പത്മ എന്റെ അമ്മ [Yayathi]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tk\w. ASv M§Ä sNmXp¡pw. ASns`´m sSäv.
Ak³ f_pbXn S¶p.
Wn³s_½]pw CSm]n^n¡pw B{Pin¡p¶Sv. Ip½m H¶p fp«n tWm¡v. FÃm sb®p§sX DÅn`pw Nan Nn«m³ sNmSn¡p¶ H^p fWhp*v. Wn³s_ Aѳ Wm«n`nÃtÃm. At¸m tN_n fp«v… WX¡pw.
Ak³ DbtUln¨p.
tbmXm… FWn¡p k¿. At¿… Wo b_]p¶ tbms`m¶pw AtÃÂ? tk*… ASv knXv.
MmsWmjnªp fm_n.
Asæn tk*. Wo Wn³s_ A½s] FWn¡v b^nI]s¸Xp¯n Sm. Mm³ s_Zn]m¡n S^mw. Ft´?
Wo Ip½m tbm… sk_ptS Hmt^m¶p b_]msS. Fâ½ B ssXt¸m¶pfÃ. hm^n]pXp¯m t`lw tbm`pw tUiw bp_¯v Nm\n¡nÃ. A{S]v¡v Znhâm…
Mm³ Hjnªp fm_m³ tWm¡o.
WnW¡p knlzmhfmNp¶ntÃÂ MmsWm^p tcmt«m S^mw. bt£ H^p N*og³. Wnâ½t] FWn¡v b^oI]s¸Xp¯n S^\w. Ft´? h½Snt¨m?
MmsWm¶pw fn*n]oÃ. Ak³ C³tdmN-vhn Np_¨v tcmt«mNÄ A]¨p. ASn Ak³s_ f½ow AkWpw NqXn shNv–hv sI¿p¶Spw, Ak³ Ak³s_ f½osX fpO¯v AXnt¨mjn¡p¶Spw Hs¡ B]n^p¶p.
Ct¸m knlzmhfmt]m?
Ak³s_ sfthKv N*v Mm³ sM«n.
fv…
Mm³ H¶p fqan.
Wo kngfn¡*Xm, Wn³s_ At½ H¶p b^nI]s¸Xp¯n S¶m fSn. dm¡o MmtWäp. Wn³s_ Zohâv f½nt] Mm³ l^n]m¡n¯^mw tNt«m. Wmsa Wfps¡m¶v tW^n«v Nm\mw.10 f\n¡v. tim«Â bm`hn³s_ fp¶n km. Wfp¡v Zossä`m]n hwhm^n¡mw. M§sX tim«`m. tbXn¡*. At¸m Wmta Nm\mw. Wn³s_ At½sX bX§apw CSp tbms` MmW]¨p S^mw. bns¶ B bX§ap sk¨v WnW¡v N¯nt¡_mw. At¸m Wmsa Nm\mw…

Ak³ Hmcv ss`³ B]n.

bntä¶v b¯v f\n¡v MmWktW foäv sI]vSp. kas^ fmWyWm] hpµ^Wm] H^p sI_p¸Nm^³. Ak³ Ft¶ Ak³s_ ko«nt`¡v £\n¨p. M§sX kn«n Wn¶pw H^p Nns`mfoät_ D*m]n^p¶pÅp Ak^psX koXnWv. kat^ tbXn¨v B\v MmWm ko«ns`¯o]Sv bt£ Afn¯v F³s_ tSman S«n Blzhn¸o¨p.

NqÄ… fm³… Hs¡ Hms¡]mNpw.

Afn¯o³s_ f½n kmSn Sp_¶p. GSm*v F³s_ A½]ptX AtS {bm]w k^p¶ hv{So. b£ Hä tWm«¯n N*m A_n]mw H^p b^ skXn. Wà sNmjp¯ fp`Napw I´n]pw. skap¯p SpXp¯ Hss^äw. Nm\m³ Wà Bäw I^¡m\v. AkÀ H^p ssWhv hm^n A`gyfm]n DXp¯n^n¡p¶p. Ft¶ AN¯p sNm*p tbm]n thmc]n`n^p¯n. At¸mtj¡pw Afn¯n³s_ sI_n]½]pw C_§n k¶p. Ak^pw Afn¯n³s_ A½t] tbms` Ss¶ tim«m]n^p¶p.

Afn¯v FWo¡v H^p Pvamhv skÅw S^m³ b_ªp. Afn¯n³s_ htimU^n N¼nNp«³.sWäv