepÅ kpJw sImv thKw tams\ thKw Fìv ]dªp
sImnêì. AhÄçv ]qdv
Xcn¡m³ XpS§n, aZPew s]m«nsbmgpIn.
Ah³ AhfpsS ]mensâ ckw ëWbm³ XpS§n.
s]«ìv AhÄ Ahsâ Xe hen¨v AhfpsS apeIfn sImphì. Ahsâ NppIfn D½sh¡m³ XpS§n. Aht\mSv sNhnbn ]dªp, tamt\ \o Fsâ
]qdv \¡n Xcn¸n¨p, Fs¶ Bêw C{X kpJn¸n¨n«nÃ. Ah\hfpsS Npv N¸n hen¨p. AhÄçv AhfpsS ]mensâ ckw Ahsâ
NppIfn \nìv Adnbpìmbnêì. cpt]cpw NppIÄ N¸ns¡mv
InSì.
(Chapter - 14)
Imameky¯nÂ
\nìv Fgpt¶Á AhÀ s{UÊpIÄ AWnªv
kwkmcn¡m³ XpS§n. AhÄ Aht\mSv
skIvkns\çdn¨v ]dªp XpS§n. AhÄ
tNmZn¨p, \o BêsSsbms¡ ]qdv In«pv? cP\nbpsS am{XamsWìv Ah³
IÅw ]dªp.
kwkmcnç¶XnSbn Ah³ AdnbmsX ]dªp t]mbn...
"tN¨nsb
Fsâ Afnb³ Du¡mdptÃ!'
s]«ìv
\mhn \nìv AdnbmsX hoWpt]mbXmWv.
AhÄ At¿m Bê ]dªp Fìv tNmZns¨¦nepw a\Ênsâ
DÅn A¦em¸mbnêì.
Aht\mShÄ æ¯n, æ¯n tNmZn¡m³ XpS§n. Ahkm\w Ahëv Afnbsâ I¯v kpabdnbmsX hmbn¨ Imcyw
]dtbn hì. cP\nív BsI {]bmkambn.
CXn\n BtcmSpw ]dbêXv tamt\, tamëv F¸w thtWepw tN¨nsb ImWm³ hcmw, ]s£
thsd BtcmSpw ]dbêsXìv Xm¡oXpw sImSp¯p. Asæn C¯tbmSv ]dbpsa¶
`ojnWnbpw.
kpa
æfn¨v sdUnbmbn Hê kpµcns]®mbn.
AhÄ Hê taIvkn BWv [cn¨Xv.
taIvknbpsS ASnbn {_mbpw sP«nbpsamìw C«nê¶nÃ. æd¨p ssSÁmb
taIvkn¡Snbn AhfpsS k¼mZyw apgphëw sh«n¡fn¨p. AhfpsS s{^ân AhÄ ad¶nt«m Ft´m
\Sphnes¯ Hê _«¬ C«ê¶nÃ. AXneqsS
AhfpsS XpSp¯ apeIsf hyàambn ImWmambnêì.
\mkÀ
t\sc h¶n«v æfn¡m³ Ibdn. Ahëv
_m¯vdqan \nìv kpabpsS {_m aWw ]nSn¡m³ In«n. Ah³ AXv aW¯psImv æfn¨p XpS§n. Ah³ icocw apgphëw N{µnI tkm¸v tX¨p
æfn¨p. Ahsâ eKms\ Ah³ tkm¸n«v
\¶mbn æfn¸n¨p. Ah³ cP\n
Du¼ns¡mSp¯ ImcyamtemNn¨v Ipfn¨v SÆ FSp¯v tXmÀ¯n. At¸mtgíw Ahsâ eKm³ hSnbmbn
Ignªnêì. Ahë tXm¶n C\n
apXÂ apv DSp¯v XpS§Wsaìv.
D½ k½Xn¡m¯ ImcWamWv Ah³ apv DSp¡m¯Xv.
Ah³
æfn¨v Ignªv DuWpIgn¡m\nêì. At¸mgmWv Ah³ C¯bpsS taIvknbpsS ASnbnÂ
DuWp Ignç¶Xnt\msSm¸w AhfpsS henb apeIÄ X¯n¡fnç¶Xv IXv. AhÄ Aht\mSv cP\n F´p ]dªp
Fìv At\zjn¨p. cP\n \Ã
tN¨nbmWv C¯çv \à Iq«mWv Fì ]dªp. kpaçv Ah³ Hìv hmcnbXmtWm Fìv
tXm¶n. cpt]êw DuWn\nSbn AXpanXpw
]dªp sImnêì.
Dué
Ignªv kpa Dd§m³ tIdn, Ah³ hmbn¡mëanêì. æd¨p Ignªt¸mÄ Ahëw
Dd§Wsaìv tXm¶n. Ah³ C¯bpsS
apdnbn Ibdnbt¸mÄ C¯ Dd§nbnê¶nÃ. AhÄ Aht\mSv AhtfmsSm¸w
s_Ín InSt¶mfm³ ]dªp.
Ah\Xv \Ã CjvSambn. Ah³
thKw AhtfmsSm¸w s_Ín InSì.
sXm«psXm«p InS¶ Ah³ AhfpsS Xebnse \Ã hmk\ Aë`hn¡m³
XpS§n. Ah³ AhfdnbmsX AhfpsS
apSnbn D½w sImSp¯p. kpa Ahsâ t\sc
NcnªmWv InS¶Xv, AXn\m AhfpsS apeIÄAhëv \¶mbn ImWmambnêì.
Ah³ B apeIsf t\m¡n shÅand¡n.
kpa Ahs\ F§ns\bmWv Hì hfçI Fìv BtemNn¨ncnçIbmbnêì.
AhÄ
Ipsd¡gnªv atÁ sskUnteçv Xncnªp InSì. At¸mÄ AhfpsS æn Ahsâ t\sc Bbn
Fìv ]dtbXnÃtÃm.
AhfpsS sP«n CSm¯ N´nIfpsS sjbv¸v Ahs\ elcn ]nSn¸n¨p. Ah³ Dd§p¶Xp t]mse AhfpsS tZl¯v
ap«n¡nSì. B InS¸nÂ
kpa Dd§nt¸mbnêì. AhfpsS
IqÀ¡w hen Ahs\ tamlmeky¯n \nìv DWÀ¯n. Ah³ ]Xps¡ Ahsf sXm«pXtemSn
t\m¡n. ]n¶oSv
A\¡samìansöpv It¸mÄ Ahsâ hSnbmbn \n¶nê¶ sIm¨p emKms\
]nSn¨v AhfpsS ImepIfpsS CSbn sh¨v AaÀ¯n InSì. Hê ssI FSp¯v AhfpsS tXmf¯v tIÁn A[nIw
AaÀ¯msX InSì. Ahsâ ssI
AhfpsS tZl¯v sXm«t¸mÄ AhfpsS Dd¡w hn«p. AhÄç a\Ênembn Ah³ Xs¶ sI«n¸nSn¨ncnçIbmWv
Fìv. AhÄ Adbm¯ t]mse AhfpsS
Ipn ]n¶nteçv XÅns¡mSp¯p.
At¸mÄ AhfpsS N´nIfpsS CSbneqsS Ahsâ sIm¨p æ®
AaÀì.
Ahëv
\Ã kpJw tXm¶n. Ah³ ]Xps¡
Ahsf HìIqSn AaÀ¯n sImSp¯p.
AhfpsS taIvkn N´nIfpsS CSbn Ibdnt¸mbnêì. Ah³ Ahsâ {Sukdnsâ _«éIÄ hnSphn¨v, sIm¨p
æ®sbSp¯v AhfpsS N´nbn æ¯nbn«v Ahsf AaÀ¯n
sI«n¸nSn¨p. Ahfpw Adnbm¯ t]mse ]n¶nteçv
XÅnsImSp¯p. Ahëv \Ã
I¼nbmbn. ]ns¶ F´pw ht¶ms« Fìv
a\Ên IêXn, Hê ssIsImv AhfpsS apeIsf AaÀ¯n. Ahfpw NqSmbn¡gnªnêì. AhÄ F´m sN¿pI F¶mtemNn¨p, F¶n«v
Ahsâ t\sc Xncnªp InSìv Hê ssIsImv Ahs\ sI«n¸nSn¨p. Ahëw Adnbm¯t]mse Ahsf sI«n¸nSn¨p. AhfpsS hbÁn X«nb æ®
AhfpsS sI«n¸nSp¯w ImcWw Ahëv FSp¡m³ ]ÁnbnÃ. Ah³ ]Xnsb Ahsâ ssI AhfpsS ænbnÂ
sImpt]mbn sh¨p. Dd¡¯nse¶t]mse
Ahsâ apJw Ct¸mÄ AhfpsS amdn AaÀ¶nêì Ah³ ]Xnsb \mhpsImv AhfpsS taIvknbpsS
apIfn IqSn AhfpsS apeIsf \¡n.
apeIfn Ahsâ \mhn \nìÅ Da\oÀ X«n
\\ªt¸mÄ AhÄçv tcmam©apmbn.
F¦nepahÄ IqÀ¡w hen \ndp¯nbnÃ. Ah³ AhfpsS ænbn XShÂ
XpSÀìsImnêì.
AhÄçv Ahsâ XSh sImv hnImcw kln¡m\mhmsX I®p
Xpdì. Ah³ I®p Xpd¶mWnê¶Xpv
AXn\m AhêsS I®pIÄ X½nenSªp.
Ah³ DSs\ Hìadnbm¯ t]mse I®ndp¡n AS¨p. AhÄ Ahsâ eKms\ I¿nseSp¯n«v
Aht\mSv ]dªp, A¼Sm \o CXp sImmWv C¯sb æ¯nbnê¶Xv AtÃ? Ahëv I®p Xpd¡msX \nhr¯nbnÃmXmbn,
F¶n«v shdpsX NncnçI am{Xsa sNbvXpÅq.
AhÄ,
\n\çv sh¨n«pv Fìv ]dªn«v, Ahsâ eKms\ ]nSn¨v æepçhm³
XpS§n. Ah³ Imaw aq¯v Ahsf
sI«n¸nSn¨p. AhÄ taIvknbpsS
_«éIÄ Xpdìv apeIsf ]pds¯Sp¯v Ahëv N¸m³ sImSp¯p. Ah\m apeIsf ]Sn¨v sRcn¨p henb B apeIÄ
Ah\mZyambn ImWpIbmbnêì. Ah³
ape¡®pIÄ FSp¯v N¸n. AhÄ
hnImchXnbmbn Aht\mSv AhfpsS tZl¯v Ibdn¡nS¡m³ ]dªp. AhëSs\ AhfpsS ta¯v tIdn. AhÄ Ahsâ sIm¨p æ®sbSp¯v AhfpsS
]qdnen«pckn. F¶n«v ]qdn sh¨v
Aht\mSv XÅm³ ]dªp. Ah³
XÅnbt¸mÄ s]«ìv Xs¶ tIdnt¸mbn.
Aht\mSv Acs¡«v s]m¡n æ¯m³ ]dªp. Ah³ \¶mbn Ip¯ns¡mSp¯p. ]s£ AhÄçv Ahsâ æ® sImv Hìw
tXm¶nbnÃ. AhÄ Ahs\
s_Ín InS¯nbn«v Ahsâ Acs¡«n Ibdn
æ¯nbnêìv, cp Imepw Cê]pdhpan«v I¡qkn Ccnç¶ t]mse
Cêì. F¶n«v Ahsâ eKms\ FSp¯v
AhfpsS ]qdn sh¨p XÅn.
AhÄ Acs¡«v apIfnteçw Xmtgm«pw Nen¸nçhm³ XpS§n. Ahëv \Ã
kpJw hì, Ahsâ æ® hnd¡m³ XpS§n.
AhÄçv
a\Ênembn Ahëv hs¶ìv, AhÄçv Imaelcn aq¯pXpS§nbtX
DÅq. AhÄ \mepImen Ih¨p
InS¶n«v Aht\mSv \çhm³ ]dªp. Ah³
]iphns\ ]cn]mSn sN¿p¶Xpt]mse AhfpsS ]n¶neqsS h¶n«v AhfpsS ]qdnÂ
\mhn«v æ¯n. Ahfpw æn
]n¶nteçv XÅn Xmfw sh¨p. Ahsâ \mhv
AXn\nSbn AhfpsS aeZzmc¯nepw X«n.
B X«Â AhfpsS ]qdn ]mep Npc¯n, AhfpsS ]qdnÂ
\nìv emhsbmgpIn. AhÄ XfÀì InSì. Ahsâ hmbn \ndsb AhfpsS ]qÁnse
shÅw sImv \ndªp. Ah³ B
{ZmhIw apgph³ \¡n¡pSn¨p.
(Chapter - 15)
\mkÀ
kpasb sI«n¸nSn¨pd§pt¼mÄ a\Ên hnNmcn¨p, Xms\{X
`mKyhm\msWìv. Ah³ C¯bpsS ho«nÂ
hêt¼mÄ C§ns\sbmìw IêXnbnê¶nÃ. Ct¸mÄ Ahë Ifn¡m³ C¯bpw
AbÂ]¡s¯ tN¨nbpw sdUnbmbn«pv.
Ah\m Nn´bn kpasb sI«n¸nSn¨pd§n.
Dd¡¯nÂ
\ns¶gpt¶Á kpaçv \à kt´mjambnêì. AhÄçv Aìv cm{Xn apgph³
Ahs\s¡mv Ifn¡Wsaìv IêXn.
AhÄ 3 ap«sbSp¯v Ahëv _pÄssk Dm¡n sImSp¯p. 2 ap« ]pgp§n sImSp¯p. Hê ap« A§ns\ ]¨çw Xn¶m³ sImSp¯p. AhÄ¡dnbmw Ah³ sNdnb ]¿\mWv,
s]«ìv £oWnçsaìv. Ahs\ NqSm¡m³
AhÄ thsd hgnsbmìw InÃ.
Ah³ ap« apgph³ Xnì.
Aì apgphëw Ah³ kpabpsS ]n¶n \nìv amdnbnÃ.
cm{XnbnÂ
cpt]êw Hìw [cn¡msX apgp\ácmbn InSì. AhfpsS Hmtcm `mKhpw Ah³ ]cntim[n¨p. AhfpsS ]qdpw ]qdnse I´psaÃmw A£atbmsS
Ah³ t\m¡n Ip. AhfpsS N´nbpw Ahëv
\Ã CjvSambn. Ahsâ eKmëw AhÄ
]nSn¨p ckn¨p. AhÄçv Ahsâ DIfmWv
A[nIw CjvSambXv. tcmaw apf¡m¯ Ahsâ
AnIsf AhÄ hmbnen«v Ddp©n.
AhÄ
Aht\mSv s]®p§fpsS kmam\s¯ ]Ánbpw, sa³kkv Bæ¶Xns\ ]Ánbpw,
KÀ`w Dmæ¶Xpw, {]khnç¶Xns\ ]ÁnbpsaÃmw ]dªp
sImSp¯p. Ah\sXÃmw ]pXnb
AdnhpIÄ Bbnêì. AhÄ
Ahs\s¡mv AhfpsS ]qdpw ænbpw \¡n¸n¨v kpJw hê¯n. AhÄ Ahsâ AnIsf N¸n Ahëw kpJw hê¯n. AhÀ cpt]êw 69 t]mse
InSìd§n. æd¨p t\cw Dd§n
Fgpt¶Á Ah³ AhfpsS Dê N´nIsf ]nSn¨v sR¡n kpJn¨p. AhfpsS ænIfpsS CSbn \mhn«v
ckn¨p. AhÄ Dd¡¯n kpJw
h¶t¸mÄ Fgpt¶Áv hopw Ifn XpS§n.
cm{Xn apgphëw Xsâ A\nbs\s¡mv ]qdpw ænbpw \¡n¸n¨v
kpJn¨v InSì.
]nsÁ
Znhkw cmhnse Fgpt¶Á AhÄ Ah³ DWÀ¶Xnë ap³s], `£WsaÃmapm¡n. Ah³ Fgpt¶Áv Nncn¨psImv
hì. Ahs\s¡mv \¶mbn
`£WsaÃmw Ign¸n¨v, C¯tbmsSm¸w Hêan¨v æfn¡msaì
]dªp. cpt]êw IqSn
æfn¡m³ Ibdn.
s{UÊpIÄ Ducn¡gnªt¸mÄ AhÄçv tXm¶n, ]qdv
Hìv tjhv sNbvXm F´msWìv.
AhÄ Ahs\s¡mv ]qdv tjhv sN¿n¸n¨p. Ahëv AXv Hê AXnibambnêì. C¯bpsS ]qdv tjhv sNbvXv anëkambt¸mÄ,
Ah\Xv akmPv sNbvXv \¡n. cpt]êw
IqSn æfn¨p, C¯bpsS icocw apgphëw Ah³ tkm¸n«v tX¨psImSp¯p. Aht\bpw C¯ \¶mbn æfn¸n¨p. cpt]êw æfn Ignªv ]pd¯p
h¶t¸mÄ IXv cP\n \nÂç¶XmWv.
cP\nsb¡ kpa Ahsf I®ndp¡n Im«n, cP\nbpw I®ndp¡n. cP\n ]dªp F´m \mksd \ns¶
AhntSs¡mìw ImWm\nÃ, C¯sb æfn¸n¨ncn¡bmtWm, AtXm
C¯ \ns¶ æfn¸nçIbmtWm?
\mkÀ
shdpsX NncnçI am{Xsa sNbvXpÅq, Ah³ dqan t]mbn. cP\n kpasb \¶mbn Hìv t\m¡nbn«v
]dªp, A¼Sn tN¨o, \o Ahs\ Ifn¸n¨ncn¡m, F\nçv ISn FSp¯n«v HmSn h¶Xm. kpa cP\nsb ASp¡fbntem«v sImpt]mbn
AhfpsS N´nbn ]nSn¨v sR¡nbn«v ]dªp, tamsf Rm³ Ahëv s{Sbn\nw§v
sImSpçIbmWpv, \o Ahs\s¡mv F´m sN¿pI Fìsh¨m sNbvtXm,
Fì ]dªn«v AhfpsS N´nbn Hê D½w sImSp¯p. cP\n kpabpsS kmcnbpsS CSbneqsS, ssIIÄ
IS¯n AhfpsS ]qdn sXm«p. tjhv
sNbvXv anëkam¡nb ]qdn sR¡nbn«v ]dªp, \mkdnë N¸m³ thn
¢o\m¡n sh¨n«ptÃm? Fsâ
]qdpw Hìv anëkam¡nXm tN¨o......
kpa
]dªp icn Hê Imcyw sN¿mw, Rm³ \mkdns\ ISbn ]dªp hnSmw,
F¶n«v sNbvXv Xcmw. AhÄ Aht\mSv
ISbn t]mIm³ ]dªv ss]k sImSp¯n«v hì. Aht\mSv ]Xps¡ t]mbmÂ
aXnsbìv ]dªnêì. Ahëv
C¯sb hn«v \n¡m³ a\Êph¶nÃ. Ah³ ISbnteçv AXnthKw t]mbn. Ah³ t]mbt¸m cP\nbpw kpabpw
_mXvdqan Ibdn. cP\n kmcn
s]m¡n sP«n hen¨qcn, HêIm t¢mskÁnsâ apIfn sh¨v Ih¨v
\nì sImSp¯p. kpa tjhv
sN¿p¶Xnë ]Icw AhfpsS ]qdn \mhn«v \çIbmWv sNbvXXv. cP\nçw I¼nbmbn, AhÄ \nìv
InXím³ XpS§n.
ISbnÂ
t]mb \mkÀ 2 an\nÁnëÅn Xncn¨p hì. Ah³ hìv t\m¡nbt¸mÄ Btcbpw
InÃ, ASªp InS¶nê¶ _mXvdqan \nìv Nne
sRê¡§Ä tI«p. hmXnensâ
Xmt¡m ]gpXneqsS _mXvdqansâ Dffnteçv t\m¡nbt¸mÄ Ah³
IXv, kpa æ¼n«v \nÂç¶Xpw cP\n AhfpsS æn \ç¶XpamWv. Ahëv \à ckw tXm¶n, Ah\m ImgvN Iv Ahsâ
æ®sbSp¯v æep¡m³ XpS§n.
æepç¶Xn\nSbn Ahsâ ssI _mXvdqansâ tUmdn X«n. s]«ìv kpa tNmZn¨p...... Bcm AhnsS
\mkdmtWm? Ahëv thsd
c£bnÃmbnêì, Ah³ AsX Fìv ]dªp. AhÄ hmXn Xpdìv Aht\mSv
AI¯v hcm³ ]dªp. AI¯p h¶ Ah³
cP\nbpsS ænbnteçv Xpdn¨p t\m¡n.
AXp I kpa Aht\mSv cP\nbpsS æn \¡nsImSpçhm³ ]dªp. Ah³ NmSnhoWv AhfpsS æn \¡n
\¡n kpJn¸n¨p. AXnë tijw kpa
Ahs\s¡mv cP\nbpsS ]qÀ tjhv sNbvXv sImSp¸n¨p. aqì t]êw IqSn ]qdpw ænbpw
æ®bpsaÃmw IgpIn ]pd¯p hì.
(Chapter - 16)
\mkdnëv
kvIqÄ Xpd¡mdmbt¸mÄ thhemXn Bbn.
Ah³ ]dªp, C¯m Rm³ ChnsS \nìv kvIqfn t]mbn
]Tn¡mw. AhÄçw AXv
CjvSambnêì. ]s£ AhêsS hm¸
k½Xn¡mªXn\m Ahëv Ahsf hn«v t]mtIn hì. Ah³ ASp¯ sht¡j³ hê¶Xpw Im¯v
a\anÃma\tÊmsS aS§nt¸mbn.
\mkÀ
t]mbXnë tijw kpabpw cP\nbpw \¡epw N¸epambn Znhk§Ä XÅn
\o¡n, F¦nepw AhÀ kt´mjhXnIfmbnêì.
Hêamkw
Ignªt¸mÄ cP\nçv AhfpsS `À¯mhnsâ I¯v In«n, AbmÄ
hês¶ìv. AhÄ kpatbmSv hnhcw
]dªp. kpa AXnë tijw Ahsfs¡mv
HmhÀ ssSw sN¿nçIbmbnêì.
A§ns\bncns¡
cP\nbpsS `À¯mhv e£a¬ F¯n.
AbmÄ \Ã XSn¨v BtcmKyhm\mbnêì. AbmÄ cmhnsebmWv h¶Xv. cP\nçv As¶mê DÕh {]XoXn Bbnêì.
hìv AbmÄ æfn¨v `£Ww Ign¨p, FÃmhtcmSpw æiew
]dªp. ]n¶oSv dqan Ibdn Dd§m³
InSì. cP\nbpw æfn¨v
kpµcnbmbn AbmfpsS H¸w t]mbn InSì.
AbmÄ Ahsf hmcn¸nSn¨v AaÀ¯n.
AhfpsS apeIsf sR¡n Xnê½n.
Ahsf \ábm¡n AhfpsS Hmtcm `mKhpw ]cntim[n¡m³
XpS§n. AhfpsS ]qÀ In«v
AbmÄ¡Xnibw tXm¶n. AbmÄ
tNmZn¨p, \nsâ ssascÃmw FhnsSt¸mbn?
Rm\nt¸mÄ tN«³ hê¶Xv {]amWn¨v ¢o³ sNbvXv sh¨XmWv. AbmÄçv AhfpsS ]qdv In«v kwibw tXm¶n,
AhÄ Ifn¨n«psìv. ]qdv
æd¨v Idp¯nêì. AbmÄ
Hìw ]dbmsX AbmfpsS XSn¨ æ® AhfpsS ]qÁnÂ
æ¯nt¡Án. AhÄç
hfsc \mfmbn In«nb Aë`qXnbn Abmsf hcnªp apdp¡n. AbmÄ Ahsf æ¯n æ¯n ]Xw
hê¯n. Ahkm\w cpt]êw £oWn¨v InSì.
AbmÄ
]dªp, cP\n \o kXyw ]dbWw, \o BscbmWv Du¡nbnê¶Xv? \nsâ ]qdv Im Adnbmw Bsctbms¡mv
Du¡n¨nês¶ìv. AhÄçv
Ic¨n hì. AbmtfmSv kXyw ]dªm AbmÄ Ahsf
Dt]£ns¨ìv hêw. AhÄ
]dªp, tN«m Rm³ Bêambn ]cn]mSn Hìw sNbvXn«nÃ. A¸pds¯ kpatN¨nbpw Rmëw X½nÂ
Ifn¡mdpsìv ]dªt¸mÄ AbmÄçv æd¨v hnjaw tXm¶n.
AbmÄ
kpasb ]Án tNmZn¨p. AhÄ
kpabmWpv tjhv sNbvXv sImSp¯sXìw aÁpw ]dªp. Abmft¸mÄ t]mæ¶Xnë ap³]v
kpasb¡qSn Du¡Wsaìv a\Ên ædn¨n«p. AbmÄ Ahsf D½sh¨p. AhÄ AbmfpsS æ® hmbnen«v Du¼n. AbmÄ AhfpsS ]qdn hncen«v
æ¯n, AhfpsS I´v hmbnen«v N¸n, AhfpsS N´nbn ]nSn¨v sR¡n. A§ns\ AhÀ £oWn¨v InSìd§n.......
(Chapter - 17)
kpaçv
hÃm¯ _p²nap«mbnêì, e£a¬ h¶Xnë tijw cP\nsb AhÄçv Ifn¡m³
In«nbnê¶nÃ. cP\nbmsW¦nÂ
Ifn¨padnªv \SçIbmbnêì.
AhÄçv KÀ`apm¡m\mWv e£a¬ F¯nbXv, AXn\mÂ
AhÀ cpt]êw GXpkab¯pw dqanëÅnembnêì. kpaçv Akqb tXm¶n. AhÄ A³hÀ Dmbnês¶¦nÂ
Fìv HmÀ¯pt]mbn.
e£a¬
hìv 10 Znhkw Ignªt¸mÄ cP\nçv sa³kkv Bbn. cP\n¡Xv henb ZpJambn. AhÄçv F§ns\sb¦nepw KÀ`w
DmIWsaìmbnêì. e£a¬
]Xnhpt]mse Ahsf Du¡m³ F¯nbt¸mÄ BWv AhÄ sa³kkv Bbn Ccnç¶ hnhcw
]dªXv. AbmÄçv AXv Hê
{]iv\ambnê¶nÃ. AbmÄ Ahsf
]nSn¨v \nÀºÔn¨v s{UÊv Ducn¨p, F¶n«v AbmÄ AhfpsS
sP«n t\m¡n, AXv IqSpXÂ s]m´nbncnçìmbnêì. cP\nçv AhfpsS ]qdv ImWn¡m³ aSnbmbn. F¦nepw AbmÄ AhfpsS sP«n Ducn, AtXmsSm¸w
AhfpsS ]mhmSbpw Ducn amÁn.
t]Un \ndsb càambnêì.
AbmÄ Hê hnc ]qdn tIÁn t\m¡n, ]qdmsI
æXnÀ¶nêì. AbmÄ
s]s«ìv AbmfpsS apv amÁnbn«v hSnt]mse \n¶nê¶ De¡ç® ]qdnteçv
XÅnt¡Án. A[nIw
t^mgvkv sN¿msX Xs¶ æ® ]qdnteçv tIdnt¸mbn.
AbmÄ
F¶t¯¡mfpw thK¯n ASn¡m³ XpS§n. AbmÄçv \\ªp æfn¨ ]qdnÂ
\nìv \Ã kpJw e`n¨p. cP\nçv
kpJsamìw CÃmXnê¶nÃ, Ahfpw AbmfpsS N´nbn ]nSn¨v
AhfpsS icoc¯nte¡aÀ¯n.
AbmfpsS 殸m AhfpsS tNmcbn æXnÀ¶
tbm\nbnteçv sXdn¨p. AbmÄ æ®
Ducn aeÀìv InSì. AhÄ Fgpt¶Áv AbmfpsS
æ®bnteçv t\m¡n. AXpapgphëw
cà¯n æfn¨nêì.
AhÄ DSs\ Xs¶ AbmfpsS æ® XpS¨p, cpt]êw IqSn _mXvdqanÂ
t]mbn IgpIn. AbmÄçv Ahsf
]®nbt¸mÄ kpJw e`ns¨¦nepw, s»Ív ImcWw A{Xçv kwXr]vXn BbnÃ.
hopw
hìv InS¶ AbmfpsS æ®bn ]nSn¨v AhÄ Du¼n. Du¼Â hopw AbmfpsS æ®sb
hSnbm¡n. AbmÄ AhfpsS apeIsf
sR¡n¯pdn¸n¨p. ape¡®pIÄ
thZ\sbSp¡m¯ coXnbn ISn¨v N¸n.
AbmÄçv hopw tIÁWsaìv tXm¶n. AhÄ Iangvìv InSì
sImSp¯p. AhfpsS N´n I AbmÄçv
lmenfIn. AbmÄ AhfpsS
ænbn hncen«p. tIdmXmbt¸mÄ,
hmbn \nìv Xp¸seSp¯v ænbn tX¨p. ænbn hncenSphm³ XpS§n. ænbn hnc kpKaambn
Ibdnbnd§m³ XpS§nbt¸mÄ, hncseSp¯v AbmfpsS æ® sh¨v
tIÁns¡mSp¯p. AhÄçv
A{X¡v thZ\sbmìw FSp¯nÃ, ImcWw kptcjv Ahsf ænbSn¨v
]Xw hê¯nbnê¶tÃm. A[nIw
_p²nap«pm¡msX Xs¶ e£aWsâ æ® AhfpsS ænbn Ibdn. AbmÄ AhfpsS N´nbn ]nSn¨v
ænbSn¡m³ XpS§n. Ahfpw
AhfpsS æn AbmfpsS æ®bnteçv XÅns¡mSp¯p.
ænbSn¨Sn¨v
AbmfpsS 殸m hcmdmbt¸mÄ, AbmÄ cP\ntbmSv Ct¸mÄ
hêsaìv ]dªp. AhÄ
æ® ænbn \nìv DucnsbSp¸n¨v hmbnen«v N¸n. At¸mÄ Xs¶ AbmfpsS æ® AhfpsS
hmbnteçv ]mev OÀ±n¨p. Ahfm
]m apgphëw \¡ntXmÀ¯n.
AbmÄ Aåkab¯nëÅn kpJ\n{Z {]m]n¨p.
]ntÁ
Znhkw AbmÄ kpabpsS ASp¯v t]mbn.
kwkmcn¨nê¶Xn\nSbn AbmÄ AhfpsS tI{µØm\§fnÂ
t\m¡pìmbnêì.
AhÄ¡bmfpsS Ima¡®v Iv a\Ênenê¸v F´msWìv
]nSnIn«n. AhÄçv ]®mëÅ sImXn
a\Ênepmbnêì. Igs¸Sp¯nê¶
AhfpsS ]qdn Ima¡Sn XpS§n.
AhÄ AbmÄçv Pyqkv sImvsImSp¯t¸mÄ AbmÄ AhfpsS hncepIfn ssI
AaÀ¯n¸nSn¨p. AhÄ Hê
NncntbmsS ssI FSp¯p. Pyqkv æSn¨p
Ignªv AbmÄ ¥mkv Xncn¨psImSpç¶Xn\nSbn Ahsf h«w ]nSn¨p, F¶n«v
AhfpsS X¯½¨pn ISn¨p, D½w sImSp¯p.
HêssIsImv AhfpsS N´nbn XgpIn.
AhÄ Hìw ]dbmsX AbmfpsS ImatIfnbn klIcn¨v
\nìsImSp¯p.
(Chapter - 18)
e£aWsâ
NqSpÅ icocw kpa BÀ¯ntbmsS GÁphm§n. AhfpsS skIvkn t_mUn
AbmÄ Ii¡m³ XpS§n. AbmÄ
AhfpsS kmcnbpsS ASnbneqsS I¿n«v AhfpsS ]qdn ]nSn¨v sR¡n,
]qdnsâ DÅn hnc tIÁn.
AhÄ B\µelcnbn BdmSn.
AhfpsS Hê Im AhnsSbpmbnê¶ sNbdnsâ apIfn tIÁnsh¨n«v
AbmÄ \ne¯nêìv AhfpsS ]qdnsâ ckw \¡nsbSp¡m³ XpS§n.
AbmfpsS
hmbsImpÅ {]tbmKw AhÄçv B\µelcn Dm¡n sImSp¯p. AhÄ Ima¯n ap§n \n¶t¸mÄ Ahsf
AbmÄ taita ssIæ¯n \ndp¯n.
F¶n«v AhfpsS kmcn s]m¡n sP«n Ducn amÁn. ]ns¶ AhfpsS
N´nIfpsS CSbneqsS AbmfpsS æ® IbÁn.
AbmfpsS æ® kpabpsS ]qdn tIdn Ifn¨p. AhÄ ImepIÄ cpw AI¯n, ssIIÄ
tS_nfn æ¯n AbmfpsS æ®sImpÅ XmU\w GÁphm§n. AbmfpsS Xm§ensâ kv]oUn tai \nc§n
iÐapm¡ns¡mnêì.
AbmÄçv ]mephcmdmb t\c¯mWv cP\nbpsS hnfn tI«Xv. DSs\ AbmÄ æ® hens¨Sps¯¦nepw
]m NoÁns¯dn¡m³ XpS§nbnêì. ]mev apgph³ \ne¯pw kpabpsS kmcnbnepw hoé.
AbmÄ
æ® apn Hfn¸n¨v thKw Xs¶ Xsâ ho«nteçv t]mbn. kpa I¿pw æ¯n æsdt\cw AhnsS
Xs¶ \nì. AhÄçv A{Xam{Xw
kpJn¨nêì. AhÄ AhnsS
CêìsImv hncepIÄ ]qdnen«v Cf¡n. I´n Ifn¨ AhfpsS hncepIÄ
s]«ìv Xs¶ aZPe¯n æfn¨p.
kpa hopw
hopw BtemNn¨p, CXv F§ns\ ]Án.
AhÄçv hnjahpw AtXmsSm¸w AhÄçv e`n¨ kpJ¯n kt´mjhpw
tXm¶n. AhÄ hnNmcn¨p, Xsâ lkv_âv
cP\nsb ]®nbXnë ]Icw Xmëw A§ns\ sNbvXp.
F¦nepw cP\n CXdnªm hnjançsaìv
AhÄ¡dnbmambnêì.
AXpsImv AhÄ AXv ko{I«mbn Xs¶ shíphm³ Xoêam\n¨p.
æd¨p
Ignªt¸mÄ cP\n hìv AhtfmSv Aìv cm{Xn AhÀ kn\naçv
t]mæìsìw AhtcmsSm¸w AhtfmSpw sNÃphm³
]dªp. AhÄ BZyw CÃm
Fì ]dsª¦nepw ]ns¶ k½Xn¨p.
kn\nam Xn¿ädn AhÀ ASp¯Sp¯mWnê¶Xv. kpabpsS se^vÁn e£aéw, AXn\¸pdw
kpabpsS æ«nbpw AXnëtijw cP\nbpw Cêì. AhÀ GÁhpw ]pdInse
tdmbnembnêì. kn\naçv A[nIw
BÄ¡mÀ Dmbnê¶nÃ.
kn\na XpS§n æd¨p Ignªt¸mÄ, e£aWsâ Hê ssI ]n¶neqsS
kpabpsS tXmfn F¯n, AhfpsS apeIfn XtemSm³ XpS§n. cP\nbpsS {i² apgph³ kn\nabnembnê¶Xn\mÂ
AhnsS \Sç¶ Imcy§Ä Hìw AdnªnÃ. kpabpsS apeIsf AbmÄ
sR¡n¸ngnªpsImnêì.
AhfpsS ape¡®pIÄ AbmÄ »uknë apIfneqsS C«p sRcSn. kpa Imaw sImv Pzen¨p. cP\n CXn\nSbn AhfpsS ssI AdnbmsX
e£aWsâ aSnbn sh¨p. At¸mgmWv
æ«n e£a¬ s]m§n \nÂç¶Xv AdnªXv.
AhÄ ]Xnsb AbmfpsS æ®bn AaÀ¯n. AhÄçv ckw tXm¶n. AhÄ AbmfpsS {Sukdnsâ DÅneqsS
æ®sb ]nSn¨p. æ®bnÂ
\nìv ImaPew XpÅnXpÅnbmbn ]pd¯p hìsImnêì. AhÄ AbmfpsS æ®sb ssIsImv
Ifn¸n¨p. e£a¬ F´psN¿Wsa¶dnbmsX,
HêssI kpabpsS amdnepw adpssI cP\nbpsS
tXmfnepw sh¨v cpt]êtSbpw apeIfn Htc kabw Ifn¨p.
AbmfpsS ape
]nSnbpw, cP\nbpsS æ® Ii¡epw Bbt¸mÄ AbmÄçv
s]m«ns¯dn¡m³ XmakapmbnÃ.
]mev apgph³ cP\nbpsS I¿nepw AbmfpsS apnepambn. kpa 殸mensâ aWw tI«v e£aWsâ aSnbnteçv
t\m¡nbt¸mÄ IXv cP\nbpsS ssI AhnsS InSìv Ifnç¶Xmév. AhÄ Nppv ISn¨v sImv AbmfpsS
apeIi¡Â BkzZn¨p. e£a¬
]mept]mbXnë tijw, cpt]êtSbpw tXmfn \nìv ssI FSp¯v apsÃmw
icnbm¡n.
ho«nteçv
Xncn¨pt]mæt¼mÄ kpa tNmZn¨p F§ns\bpmbnêì kn\na
Fìv. cP\n ]dªp \Ã
]Sambnêì, tN«ëv \Ã CjvSambn Fìv tXmìì, F¶v
AÀYw sh¨v ]dªp. e£a¬
]dªp, Fsâ PohnX¯n C{Xçw \à kn\na Rm³ In«nÃ
Fìv. kpa ]dªp F\nçw AXm
tXm¶nbXv Fìv. FÃmhêw
Nncn¨p. e£aWëv Adnbmambnêì kpa
F´v Dt±in¨mWv A§ns\ ]dªsXìv.
ho«nse¯nb e£a¬ kpatbbpw æ«ntbbpw AhêsS ho«nse¯n¡m³ AhêsS
hoSv hsc t]mbn.
t]mæ¶Xn\nSbn AbmÄ AhfpsS æn ]nSn¨v
sR¡n. Ahfpw ]Xps¡ AbmfpsS
kmam\¯nepw ]nSn¨v sR¡ns¡mv \Sì AhfpsS ho«nteçv.
e£a¬ Xncn¨v
h¶n«v AbmfpsS 殸m t]mb {SukÀ Ducn¡fªp. AXpI cP\n thKw hìv AbmfpsS eKms\
]nSn¨v hmbnen«v Du¼n. AbmÄçv ]ns¶
Hìw BtemNnt¡n h¶nÃ, AhÀ X½n Hê
bp²ambnêì. æ®bpw ]qdpw
X½nÂ, apeIfpw ssIIfpw X½nÂ, ]qdpw \mçw X½nÂ, ænbpw
æ®bpw X½nÂ, \mhpw æ®bpw X½nÂ. bp²w Ignªv AhÀ \n{ZbnÂ
{]thin¨p.
(Chapter - 19)
e£a¬
hìv ]®n ]®n Ahkm\w cP\nçv hbÁn In«n, Xm³ KÀ`nWn
Bsbìv a\Ênemb cP\n kt´mjw sImv Xmfw XpÅn. ]s£ tUmÎÀ AhtcmSv Hêamkw
sdÌv FSp¡m³ ]dªp.
AXptImv AhÄ æd¨v hnja¯nembnêì. e£aWëv {]tXyIn¨v hnjasamìw
Dmbnê¶nÃ, Ah³ IcpXn kpabptÃm ]ns¶ F´m {]iv\saìv. AìapX Ah³ A[nI kabhpw kpabpsS
ho«nembnêì. cP\nçv Ahs\
kwibapmbnê¶nÃ. AhÄçv t]Sn
Bbnêì, Ahfpw kpabpsS lkvs_âpw IqSn Ifn¨ Imcyw Adnbptam Fìv.
e£a¬
Fìw kpbpsS ho«n sN¶ DSs\ Hê Iyp¡v ^¡v \S¯pw AXnë
tijta kwkmcn¡mdpÅq. Hê Znhkw
]Xnhpt]mse Ah³ kpasb ssU\nw§v dqan sh¨v tS_nfn Cê¯n ]cn]mSn
sNbvXv sImv CcnçIbmbnêì.
AXn\nSbn cP\n Ibdn hì.
AhêsS ]cn]mSn AhÄ AhcdnbmsX t\m¡n¡p. AhÄçv hnjaw tXm¶n, F¦nepw Ahfpw A³hdpw
IqSn sNbvX ImcyamtemNn¨v Xsâ hnjaw DÅn HXp¡n.
]cn]mSn
FÃmw Ignªv ho«nse¯nb e£a¬ _m¯vdqan t]mæ¶Xnë ap³s] cP\n
]nSn¨v I«nen Cê¯n, F¶n«v Ahsâ km[\w I¿n FSp¯p. Ahëv Hìw sN¿m³ km[n¡m¯
AhØbnembnêì. AhÄ Ahsâ
æ®, ]menepw kpabpsS ]qd`ntjI¯nepw ap§nbncnç¶Xv Ip. Hìw Adnbm¯ t]mse ]dªp, AÃm
CsX´m C§ns\ æfn¨ncnç¶Xv, kpatN¨n hà hnIrXnbpw Im«ntbm? Rm³ sNìv kpatN¨ntbmSv tNmZn¡s«
Fìv ]dªn«v Fgpt¶Áv t]mbn.
Ah³ Ahsf ]nSn¨nê¯nbn«v ]dªp, Hê A_²w ]Án, \ns¶ sN¿m³
Ignbm¯Xnsâ Ig¸v Ahsf It¸mÄ tXm¶n.
Ahsf Rm³ _eambn ]nSn¨v sNbvXXmWv, am{Xaà \o \¡mdpÅ
]qdv Hìv ImWWsaìmbnêì, AXpsImv sNbvXv t]mbXmWv. AhÄ ]ns¶ Hìw ]dªnÃ,
FÃmw tN«sâ CjvSw. ]s£ F\nçv tN«sâ
kvt\lw am{Xw aXn. tN«³ kpasb sNbvXXv
kmcanÃ, thsd Btcbpw ]nSn¨v sN¿êXv.
Ah³
hnNmcn¨p F{X \à `mcy, thsd Btcbpw sN¿nà Fìv kXyw
sNbvXp. AhfpsS sdÌv ]ncntbUv
Ignbp¶ hsc kpa k½Xnçsa¦n Ahsf sNbvXpsImÅm³ ]dªp. e£a¬ a\Ên kt´mjw sImv
XpÅpIbmbnêì. Ah³ IêXn Fsâ
`mcy F{X \ÃhÄ.
Ah\dnbnÃtÃm Xsâ `mcy kptcjnt\bpw A³hdnt\bpw
Du¡nbnê¶Xv. Ah³ cP\ntbmSv AXpt]mse
kpabpambn CjvSamsW¦n ]cn]mSn \S¯nsImÅm³ k½Xw sImSp¯p.
]ntÁ
Znhkw e£a¬ kpabpsS ho«n t]mbnÃ.
kpa hnNmcn¨p F´v ]Án e£aWëv Fìv. CubnsSbmbn Fìw ]®mdpÅXp sImv
AhfpsS ]qdnëv B kabambt¸mÄ ISn XpS§n.
AhÄ At§m«pant§m«pw HmSm³ XpS§n.
Ahkm\w _mXvdqan Ibdn hncen«nf¡n Imaw ian¸n¨p.
cP\nbpsS
ho«nemsW¦n e£a¬ t]mIm¯Xp It¸mÄ cP\nçv CjvSambn. AhÄ IêXn F´v \à `À¯mhv,
t]mbn ]®nt¡mfm³ ]dªn«pw t]mbn«nÃ. B kabw e£aWsâ Nn´ thsd
hgn¡mbnêì. Ah³ IêXn Cu
]I t]mbn s]«ìv Du¡nbn«v hê¶Xnt\¡mfpw, cP\n k½Xn¨
\neçv hnkvXcn¨v Du¡n¡qsS F¶mbnêì. Ah³ AXnëÅ ]cn]mSnIÄ a\ÊnÂ
Bkq{XWw sN¿pIbmbnêì.
Aì
cm{Xn AhÀ Dd§m³ InS¶t¸mÄ, cP\nsb ]nSn¨v D½w sImSp¯n«v ]dªp,
tamtf Rm³ Cìv kpabpsS ho«n s]mtíms«, F\nçv ]®msX Hê
kpJhpanÃ, tamÄ¡njvSamsW¦nte t]mæIbpÅq. AhÄçv Hìw
]dbm\nÃmbnêì, AhÄ Ahs\ shdpsX D½w shçI am{Xsa
sNbvXpÅq. Ah³ Fgpt¶Áv sP«n
Ducn t]mæhm³ X¿msdSp¯p.
AhÄ s_Ín Cê¶n«v Ahsâ eKm³ ]nSn¨v hmbn sh¨v
ssIsImv Dê«n. B XSn¨p \o æ®çv
Poh³ sh¨p XpS§n, AhÄ hmbnen«v N¸n.
Ah³ ]dªp tamtf InSìv Dd§nt¡m, tN«³ \msf cmhnse
hcmw. AhÀ cpt]êw IqSn
Fgpt¶Áv tUmÀ Xpdì.
e£a¬ kpabpsS ho«nteçv t]mbn.
hmXnenÂ
]Xps¡bpÅ X«v tI«v kpa _mXvdqan \nìv ]pd¯nd§n. AhÄ hnNmcn¨p BcmWv Cu t\c¯v hcm³,
AhÄ Dd§m\mbn X¿msdSpçIbmbnêì. aq{Xsamgn¨v ]qsdÃmw ip²amçt¼mgmbnêì
tUmdn X«Â. AhÄ
sseÁnSmsX hìv ]Xps¡ t\m¡n, AhÄ tNmZn¨p
BcmWv? e£a¬ ]Xnsb ]dªp, Rm\mWv. AhÄ P\eneqsS Ahs\ Ip, hmXnÂ
Xpd¶n«v tNmZn¨p, F´m cm{XnbnÂ? cP\nçv hà AkpJhpw.... Ah³
tUmÀ AS¨n«v ]dªp, F\n¡mWkpJw!! kpaçv t]Sn tXm¶n, F¦nepw tUmÀ temçv
sNbvXp. Cu cwKsaÃmw t\m¡n
Inê¶ cP\n, IXIS¨v AhfpsS dqan Ibdn.
e£a¬ kpasb
hmcnsbSp¯p, AhÄ¡hsâ iànbn kpJw tXm¶n. AhÄ tNmZn¨p, cP\n AdnbntÃ? Ah³ Xteìmb ImcysaÃmw
]dªp. kpasbmìw ]dbmsX shdpsX
NncnçI am{Xsa sNbvXpÅq. AhÄ Aht\bpsImv
s_Uvdqan Ibdn, Xsâ hkv{X§Ä FÃmw Agn¡m³ XpS§n. Ah³ AXv t\m¡n BkzZn¨p. AhfpsS ]qÀ® \áX Ah³ BZyambn
IméIbmbnêì. Ahsâ æ®
Xes]m¡n. AhfpsS
ape¡®pIÄ Ahëv \¶mbn CjvSambn.
cP\nbpsS ape¡®pItf¡mfpw \o«w IqSpXÂ
Dmbnêì. AhfpsS ^pSvt_mÄ
t]mepÅ ænIÄ Ah³ BÀ¯ntbmsS t\m¡n. Ahsâ I®pIÄ AhfpsS tNmc æSnç¶t]mse
Bbnêì. AhtfmSv AhfpsS sP«nbpw
IqSn Ducm³ ]dªp. AhÄ AXv Ducn. AhfpsS Aìv ¢o³ sNbvXv sh¨nê¶
sam«çìw AXnse tbm\o ]nfÀ¸pw Iv Ahsâ Imaw Pzen¨p. Ah³ AhfpsS tateív NmSnhoWp. kpa Ahs\ XSªpsImv ]dªp AhÄçv
Aht\bpw ImWWsaìv. Ah³ Ahsâ
SojÀ«pw, appw Ducn \nì.
AhÄ Ahs\ \¶mbn t\m¡n, hncnª s\©pw, sIm¨p æShbdpw,
XSn¨ æ®bpw, s\©nse tcma§fpw Ahsf BÀ¯n]nSn¸n¨p. cpt]êw IqSn sI«n¸nSn¨p, Ahsâ æ® AhfpsS
s]m¡nÄ ægnbn æ¯n sImnêì. AhÄ Hê ssI sImv æ® ]nSn¨v
æep¡n, atÁ ssI Ahsâ N´nbn ]nSn¨v sR¡n. AhÄ Hê b£nsb t]mse Ahs\ hcnªp
apdp¡n.
cP\nçv
Dd¡w hcmsX Xncnªpw adnªpw InSì. AhÄ kpatN¨nbpw Xsâ lkvs_âpw At¸mÄ
F´p sN¿pIbmbncnçw Fìv `mh\bn ImWpIbmbnêì. AhfpsS hncepIÄ AhÄ AdnbmsX Xs¶
AhfpsS tbm\nbnen«v æ¯n. I´nÂ
sXm«p Ifn¨ hncepIÄ AhfpsS aZPew Hgp¡n Ifªp.
kpabpw
e£aéw IqSn D½w sh¡m³ XpS§n. AhfpsS
ape¡®pIÄ AbmÄ hmbnen«v N¸n.
AbmfpsS hncepIÄ kpabpsS I´n hoWao«n. Aì cm{Xn AhÀ {]Ya cm{Xn t]mse
sImmSn. cm{Xn apgph³ Ifn¨ Ahsâ eKm³
HSnªp Xq§n. AhfpsS aZPesaÃmw
HgpIn XoÀì. t\cw
shfp¡mdmbt¸mgmév cpt]êw sI«n¸nSn¨v InSìd§m³ XpS§nbXv.
(Chapter - 20)
t\cw
shfpç¶Xnëaps¼ ho«n F¯nb e£a¬ cP\nbpsS ASp¯p hìv
InSìd§n. cmhnse ]¯v aWnbmbn«pw
Fgpt¶Â¡msX InS¶ Ahs\ AhÄ X«nbpWÀ¯n, F´m
cm{XnsbÃmw Ifn¨v Ct¸mÄ InSìd§pIbmWtÃ? Ahsâ icocw apgph³ ]qdntâbpw ip¢¯ntâbpw
aWambnêì. AhÄ Aht\mSv t]mbn
æfn¨p hcm³ ]dªp.
AbmÄ
Hê IŨncntbmsS Fgpt¶Áp.
AbmÄ ]dªp \nsâ kpatN¨n `b¦c skIvknbm, C¶se apgphëw ]®n ]®n
æ®sb XfÀ¯n. AhÄçv
æd¨v tZjyw hs¶¦nepw, shdpsX Nncn¨p.
AbmÄ Fgpt¶Áv æfn¡mëw aÁpambn t]mbn. æfn¨p XpS§nb AbmÄ kpasb ]®nb Imcyw
HmÀ¯p sImnêì. AhfpsS ¢o³
]qdpw, apeIfpw, ænbpw, I´psaÃmw HmÀ¯ AbmfpsS eKm³ s]m§n. AbmÄ icocw apgph³ tkm¸n«p, eKm\n ]nSn¨v tkm¸n«t¸mÄ
AbmfdnbmsX Hìv æep¡n.
At¸mÄ AbmÄ kpasb ]WnsbSpç¶ Imcyw HmÀ¯psImv æ®sb
shdpsX At§m«pant§m«pw æep¡n.
]ns¶ thK¯nembn æep¡Â.
thKw thKw hmWaSn¨ AbmfpsS ssIIÄ tkm¸n æfn¨XpsImv
\Ã kpJw tXm¶n. AbmfpsS æ®
]mev sXdn¸n¨p.
æfn¨v
kpµc 櫸\mbn AbmÄ ]pd¯p hì.
At¸mgmWv kpasb AhêsS ho«n IXv.
AbmÄ \Ã Hê Nncn ]mkm¡n, Ahfpw Ncn¨p. s_Uvdqanse¯nb AbmÄ {SukÀ CSp¶Xnë
ap³]mbn, cP\n apv hen¨p Ifªp.
AhÄ \ne¯nêìv AbmfpsS æ®sb ]nSn¨v hmbnen«v Du¼n. AhfpsS hmbnse NqSv AbmÄçv hopw ckw ]IÀì. AbmÄ AhnsS Xs¶ \nìsImv I®paS¨p
]nSn¨v AhfpsS s»m tPm_v
GÁphm§n. AbmfpsS ]mÂ
cP\nbpsS hmbnteçv NoÁn, cP\n AsXÃmw æSn¨p, AbmfpsS
æ®çv Xcn¸v tXm¶n. AbmÄ
æ® cP\nbpsS hmbn \nìv DucnsbSp¯v I«nenÂ
aeÀì InSì.
cP\n
AbmÄ æfn¡m³ t]mbt¸mÄ Hê Xoêam\saSp¯nêì, Abmsf
Ft¸mgpw Ifn¸nçhm³. At¸mÄ ]ns¶
AbmfpsS æ® s]m´nÃtÃm. F¶m ]ns¶ kpasb Ifnçhm³
t]mhpIbpansÃìv AhÄ Duln¨p.
AXn\memWv cmhnse Xs¶ Abmsf Du¼n hogv¯nbXv.
kpaçv t\sc
Xncn¨mbnêì. AhÄçv BZyw
e£aWpambn _Ôs¸Sphm³ aSn Bbnês¶¦nepw, C¶se Ifn¨t¸mÄ AhÄç In«nb
kpJw AhÄ PohnX¯n Hcn¡epw Aë`hn¨nê¶nÃ. AhÄ hopw
hopw Abmsf sImv sN¿n¡Wsaìv a\ÊnÂ
¹m\n«nêì.
Aìv
cm{Xn kpa æfn¨v kpµcnbmbn, tZlw apgphëw A¯À ]qin, icocamsI aWç¶ Hê
kpµcn æ«nbmbn A§ns\ e£aWs\ {]Xo£n¨v I«nen InSì. æd¨p Ignªt¸mÄ Imfnw§v
s_Ãnsâ iÐw tI«v \à kt´mj¯n NmSn ]nSªv
Fgpt¶Áv hì. tUmÀ
Xpd¶t¸mÄ IXv e£aWs\bÃ, AhfpsS A³hdns\bmWv. AhÄ Hìv Xcns¨¦nepw kpt_m[w
hosSp¯p. AbmÄ hopw kpaçv Hê
kÀss{]kv sImSp¯XmWv. AbmÄ
Ahsf hmcnsbSp¯v AIt¯çv Ibdn.
AhfpsS kpµc
apJhpw, A¯dnsâ aWhpw IqSn Abmsf Hê _emÂkwK¯nëv t{]cn¸n¨p. Ahsf AbmÄ s]m¡n s_ÍnÂ
sImn«v AhfpsS taIvkn s]m¡n sP«nbnSm¯ ]qdns\ ISn¨p hen¨p. AhfpsS icocw apgphëw D½sh¨v Ahsf B\µ
elcnbn sImp hì. AbmfpsS
hnbÀ¸pff icocw AhÄs¡mê {]iv\ambnà ]ns¶. AbmÄ AhfpsS ImepIÄ ]nfÀ¯n
æ® æ¯n tIÁn. ]qdnsâ
NqSn AbmfpsS æ® InSìv IenXpÅn. æ®bpsS Xnf¸n AhfpsS I´nÂ
\nìv In«nb kpJw Ahsf amemJamêsS ASpt¯çv sImpt]mbn. AbmÄ AbmfpsS iàn apgphëw
æ®bn tIÁn XÅn.... ¹Iv ¹Iv ¹Iv F¶ iÐhpw, AbmfpsS
izmtkmÑzmkhpw, AhfpsS Ima`mjWhpw, thKw thKw ASn F¶ hmçIfpw am{Xsa AhnsS
tI«nêìÅq. 15 an\nÁv
t\cw AbmÄ Ahsf Du¡ns¡mnêì. 殸mÂ
OÀ±n¡mdmbt¸mÄ AbmÄ æ® hen¨qcn AhfpsS hmbnÂ
sImSp¯p. AhÄ hm Xpdìv
AbmfpsS æ®sb ]nSn¨v N¸n.
殸m AhfpsS hmbn \ndªp, AXp apgps¡
AhÄ hngp§n. AbmÄ £oWn¨v AhfpsS
sskUnteçv hoé.
At¸mgmWhÄ
Adnbp¶Xv Ah³ C\n 1 amkw AhnsS Imésaìv.
AhÄçv kt´mjaà At¸mÄ tXm¶nbXv, ImcWw e£a¬ Du¡n
In«nb kpJw BkzZn¡mëff Ahkcw \jvSambtÃm F¶ hnNmcambnêì
a\ÊnÂ. AhÄ B \jvSt_m[¯nÂ
AhnsS InSçt¼mÄ A³hÀ _mXvdqanteçv æfn¡m³ Ibdn.
cP\nbpsS
ho«n e£a¬ kpabpsS ho«nteçv t]mItWm thtbm F¶
ØnXnbnembnêì. ImcWw Ahëv
`b¦c XfÀ¨ tXm¶n. cP\n Ahsâ æ®sb ]eh«w CXn\Iw
OÀ±n¸n¨nêì. AXn\mÂ
AbmfpsS enwtKm±mcWtijn¡Â¸w £oWw ]Ánbnêì. AbmÄ AXpanXpw Nn´n¨v sImv cP\nbpsS
ænbn hncen«v Dd§nt¸mbn.
æfn¨ph¶
A³hÀ kpasb HìvIqSn ]®n.
A§ns\ InSçt¼mgmWv AbmÄ cP\nbpsS lkvs_âv h¶ hnhcadnªXpw cP\nçv
KÀ`amsWìw aÁpw.
A³hdnëv hfsc {]bmkw tXm¶n.
AbmÄ cP\nsb Hìv \¶mbn ]WnsbSp¡Wsaìv IêXnbpw
IqSnbmWv h¶Xv. t]mcm¯Xnëv AhfpsS
`À¯mhpw h¶n«pÅXpsImv A¡mcyw \S¡nÃtÃm
Fìw BtemNn¨v, kpasb sI«n¸nSn¨v AhfpsS ]qdnsâ ASnbn ssI¸¯nsh¨pw
sImv InSìd§n.
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cmhnse Xs¶
Fgpt¶Á e£a¬ thKw æfn¨v kpasb ImWphmëÅ
X¿msdSp¸n Bbnêì.
kpasb ]pdt¯s¡mìw ImWm¯ ImcWw AbmÄ AhêsS apÁ¯p
Xs¶ At§m«pant§m«pambn \Sì.
s]«ìv Hcmsf em£a¬ Ip,
AcmsWìv t\m¡nbt¸mÄ A³hdns\bmWv IXv. e£aWsâ aqsUÃmw t]msbìv ]dtbXnÃtÃm.
A³hÀ
e£a¬ AhnsS \nÂç¶Xv It¸mÄ AbmfpsS ASpt¯çv hì. kwkmcw XpS§n,
kwkmcw tI«v ]pd¯p hìv t\m¡nb cP\n, A³hdns\ Ip. AbmfpsS I®pIÄ cP\nbpsS I®pIfpambn
CSªp. cpt]êw Nncn¨p. e£aWëv AhêsS I®pIfnse Nn{Xw hmbn¡m³
]ÁnbnÃ.
AXnëv tijw
cP\n kt´mjn¨p, C\n tN«ëv kpatN¨nsb Ct¸msgmìw Ifn¡m³
In«nÃtÃm. ]ns¶ AhÄçw
tXm¶n, e£a¬ CÃmbnês¶¦nÂ
A³hdns\ ]nSn¨v HìIqSn Du¡n¡mambnês¶ìv. AhÄ AbmÄ Xs¶ ]nSn¨v ]®nb Imcyw
a\ÊntemÀ¯p. A³hÀ
t]mbt¸mÄ, e£a¬ hìv cP\ntbmSv ]dªp, AbmÄçv hcm³ I kabta,
kpasb Hìv icnçw ]®n Ignªnà At¸mtgçw AbmfpsS Hê
Fgpìův Fìv. cP\nçv
Nncnhì. AhÄ ]dªp tN«ëv
Rm\ntÃ, Fsâ ]qdnëv sdÌmsW¦nepw, ænbptÃm AXnen«v
Ifn¨qsS??? AbmÄ hìv AhfpsS N´n ]nSn¨v sRcn¨n«v ]dªp, \ns¶
Rm\nìv cm{Xn icns¸Sp¯pìv.
AhÄ AbmfpsS eKms\ apnëv ]pd¯p IqSn ]Sn¨v sR¡n. AbmfpsS æ® _ew sh¡m³
XpS§nbt¸mÄ AbmÄs¡mê D½ sImSp¯v AhÄ ASp¡fbnteçv
t]mbn.
Znhk§Ä
IgnªpsImnêì. kpabpsS ISn
AhfpsS BÄ XoÀ¯p sImSp¯v sImnês¶¦nepw AhÄçv e£aWs\
Du¡Wsa¶ B{Klw a\Ên InSì. A³hdpw AXpt]mse cP\nsb Hìv
ænbnse¦nepw km[n¨nês¶¦n F¶min¨p.
e£a¬ BsW¦ntem A³hdns\ i]n¨pw sImv Znhk§Ä XÅn\o¡n. A§ns\bncnçt¼mÄ Hê Znhkw e£a¬ ]pd¯pt]mb
kab¯v cP\n kpabpsS ho«n hì.
cP\nbpw kpabpw kwkmcnç¶Xn\nSbn A³hdpw AhêsS IqsS¡qSn. cP\nçv sdÌmsWìv kpa
]dªt¸mÄ, A³hÀ tNmZn¨p, At¸mÄ ]«nWnbmtWm Ct¸mÄ? AhÄ Abmsf I®ndp¡n¡m«n. AbmfpsS s\©v ]nS¨p. AbmfpsS eKm³ CfIn. AbmÄ cP\ntbmSv DÅnteçv hêhm³ BwKyw
ImWn¨v DÅnteçv t]mbn. kpabpw
cP\nbpw DÅnteçv Ibdn. cP\nçv
PyqskSp¡mw Fìv ]dªv kpa ASp¡fbntem«v t]mb kab¯v cP\nsb
A³hÀ hìv sI«n¸nSn¨v Npn Npw_n¨p. AhfpsS N´nIfn ]nSn¨v sR¡n. Hê ssIsImv apeIfnÂ
]Sn¨aÀ¯n. AhfpsS kmcn s]m¡n
I¿n«v sP«n Xmtgm«nd¡n.
AhfpsS Iq¯nbnte¡bmÄ hnc tIÁn, Hê hncÂ
sImhfpsS ]qÁn æ¯n, I´n sRcSn. AbmfpsS Cu hnIrXnIÄ AhfnÂ
Imamán ]SÀ¯n. AbmfpsS
sNbvXnIÄ AhfbmfpsS tXmfn Xe sh¨pw sImv BkzZn¨p.
kpa
Pyqkpambn h¶t¸mÄ IXv cP\nbpsS N´nIfn ]nSn¨v sRç¶ Xsâ
C¡sbbmWv. AhÄ F´m Cu
sN¿ps¶ C¡m Fìv tNmZn¨p.
BZyabmÄ Hìv sR«nsb¦nepw ]dªp, tamsf Chsf Rm³ Ft¸mgmév
Hìv Du¡m³ In«pI Fìv t\m¡nbncnçIbmbnêì,
Ct¸mÄ ]®nbnsæn F\nçv t]mæ¶Xnë ap³]v ]®m³
HçIbnÃ.....AXnëv kpa ]dªp At¿m C¡ ChÄçv
sdÌmév hÃXpw sNbvXm ]ns¶ {]iv\amæw. A³hÀ ]dªp AXnëv hgnbpv
tamtf.. F¶n«htfmSv IXIS¨n«v Bsc¦nepw
hêt¶m Fìv t\m¡m³ ]dªp.
AbmÄ cP\nbpsS kmcn sXdp¯v Acçv tase tIÁn sh¨p. AhfpsS sP«n AbmÄ Ducn \ne¯n«p. ]ns¶ Xsâ apgn¨v hSnt]mse \n¶ eKms\ ]pds¯Sp¯p. AbmÄ AhtfmSv ssU\nw§v tS_nfn ssI
æ¯n \n¡m³ ]dªp. F¶n«hfpsS ænIfpsS CSbneqsS
]qdnsâ DÅnteçv æ® XÅnt¡Án. cP\nsb A[nIw AaÀ¯msX AhfpsS
Acs¡«n ]nSn¨v ASn¨psImnêì.
AhfpsS sNhnIfn sasà ISn¨v Igp¯nepw D½sImSp¯p. AhÄ AbmÄ sImSpç¶ B\µelcnbnÂ
BdmSn \nì. AbmfpsS eKm³ AhfpsS
N´nIfpsS DÅneqsS ]qdnsâ DÅnteçw ]pdt¯çw Nm©mSn. CXp t\m¡n \n¶ kpa Xs¶ e£a¬ AhnsS \ndp¯n
CXpt]mse sNbvX Imcyw HmÀçIbmbnêì.
A[nIw
Ignbp¶Xnë ap³s] AbmfpsS eKm³ ]mev NoÁn.
AbmÄ ]m apgph³ AhfpsS ænbn Hgn¨p. AhÄçv kpJw h¶nê¶nÃ, AXp
a\Ênem¡nb AbmÄ AhfpsS Imensâ CSbn æ¯nbnêìv
]qÀ \¡n, \mçv ]qdnsâ DÅnteçv XÅnt¡Án.
AXhÄçv thXnepw IqSpXembnêì.
AhfpsS ]qdn \nìw emh HgpIn A³hdnsâ hmbn hoé. A³hÀ B tX³ apgph³
\¡n¡pSn¨p kpaçv Cu
ImgvNIÄ Iv ]qdn Cf¡apmbn F¦nepw AhÄ Hìw
sN¿msX AhnsS Xs¶ \nì. cP\n
Xsâ sP«nsbSp¯v ænsbÃmw XpS¨v hr¯nbm¡n. kpa hìv AhfpsS sP«n hm§n
_mXvdqan sImn«p. Rm³ IgpIn Xcmw
Fìv ]dªn«v AhÄs¡mê ap¯w sImSp¯p. æsd \mfmbn«mWv AhÄ cP\nsb
Npw_nç¶Xv, cP\n Xncn¨pw D½ sImSp¯p.
AhÄ t]mIm³ t\mçt¼mÄ AhnsS appSp¯v Ahtfbpw t\m¡n \nÂç¶ A³hdns\
Ip. A³hdnsâ ASp¯v t]mbn«v,
\ne¯nêìv AbmfpsS eKms\Sp¯v
hmbnen«v Du¼n AhfpsS sImXn XoÀ¯p.
AbmÄçv I¼nbmbt¸mÄ Rm³ t]mæIbmsWìw ]dªv Xsâ
ho«nteçv t]mbn.
I¼nbmbn \n¶
A³hdnsâ hmWw kpa hìv I¿nseSp¯v RcSn. AhÄ Ahs\ sI«n¸nSn¨p. AbmÄ Ahsf s]m¡nsbSp¯v ssU\nw§v
tS_nfnsâ apIfn Cê¯n, sP«n Ducn amÁnbn«v AhfpsS ]qdnÂ
hncen«p. ]qdmsI shÅw hìv
æfn¨ncnçIbmbnêì. AbmÄ eKms\
]qdn sh¨p XÅn, B XÅen AhÄ InSìv
]pfªp. AbmÄ AhfpsS apeIÄ
cpw I¿nen«v Ii¡n. AhÄ
Xsâ ImepIÄsImbmsf sI«n hcnªp.
AbmÄ æ® AhfpsS ]qdnteçv XÅn Bgw t\m¡n. æd¨p kabw sImv AbmfpsS thKX IqSn,
AtXmsS AbmfpsS æ®bn \nìv tdm¡Áv t]mse
]m XpÅnIÄ AhfpsS KÀ`mib¯nteçv tIdnt¸mbn.
(Chapter - 22)
cP\nsb Du¡m³ In«nbXn A³hÀ
aXnadìv BËmZn¨p. AbmÄ
IêXn Hê {]mhiysa¦nepw Du¡m³ ]ÁnbtÃm. cP\nçw \à kt´mjambnêì. AhÄ ho«n aqfn¸m«pw ]mSn
\Sì. e£a¬ h¶t¸mÄ aqfn¸m«v
]mSp¶ cP\nsb Ip, tNmZn¨p F´m tamtf Cs¶mê ]m«v.
AhÄ ]dªp F\nçv \Ã aqUv tXm¶n AXm.... AhÀ cpt]êw
cm{XnIfn D½sh¡epw, \¡epw Du¼epsams¡bmbn Znhk§Ä
Ign¨p. e£a¬ AhfpsS ]qdn æ®
IbämdnÃ. AbmÄ IêXn
æ® IbÁn¡fn¨m C\n KÀ`sa§mëw Aeknbmtem. AhÄçw kwibw
CÃmXnê¶nÃ. AbmÄ
Nnet¸mÄ AhfpsS Ipnbn æ¯nt¡Án Ifn¨nêì.
AbmÄ \msf tUmÎsd ImWm³
t]mIWsaìv AhtfmSv ]dªp.
tUmÎsd I AhÀçv Xct¡SnÃm¯ dnkÄ«mév
In«nbXv. hbdn _ew sImSp¡msX
]®nt¡mfm\mév tUmÎÀ ]dªXv. CXp tIÄ¡m¯ Xmakw AhÀ
ho«nse¯nb DSs\ Ifn¡m³ XpS§n. Ahsf
AbmÄ s_Ín æ\n¨v \ndp¯n ]n¶neqsS tIÁn, AhfpsS
N´nIÄ AbmfpsS ASnhbdn h¶nSn¨p.
AbmfpsS ASnbn AhfpsS ænIÄ X¯n¡fn¨p. æd¨p t\cwASn¨p Ignª Ahsf AbmÄ
aeÀ¯n InS¯n, s_Ín CêìsImv Du¡n. Du¡nbq¡n AhÀ cpt]êw IqSn
sI«n¸nSn¨p InSì.
D¨bpd¡w Ignªv Fgpt¶Á e£a¬
kpabpsS ho«nteçv t\m¡nbt¸mÄ A³hÀ ]pd¯pt]mæ¶Xv Ip. AbmÄ B Xm¸n kpabpsS ho«nteçv
sNì. kpa ]dªp, C¡
Bsctbm ImWm³ t]mbncnIym cm{Xntb hcnIbpÅq.
AbmÄçv thsd Hìw tIÄt¡nbnê¶nÃ. tUmÀ AS¨n«v Ahsf hmcn¸pWÀì. AhfpsS kmcn s]m´n¨v AbmfpsS eKms\ ]nSn¨v
tIÁn. AhÄçv Xosc
h¶nê¶nÃ, F¦nepw AbmÄ {]Êv sNbvXt¸mÄ ]qdn æ®
Ibdnt¸mbn. AhÀ
kzÀ¤¯n ap§n Ifn¨p. Ahsf
]®p¶Xn\nSbnÂ, Imaw sImv Hê hncseSp¯v AhfpsS Iq¯nbn tIÁn,
AhÄçv \Ã ckw tXm¶n. AhÄ B\µ\r¯amSn. s]«ì Xs¶ cv tjm«v FSp¯ AhÀ
thKw Xs¶ s{UÊpIÄ icnbm¡n ]pd¯p hì. e£asW ImWmsX Xncª cP\n IXv kpabpsS
ho«n \nìv Cd§n hê¶ Xsâ `À¯mhns\bmév. AbmfpsS apJ¯p I IŨncnbnÂ
\nìv AhÄçv a\Ênembn, AbmÄ kpasb Du¡nbn«mWv
hê¶sXìv.
ASp¯pff Hê ho«nse IeymW¯në t]mb e£a¬, cP\n F´mév
sN¿p¶sXìv BtemNn¨nÃ.
A³hÀ Xnc¨p t]mæhm³ cv Znhksa
_m¡nbpmbnêìÅq.
AhÄ t\sc kpabpsS ho«nte¡mév t]mbXv. A³hÀ Ahsf It¸mÄ Xs¶ Ahsf ]nSn¨v
D½ sImSp¯p. AhfpsS N´nIfn ]nSn¨v Ifn¡m³ XpS§n. kpa AhÀçv sbkv aqfns¡mSp¯p. cpt]êw IqSn s_Uvdqan tIdn
s{UÊpIÄ FÃmw Agn¨pamÁn.
A³hÀ cP\nsb icnçw ]cntim[n¨p. AhfpsS ASnhbÀ I\w sh¨nêì. AhfpsS apeIÄçv \Ã
XpSn¸pmbnêì. AhfpsS ]qdnÂ
Idp¯ tcma§Ä hìv aqSnbnêì.
AbmÄ AhfpsS ]qdn apJan«pckm³ XpS§n. AbmfpsS apJw sImpff Ifn AhÄçv ckn¨p. AbmÄ AhfpsS ]qdv ]nfÀ¯n \mhn«v
ckw sImSp¯p. I´n N¸n hen¨p. AhÄ cv ImepIfpw hnSÀ¯n Abmsf
hcthÁp. AbmÄ AhfpsS ]qdv
\¡n¯pS¨v, \mhv ]qdn tIÁn Ahfn B\µapWÀ¯n. AbmfpsS \mhv ]pds¯Sp¯v ]qdnsâ ]pdsaÃmw
\¡n. Hê hnc sImv AhfpsS
I´n hoW ao«n. AbmÄ Ahsf
ap«n³ta \ndp¯n, AhfpsS XpSIsf \¡n.
AbmfpsS \¡Â apIfnteçv Ibdm³ XpS§n. ]ip \nÂç¶t]mse \n¶nê¶ Ahsf, AbmÄ
]n¶neqsS ]qdn \mhn«v Xpf¨p. \mhnsâ
hnIrXn apIfn Ibdn, AhfpsS aeZzmc¯n X«n. AhÄ C¡nfnsImv ]pfªp,
AbmÄ AhfpsS aeZzmcw \¡n¯pS¨p.
Zzmc¯n \mhv sImv æ¯n.
AhÄ cXnaqÀO hìv io¡mcw ]pds¸Sphn¨p.
(Chapter - 23)
CsXÃmw
tUmdnsâ sskUneqsS IpsImnê¶ kpa, Xsâ hncseSp¯v ]qdnÂ
Ip¯n¡fn¨p. \¡n¯pS¨v kpJw h¶
cP\n, Abmsf s_Ín InS¯n, æ® hmbnen«v N¸n, \mhv sImv
AhÄ AbmfpsS æ®sb \r¯w Nhn«n¨p, AhfpsS \mhv sImS¸³ apX ASnhsc
Nen¨p. Ime¯n InS¶ AbmfpsS AnIÄ
AhÄ hmbnen«v ëWªp. AbmfpsS
XpSIfnepw aÁpw AhÄ \mhv sImv Nn{Xw hc¨p. AsX kabw AhfpsS Hê ssI Ahsâ æ®sb ]nSn¨v
apIfntem«pw Xmtgm«pam¡n.
AbmtfmSv
AhÄ InS¶nê¶ t]mse ap«pæ¯n InS¯n, ]n¶neqsS AhfpsS \¡Â
XpSÀì. ImemI¯nsh¨n«v
]n¶neqsS AhfpsS Xe IS¯n. ]ipç«nIÄ
]mev IpSnç¶t]mse AbmfpsS æ® AhÄ hmbnen«v ]mev æSn¨p, Hê ssI
sImv AbmfpsS N´nIÄ XShn. hopw
\¡m³ XpS§nb AhÄ, Hê ssIsImv AbmfpsS Ip®sb æep¡n. AhfpsS æ®sImpÅ apIfnteçw
Xmtgm«papÅ Ifn Abmsf kzÀ¤temI¯m¡n. At¸mgmWv AhfpsS \mhv Ahsâ aeZzmc¯n X«nbXv. AhfpsS hnIrXn AbmÄç
kln¡mhp¶Xn A¸pdambnêì.
AbmfpsS æ® ]mev sXdn¸n¨p.
AhÄ hopw æ® æep¡n sImnêì. ]mev sXdn¸n¨v Npê§nsImnê¶ æ® hopw
AhfpsS æep¡enepw, \mhv sImpÅ \¡enepambn
DWÀìv \nìv BSn.
AbmÄ
Fgpt¶Áv Ahsf InS¯nbn«v æ® ]qdnteçv æ¯nt¡Án,
AhÄ Imaw hìv Icªp.
AbmÄ asÁmêtemI¯mbnêì.
AbmfpsS æ® sImpÅ æ¯en AhÄ AdnbmsX Xs¶
AhÄçv, Xm³ ]dìv ]dìv t]mæ¶ t]mse tXm¶n. A[nIw sshImsX ]qdn \nìv aZPew
hìv AbmfpsS æ® ap¡n.
NqSpshÅw hì \ndª ]qdnÂ æ® ap§mwægnbn«p. AbmÄçw kvIe\apmbn, cpt]cpw £oWn¨v
InSì.
IeymW¯në
t]mb e£a¬ thKw Xs¶ Xcn¨p h¶nêì.
AbmÄ hìv t\m¡nbt¸mÄ Btcbpw ho«nÂ
InÃ. kpabpsS ho«nÂ
Imésaìv IêXn AhnsS sN¶t¸mÄ IXv, kpa s_Uvdqanteçv Hfnªv
t\m¡n ]qdnÂ
hncenSp¶Xmév. AbmÄ AXv
æd¨p t\cw t\m¡n \nìv BkzZn¨p.
]ns¶bmév
F´n\mWhÄ A§ns\ sN¿p¶Xv F¶mtemNn¨Xv.
Bcmév s_UvdqanepÅXv F¶ Imcyhpw Abmsf B[n ]nSn¸n¨p. AbmÄ ]Xps¡ kpabdnbmsX AhfpsS
]n¶n hì. ]n¶n h¶
e£aWs\ I kpa Hìw sN¿phm³ ]Ám¯ AhØbn hm
s]mfn¨p. AbmÄ AhfpsS hmbv
s]m¯ns¡mv DÅnteçv t\m¡nbt¸mÄ I ImgvN Abmsf BsI
XfÀ¯n. cP\nsb Du¡nsImnê¶ A³hdns\¡v
AbmÄ sR«n. AbmÄ F´v
sN¿Wsa¶dnbmsX AhnsS \nìv ]pd¯p hì.
kpabpw AbmsfmsSm¸w ]pd¯p hì. AbmÄ BsI Acni¯nÂ
Bbnêì. AhÄ tNmZnÑp
e£a¬ F´n\mWn{X tIm]nç¶Xv? e£a¬ Fs¶ sN¿p¶Xvv Iv h¶ C¡ ]dªp,
AbmÄçv cP\nsb ]®m³ In«nbnsæn Fs¶ ]pd¯mçsaìv,
\m«pImtcmSv apgph³ \½psS _Ôw ]dbpIbpw sN¿pw. AXpsImv t]Sn¨ Rm³ cP\ntbmSv C¡mcyw
]dªp. cP\n AXn\m \½Ä
X½nepÅ _Ôw \m«pImÀ AdnbmXncnçhm³ thn k½Xn¨XmWv. C\n e£a¬ Xocpam\nt¨mfq.
AhfpsS
hmçIÄ Abmsf Nn´n¸¨p, AbmfmWv BZyw kpasb Ifn¨sXìv AbmÄ
hnNmcn¨p. AhÄ ]dbp¶Xv icnbmsWìw
AbmÄçv tXm¶n. Ahsf ]nSn¨v
s\©nte¡aÀ¯nbn«v ]dªp, Fsâ kpta \o ]dbp¶sX´msW¦n Rm³
sNbvtXmfmw. AhÄ ]dªp
A³hÀ \msf t]mæw, AXnë tijw Fs¸m thWsa¦nepw e£aWëv Fs¶
sN¿mw, AXpsImv Cì cP\nsb hn«psImSp¡Ww Fì
]dªp. Ahsf hnizkn¨psImv AbmÄ
AhnsS \nìv Hìw Adnbm¯ t]mse ]pt¯¡nd§n t]mbn.
(Chapter - 24)
ho«nse¯nb
cP\nsb e£a¬ kq£n¨p t\m¡n, AhÄ Icbm³ XpS§n. e£a¬ Ahsf cpssIsImpw ]nSn¨n«v ]dªp, \o
Ictb Rm³ ImcWasà CXv kw`hn¨Xv, AXpsImv kmcanÃ. Ahsf Ah³ ]nSn¨v D½sImSp¯v kam[m\n¸n¨p. F¦nepw Ahsâ a\Ên Hê
æÁt_m[w DSseSp¯p. Ah³
a\Ên IêXn A³hÀ t]mbn«v thWw kpab Du¡nbq¡n ]Icw
ho«phm³. cP\n _mXvdqan Ibdn,
A³hdnâ ip¢saÃmw IgpIn¡fªp.
AhÄ a\ÊpsImv kt´mjn¨p, A³hdns\ AhÄçv Du¡m³
In«pIbnà Fì IêXnbncn¡bmbnêì.
Aìv
cm{Xn A³hdnsâ Ahkm\ cm{Xnbmbnêì. Aìv ]IÂ cP\nsb
Du¡nbq¡n Ahsâ æ® XfÀ¶nêì, AXpsImv Hê tjm«v
kpasb FSp¯t¸mtgçw £oWn¨v Dd§nt¸mbn. kpa
e£aWs\ a\Ên [ym\n¨v hncem kwXr]vXnbSªp. AhfpsS tX³ ]pd¯p h¶tXmsS AhÄ Ifn
\nÀ¯n, A³hdnsâ æ®sb hmbnen«v N¸ns¡mv InSìd§n.
cmhnse
Fgpt¶Á e£a¬ A³hÀ t]mæhm³ Im¯ncnçIbmbnêì. AbmÄ t]mbn Hcp aWn¡qÀ
Ignªt¸mÄ thKw kpabpsS ho«nteçv \Sì. kpasb FSp¯v s_Ín sImn«v
Du¡n. kpabpw
elcn]nSn¨ncn¡bmbnêì, cpt]êw Du¡n Du¡n £oWn¨t¸mÄ
Ifn \ndp¯n Fgpt¶Áp. e£aWëv
Ct¸mÄ \Ã kt´mjambnêì.
Hê amkw IqSn DtÃm AXphsc cpt]tcbpw amdn amdn ]®matÃm
Fìv a\Ên IpsImv Ah³ kt´mjhm\mbn IgnªpIqSn. cm{Xn apgphëw Ah³ kpabpsS ho«n X§n,
]IÂ cP\ntbbpw tIÁn Ifn¨p.
Ah³ cm{Xn
kpasb ]®m³ t]mæt¼mÄ, tUmÀ Xpdìv ]Xps¡ Nmcn
C«n«mWpv t]mImdv. Hê Znhkw Ah³ kpabpsS
ho«n t]mæ¶Xv AhcpsS ASp¯v Xmaknç¶ Hê ]¿³ Ip. ]¿³ ]Xps¡ Ahs\ t^mtfm
sNbvXp. Ah³ kpabpsS P\mebnÂ
Dmbnê¶ Hê sNdnb Kym¸neqsS FÃmw Ip.
Ah³ a\Ên ]dªp, A¼S hocm \o A³hÀ t]mbt¸mÄ
Ahsâ s]®ns\ DuçIbmWtÃ. Ah³
Aìv cm{Xn apgph³ e£aWt\bpw Im¯v sImv AhêsS Ifnbpw Iv Ign¨p. IfnIgnªv ]pd¯p h¶ e£a¬ Ahsâ ho«nÂ
t]mæ¶Xpw, tUmÀ Xpdìv AI¯v tIdp¶Xpw t\m¡n
\nì. ]¿ëv CsXÃmw
Iv hmWaSn¨p IfbpI am{Xta c£bpmbnêìÅq.
]¿³
tImtfPn _n.FÊn çv ]TnçIbmbnêì. 20 hbÊv {]mbapÅ Ah³ F§ns\bmév
Hê¯nsb Hìv In«pI Fs¶Ãmw BtemNn¨v \Sç¶ kabambnêì. ]ntÁ Znhkw B kabambt¸mÄ Ah³
e£aWsâ hoSn\Sp¯p hìv Hfn¨nêì.
]Xnhpt]mse e£a¬ kpasb ]®phm³ kpabpsS ho«n Ibdn. B X¡¯n ]¿³ cP\nbpsS IXIv
Xpdìv AI¯v Ibdn ]Án.
dqan Cê«mbnêì, sNdnb sseÁv am{Xsa
DmbnêìÅq. cP\n
Dd¡ambn hê¶tX DÅq.
tUmÀ
Xpdç¶Xp tI«v AhÄ IêXn, e£a¬ t]mImsX h¶XmsWìv. AhÄ tNmZn¨p F´m
kpasb ]®ttbm? Ah³ Hì aqfpI
am{Xsa sNbvXpÅq. ]¿³ AhfpsS
ASp¯v sNìv Ahsf ]nSn¨aÀ¯n.
AhfpsS taIvkn s]m¡n XpSIfpsS CSbn I¿n«v AhfpsS
kmam\s¯ XgpIn.. AhfpsS ]qdnsâ NqSpw,
tcma§fpsS kv]Ài\hpw Ahsâ æ®sb {`ms´Sn¸n¨p. kpa I®S¨psImp Xs¶ Ahsâ ssIhncepIsf XgpIn. Ah³ Xsâ æ®sbSp¯v AhfpsS ImepIfpsS
CSbn tIÁn. cP\nçv Ahsâ
æ® ssIsImv ]nSn¨t¸mÄ AhÄç tXm¶n AXv e£aWsâ
æ®bsÃìv. AhÄ
Cê«neqsS I®v angn¨v t\m¡n.
AhÄçv a\Ênembn AXv e£a¬ AsÃìv. AhÄ t]Sn¨v Bcm Fìv tNmZn¨p. Ah³ ]dªp kmcanà tN¨n, e£atW«¬ kpa
C¯sb ]®m³ t]mbncnIym, Rm³ tN¨nsb \¶mbn ]®n¯cmw.
Ahsâ kwkmc¯n \nìv AhÄçv BcmWsXì
a\Ênembn.
AhÄ
Ahs\ kt´mj¯n sI«n¸nSn¨p Ahsâ æ®sbSp¯v Xsâ ]qÁnteçv sh¨p,
F¶n«v XÅnt¡mfm³ ]dªp.
AhÄ¡h³ BZyambmWv tIÁp¶sXìv a\Ênembn. Ahsâ æ®bpsS I¶n ]®Â BsWìv
Ah³ ]dªt¸mÄ, AhÄç \à kt´mjambn. AhÄ Ahs\ icnçw kpJn¸n¨p. ]¿³ aqìv tjm«v Hêans¨Sp¯p. AhÄ¡hsâ Ìman\bnÂ
AXnibw tXm¶n. AhÄ Ahsâ æ®
]nSn¨v N¸pIbpw æepçIbpw FÃmw sNbvXp sImSp¯p. Ah³ Hê s]®nsâ apeIfpw ]qdpw BZyambn
sXmSp¶XpsImv, {`m´amb Bthiambnêì.
AhÄ IêXn F\n¡n\n e£atW«s\ {]iv\anÃ, AbmÄ kpasb
Ifnt¨ms«, F\n¡o BtcmKyapÅ ]¿³kns\ In«nbtÃm. AhÄ¡¶mZyambn cpaqìh«w ]mev
hì. £oWn¨t¸mÄ \mtfbpw
hcWsaìv ]dªv ]dªb¨p.
(Chapter - 25)
e£a¬ hfsc
kt´mjhm\mbmWv Xnc¨v KÄ^n t]mbXv, Ah³ h¶ Imcy§Ä FÃmw
\ndthdn, am{Xaà Ah³ kz]v\w Inê¶ Ahsâ Ab¡mcnsb ]®n ]®n Ig¸p
XoÀ¡mëw ]Án. e£a¬
t]mbt¸mÄ cP\ntb¡mÄ k¦Sw kpa¡mbnêì. Hêamkt¯mfw Ah³ Ahsf Fìw ]®n¸®n ]Xw
hê¯nbnêì. C\n ]®m³
IgnbnÃtÃm F¶Xp sImv AhÄçv sNdnb k¦Sw Dmbnêì. ]s£ cP\nçv kt´mjambnêì. AhfpsS ]pXnb tImtfPv æamc³ AhÄçv
]pXnb ]pXnb hn{InbIÄ Im«ns¡mSp¯v kpJn¸n¨nêì. e£a¬ t]mbm ]ns¶
t]Sn¡m\nÃtÃm F¶ hnNmcw Ahsf IqSpXÂ
kt´mjhXnbm¡n.
e£a¬
t]mbXnëtijhpw cP\n kpabpambn A[nIw _Ôs¸«nê¶nÃ. cP\n KÀ`ambXpsImmWv hcm¯sXìv
Hê ImcWhpw ]dsªmgnªp. Ahsf
Fìw tImtfPv ]¿³ cm{Xn apgphëw ]®ns¡mSp¯p. Ah³ AhÄçv ]pXnb ]pXnb sIm¨p]pkvXI§Ä
hmbn¡m³ sImSp¯p. AhÄ
Fìw AsXÃmw hmbn¨v I¼nbmbmWv Cê¶Xv. Ah³ Fìw Ahsf NqSm¡msX Xs¶ AhfpsS
]qÀ tX³ Npc¯n Ahs\ Im¯nçIbmbnêì.
AhêsS kt´mjapÅ IfnIÄ sImv AhêsS cmhpIÄ kzÀ¤ob
cm{XnIÄ Bbnamdn. cP\nbpsS
hbÀ hoÀ¯v hì XpS§n.
AhÀ A[nIhpw tUmKn ssÌen BWv ]®Â \S¯nbXv.
hbÀ
s]m§n h¶tXmsS cP\nbn Ahëv XÂ]cyw ædªp XpS§n. Ah³ AhtfmSv kpasb Du¡p¶ Imcyw
]dªp. Aht\mSv thWsa¦nÂ
t\m¡nt¡mfm³ Ahfpw ]dªp.
A§ns\ ]¿³kv tImtfPv Ignªp h¶m kpabpambn I¼\n IqSm³
XpS§n. Hê Znhkw Ah³ kpasb ISì
]nSn¨p. kpa Ahs\ ssI hnSm³ ]dªv
hncb«nbt¸mÄ, Ah³ Ahfpw e£aéambn Ifn¡mdpÅ Imcyw ]dªv, Ahsf
`ojnWns¸Sp¯n Du¡n. kpaíhsâ
BtcmKyhpw kv]oUpw \Ã CjvSambn.
]ntÁ Znhkw apXÂ Ah³ Ahsf Ifn¡m³ t]mbn¯pS§n.. Ahëv cP\nbpambpÅ _Ôw Ah³ kpatbmSv
]dªnÃ. Ahs\ ImWm¯
cm{XnIÄ cP\nç a\Ênembn, Ah³ kpabpambn IfnçIbmsWìv. ]s£ AhÄçv hnjaapmbnÃ, ImcWw
AhÄ KÀ`ambn AhfpsS ho«nteçv t]mæhm³ kabambnêì.
cP\n AhfpsS
ho«n t]mæ¶Xnë ap³]mbn, tImtfPv ]¿³kv Ahsf icnçw ISn
XoÀ¯p sImSp¯p. AhÄ Ahsâ
æ®sb aXnhcmsX Ifn¨p. A¶mZyambn
tImtfPv ]¿³ AhfpsS aeZzmc¯nepw tIÁn Ifn¨p. Ahsâ PohnX¯nepw AXv BZyambn Aë`hn¨
ckambnêì. Ahëv AhfpsS
Iq¯nbn In«nb Aë`hw XnI¨pw {`m´amb Aë`hambnêì. Ahëv a\Ênembn cP\nbpsS Iq¯nbnÂ
IbÁp¶XmWv ]qdnt\¡mfpw kpJsaìv.
kpabpsS
cm{XIfmbnêì ]ns¶, Fìw ]¿³ kpasb Du¡n Ifn¨p. Ah³ AhfptSbpw ænbn tIÁn. Ahs\mê ænbSn¡mc\mbn
amdnbnêì. kpa icnçw Ahs\
Idn¡n. AhfpsS ap³Ime ]cnNbw Ahsâ
tase {]tbmKn¨p. AhÄ Ahsâ
æ®bn \nìv \me©p {]mhiysa¦nepw Hmtcm cm{Xnbnepw ]mÂ
sXdn¸n¨nêì. AhfpsS Ima{`m´v
apgphëw XoÀ¡m³ ]Ánb HcmsfbmWv AhÄç In«nbXv. ]¿³ AhfpsS tjhv sNbvX ]qdnÂ
ISn¨phen¨v Ahsf {`m´v ]nSn¸n¨p. AhfpsS
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