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Sathapathrikaa raajyaththe aamaththoNTan (baalasaahithyam) aar. raadhaakr^shNan adhyaayam onn~ Sathapathrika raajyaththil chhathrapathi ennoru raajaavuNTaayirunnu. - raajaavinte Eka du:kham kuTTikaLilla ennathaayirunnu. raajaavum addEhaththinte EkalOchana enna pEraaya bhaaryayum nEraaththa vazhipaaTukaLilla, cheyyaaththa praar_ththhanakaLilla, yaagangngaLilla - raamaayaNaththileputhrakaamEshTi yaagaththe kkuRichch~ kooTTukaarkk~ Or_mma kaaNumallO? koTTaaram vaidyan, koTTaaram manthri, koTTaaram upadESakan, enthin~ koTTaaram vidooshakan vare raajaavine upadESichchathenthaaNennO? matoru kalyaaNam kazhikkaan. EkalOchanaye jeevanuthulyam snEhikku nna raajaav~ raajnjiyOT~ ikkaaryam sam_saarikkaan theerumaanichchu. raajaavinte du:kham addEhaththinte maathramallallO - raajnjiyuTeyum muzhuvan prajakaLuTeyum allE? raajaavin~ matoru kalyaaNam kazhikkaan avar anumathi nal_ki. churungngiya samayam koNT~ aalOchanakaL vividha bhaagaththuninnum pravahikkukayaayirunnu. thante thanne raajyaththile athisundarikaLaaya, iraTTa sahOdarimaaraaya prathhilayum prajulayum raajaavinte manam kavar_nnu. orE panthalil ivare raNTupEreyum iruvaSavum iruththi kalyaaNam kazhikkunna apoor_va chaTangngin~ raajyam saakshiyaayi. orE vayataaTTi sekkantukaLuTe vyathyaasaththil pEReTuththathupOle orE purushan iruvaSavum irunna kaaminimaaruTe kazhuththukaLil thaali chaar_ththi. ee chaTa ngngu kaNTa palarum manassaa sam_Sayam prakaTippichchu. ivarilum raajaavin~ kunjnjungngaLuNTaavaan pOkunnilla. pravachanam pOle kunjnjikkaalukaaNal svapnaththil maathramaayi. aayiTayaaN~ oru vikalaam_gan sanyaasi raajakoTTaaraththil raajaavine mukham kaaNikkaaneththiyath~. puthiyabhaaryamaaruTe snEhaprakaTanangngaLilum paricharaNangngaLilum sanyaasi santhushTanaayi. addEham avarOT~ chOdichchu. "ningngaLkk~ enthu varamaaN~ nal_kENTath~" "svaamin, raajaavinteyum prajakaLuTeyum du:kham angngEkkaRiyaavunnathallE? athinenthaa parihaaram" sanyaasi avare vaayuvil ninn~ oru maangnga kaiththalaththilEkk~ varuththi, avar_kku nal_ki. maajikkukaaruTeyum matum iththaram prakaTanam kooTTukaarkk~ manassil kaaNaanaavunnillE, ippOL? sanyaasi thuTar nnu, "ningngaL ee maangnga kazhichchOLoo - ningngaLuTe aagraham saphalamaakum" sanyaasi anugrahichch~ yaathrayaayi. maangnga raNTaayippakuthth~ sahOdarimaaraaya bhaaryamaar kazhichchu. ippOL ningngaL EkalOchana enna aadya raajnjiyekkuRichch~ Or_ththillE? iviTe iLayaraajnjimaar mooththaraajnjiye Or_ththilla. sanyaasiyuTe varaprasaadaththile aakaam_kshakaaraNam vEgam maangnga muRichchu thinnathaaN~ kaaraNam. chilappOL angnginayallE - ningngaLum. ishTappeTTa aahaara saadhanam kazhichchu kazhiyumpOL "chhE" ammaykkum achchhanum iththiri koTukkaamaayirunnu enn~ thOnnaaRillE? athupOle EkalOchana ithaRinjnj~ avare kutappeTuththaanum raajaavinOT~ paraathi paRayaanum pOkaathe enthucheythuvennO? iLayavar kazhichchiTT~ mutaththeRinjnja maangngayuTe aNTi kaNTupiTichch~ athupoTTichch~ kazhichchu. adhyaayam raNT~ maasam palathukazhinjnju. moovarum gar_bhaNikaLaayi - pachcha maangngaakkothimoovar kkum uNTaayi. koTTaara vaLappile ethrayO maangngakaL avar uppukooTTi thinnu. ee samayathth~ iththaram kothiykk~ "vyaakkooN~" ennum paRayaaRuLLath~ kooTTukaarkk~ aRiyumO? ellaa kathhayilEthum pOle ellaayiTaththum sam_bhavikkum pOle moonnupErum prasavichchu. muthir_nna raajnjiyuTe prasavamaaN~ aadyam naTannath~. iraTTa sahOdarikaLaaya iLaya raajnjikaLuTe kunjnjungngaL EkadESam orE pOleyuLLa Sareeraprakr^thiyaayirunnu. pakshE aadyam prasavichcha kuTTiyuTe muthukathth~ aamaththOT~ pOle enthO parukkan padaar_ththham! vaidyanmaar palavaTTam nireekshichchiTTum ee manushya jeeviyuTe muthuk~ ingngineyaayathinte kaaraNam manassilaayilla. EkalOchana enna muthir_nna rajnjiyOT~ anvEshichchappOL aa rahasyam puRaththuvannu. thaan aarum kaaNaathe maangngayaNTi bhakshichcha kaaryam - maangngayaNTiyuTe puRaththe thOTinte kaTTiyiluLLa oru shel muthukathth~ dharichcha viroopiyaaya kunjnj~ matu raNTu kuTTikaLOToppam saadhaaraNapOle vaLar nnu. vaLarnn~ varumpOzhEykkum iLayavar raNTum thEjasvikaLaaya kumaaranmaar aayenn~ saadhaaraNa kathhayil paRayum pOle aayirunnilla. viroopiyaaya raajakumaaran~ apakar_shathaabOdham thOnni enn~ kooTTukaar karuthunnuNTengkil theti. thante vairoopyam Sareeraththinte vaiSishTyamaayi kaNT~ eeSvarane sthuthikkunnath~ pathivaakkiyirunnu aa kumaaran. matu kuTTikaLOTothth~ kaLikkumpOzhum muthukaththe thOT~ praSnamaakumpOzhum sar_vavum sahichch~ kumaaran daivaththe praar_ththhichchu. vaLarum thORum vairoopyam ERivarunnu. ith~ kaNTukoNTirikkunna EkalOchanayuTe kaNN~ palappOzhum niRanjnju kaviyum. aamaththoNTan enna iraTTapEr~ kooTe kaLikkunna kuTTikaL uRakke viLikkumpOL manass~ nOvunnath~ ammaykku maathram. aamaththoNTante roopam kooTTukaarE ningngaLuTe manassilenthaaNenn~ oohikkaanaavunnuNT~. kunjnjikkoonan enna sinimayile dileep~ avatharippichcha kathhaapaathraththeppOle allE? muthukathth~ bhaaram kayativachcha aamayeppOle pathukke pathukke neengngunna nammuTe kathhapaathraththe namukk~ angngine viTaam. adhyaayam moonn~ eeSvarane kaThinamaayi praar_ththhichcha aamathoNTante munnil oru naaL eeSvaran prathyakshappeTTu. vratham koNT~ melinjnja vr^Schika nilaavin~ veRutheyaavumO dhyaanam ennoru gaanam paSchaaththalaththil muzhangngunnuNTaayirunnu. (enthE ingngine oru gaanam paSchaaththalaththil enn~ kooTTukaar athbhuthappeTunnuNTaavum. vaTakkan paaTTukaLuTe udayaa sinimayO, puraaNa sinimakaLuTe neela proDakshans~ sinimayO kaaNaaththathukoNTaaN~ ningngaL_kkee sam_Sayam-"maL_TTi Taaskimg~" enna padam paRayumpOL kampyooTTar jnjaanikaLaaya ningngaLkk~ manassilaavum- kampyooTTaRil paaTTukETTukoNT~ prOgraamimg~ cheyyunnathu pOloru sukham.) eeSvaran aruLicheythu - "kumaaraa, ninte praar_ththhana ente uLLil santhOsham niRakkunnu . "ninakk~ enthu varamaaN~ vENTath~ " - "svaabhaavikamaayum ente muthukaththe aamaththOT~ maaRikkiTTaNam". kumaaran~ athinuLLa manthram paRanjnju koTuththukoNT~ eeSvaran paRanjnju. "nee ee manthram chollumpOL ninte ee puRanthOT~ iLakimaaRum - nee sundara purushanaayi bhavikkum - " ee prakriya nee aarum kaaNaatheyaavaNam cheyyENTath~. aarOTum ithinte rahasyam vivarikkayumaruth~ - angngineyenthengkilum sam_bhavichchaal ninte ee varam asaphalamaavukayum cheyyum - ee athbhutha vidya pareekshichchu nOkkiya kumaaran atheeva santhushTanaayi. thirichch~ aamaththOTaNinjnj~ koTTaaraththi lEkk~ yaathrayaayi. adhyaayam naal~ poor_Nathrayee nadee theerathth~ nil_kkumpOzhaaN~ raajakumaaran thante roopam prathibim_bamaayi kaNTath~. sundara roopam jalOparithalaththil dar_Sichcha ayaaLkk~ appOzhaaN~ oru kaaryam Or_mma vannath~. ee puthiya roopam nEraththe kiTTiyirunnengkil aayOdhana kaalam kooTuthal mechchappeTTa reethiyil upayOgikkaamaayirunnu. asthra Sasthra prayOgangngaLil naipuNyam nETaan thante muthukaththe anyapadaar_ththham ethraththOLam thaTassam uNTaakkiyirikkunnu. thante roopam maaRaan ippOL avasaram kaivannirikkunnu. ini eeSvarane kaaNumpOL ikkaaryam kooTi paRanjnju nOkkaam. aamaththoNTan praar_ththhanayum eeSvara viSvaasavum kaiviTTilla. pinnorikkal daivam prathyakshanaayi. iththavaNa paSchaaththala sam_geetham vyathyasthamaayirunnu. "ponnalayil ammaanamaaTi en thONi angngEkkarE pOyi vaa" daivam paRanjnju - "ninte manaprayaasam enikk~ manassilaavunnu. oru yuvaraajaavin~ vENTa aayudhaabhyaasavum chuRuchuRukkum vENTathellaam ninte nalla praayaththil ninakk~ kiTTiyilla. pakshE ninte kaaryaththil nee ajayanaakaan njaan ninakk~ moonnu kuRukku vazhikaL nal_kaam.{”} athenth~ enn~ athiSayichchu ninna aamaththoNTante munnil daivam pazhaya maajikk~ kaaraneppOle aakaaSathth~ varachcha vr^ththaththil ninn~ oru daNDum oru paayayum oru ampum prathyakshappeTuththi. ee paayayil nee kiTannaal ninte aagrahaththinanusarichch~ Ethu sthhalathth~ eththikkaanum ee paayaykkaavum. pinne ee daND~ - SathrukkaLe aakramikkaan, ninte svayarakshaykkum matum. nee kaRakki viTunna vaTi aTiykkENTayaaLe, aaLukaLe valiya sainyaththe vare aTichchu nilam pariSaakkikaLayum. moonnaamath~ oru amp~ - ithupayOgichchaal Ethu jeeviyuTEyum jeevaneTukkaam - pakshE ith~ upayOgikkumpOL him_sa ethra paapamaaNennukooTiyOr_kkaNam. vaLare santhOshaththOTe daivaththe vaNangngi moonn~ vasthukkaLum avan svanthamaakki. eppOzhengkilum upakarikkumallO ennOrthth~ ava thante svakaarya SEkharaththil avan sookshichchu vachchu. addhyaayam anjch~ chhathrapathi raajaav~ vr^ddhanaavumpOL thante makkaLe Or_ththu du:khichchu. moonn~ pEril mooththayaaL vEgam naTakkaan pOlum aakaaththavan. iLayavar raNTupErum mElanangngaaththa sukhiyanmaarum. thante kaalaSEsham aarkk~ raajabharaNam nal_kum? yuvaraajaavaayi theranjnjeTukkappeTaan yOgyatha theLiyikkappeTENTathallE? raajaav~ manthrimaarOTum matum aalOchana thuTangngi. raajaakkanmaaruTe pradhaana vinOdamaaNallO vETTa athhavaa naayaaTT~. mr^gayaa vinOdam ennum oru pEruNT~. innaththe kaalaththaaN~ ithu naTannathengkilO? mr^gasam_rakshaNa vakupp~ jayililaTaykkappeTunnavaril pramukhar avaraakumaayirunnu. pulinakhavum puliththOlum maan thalakaLum naayaaTTinte baakkiyaayi koTTaarangngaLile shOkkEsukaLil uLLath~ ningngaL SraddhichchirikkumallO. him_sayuTe roopamaaya naayaaTTil sal_maan khaan enna hindi naTan SikshikkappeTTathum kooTTukaar Or_kkunnath~ nannaayirikkum maan vETTa naTaththiyathin~ ayaaL piTiykkappeTTa vaar_ththa. nammuTe kathhayil raajaav~ moonn~ makkaLum naayaaTTil avar ethra kEmanmaaraayiriykkunnu enn~ aRiyaanaagrahichchu. moovarum moonn~ diSakaLilEkk~, vanaththinte anthar_bhaagaththEkk~, neengngi. iLayavaruTe unnam pizhakkukayO munnil_cheRujeevikaL maathram vannupeTukayO cheythu. avarkk~ kiTTiyathum cheRiya muyalukaL, kaaTakkOzhikaL, "sarigama"maan enn~ pEraaya cheRiya maanukaL thuTangngiyava. nammuTe aamaththoNTan~ daivam anugrahichchu thanna maanthrika vasthukkaLuTeyum puRaththe thOTinte bhaaram maativachch~ yuvasundaranaakaanuLLa manthraththinteyum Or_mma vannu. bheekara jeevikaLuTe mEluLLa naayaaTT~ kumaaran~ aaghOshikkaamaayirunnu. onnum cheythilla ennu paRanjnju kooTaa, vEsham maaRunna manthram maathram upayOgichchu. svayam bham_gi kaNTu rasichchu - poor_NNathrayee nadikkarayilirunnu. iLayavar valiya mr^gangngaLe kiTTaathe du:khichch~ irikkumpOL, aamaththoNTan thEjasvee roopam pooNT~ avaruTe munnileththi. prakaaSam paraththunna oru purusharoopaththe kaNT~ yuvaraajaakkanmaar athbhutham kooRi. "angngaaraaN~?" - raNTupErum onnichchu chOdichchu. maRupaTi paRayaathe sundarakumaaran paRanjnju - {“}ningngaLuTe du:kham enikk~ manassilaavunnuNT~ - vETTayaaTikkiTTiya cheRiya pakshikaLeyum mr^gangngaLeyum koNTupOyaal koTTaaraththiluNTaavunna naaNakkETallE du:kha kaaraNam?" "athin~ vazhiyuNT~" thante maanthrikaasthram prayOgichch~ sundarakumaaran avarkk~ vENTuvOLam van mr^gangngaLe konn~ chooTumaaRaathe munniliTTukoTuththu. avar santhushTaraayi kumaaran~ nandiyum paRanjnj~ kaaT~ viTTu naaTTilEkk~ yaathrayaayi. aamaththoNTan thante pazhaya roopam kaivarichch~ thaan thante nilaviluLLa aarOgyam koNT~ piTikooTiya cheRiya mr^gangngaLeyum thookki koTTaaraththilEkk~ vachchu piTichchu. appOzhaaN~ paayayuTe kaaryam Or_ththath~. paayayuTe mEl kiTann~ "koTTaaraththil pOkaTTe" enn~ paRanjnjathum paaya pushpaka vimaanam pOle paRannuyar_nnu. iLayakumaaranmaar eththiyathin~ munnE eththukayum cheythu. iLaya raNTupEruTeyum vETTamr^gangngaLe kaNTa raajaav~ atheevasanthushTanaayi. praSam_saa vachanangngaLEtu vaangngiya iLaya raNTu pErum kaaTTil vachch~ kaNTa thEjasviyuTe kaaryam puRaththu paRanjnjilla. aamaththoNTante prakaTanaththil koTTaara vaasikaLum raajaavum sahathaapam prakaTippichchu. moonn~ pEruTeyum naayaaTTu saamar_ththhyaththil santhOsham thOnniya raajaav~ moonnu pEr_kkum aaSam_sakaL nEr_nnu. vivaaha praayam eththiya moovaruTeyum kalyaaNaalOchanakaL_kkaayi ellaa raajyaththilEkkum raajakumaarimaare anvEshikkaan Er_ppaaTaakki. aamaththoNTante roopam peN veeTTukaare aRiyiykkaathe vivaaham niSchayikkaan koTTaaram manthri raajaavine upadESichchu. sundarikaLaaya moonn~ peN_kuTTikaLe kaNTu piTichchu. vivaaha muhoor_ththaththil maathramaaN~ vEdiyilirikkunna moonn~ raajakumaaranmaareyum peN kuTTikaL kaNTath~. thante muthukile bhaaram raajavasthrangngaLaal alangkarichchathinaal aamaththoNTanum sundaranaayi thOnnappeTTu. mukham vazhi thoongngikkiTakkunna mullappoo maalakaL varantEyum vadhuvintEyum kaazhcha thaTassappeTuththunna uththarEnthyan kalyaaNam Or kkuka. peN_kuTTi thante chekkan sundaranaayirikkumenn~ oohichchu. moonn~ thaalikeTT~ orE muhoor_ththaththil thanne naTannu. aamaththoNTane vivaaham kazhichcha peN kuTTiyuTe veeTTukaarOT~ maathram ayaaLuTe vikr^tharoopaththekkuRichch~ avasaanaghaTTaththil paRanjnju. peN kuTTi maathram ith~ aRiyaruthenn~ chaTTam keTTiyirunnu. vivaaha raathriyil avaL svayam aRinjnju koLLaTTe - veeTTukaarkk~ makaL raajakoTTaaraththil vadhu aayi chennu chEr_nnathilaaN~ santhOsham. paNTum ippOzhum peN kuTTikaLuTe aaSayum abhilaashavum vivaaha niSchaya samayathth~ aarum thanne chinthaavishayamaa kkaaRillallO - vivaaha chaTangngukaL vEgam theer_nnu. kumaarimaare koTTaaraththile sthreekaL vann~ antha:purangngaLilEkk~ koNTupOyi. aadya raathriyil aamaththoNTante muRiyil naTannathenthennaRiyaan aakaam_shayuNTallE? pakshE ningngaL miTukkanmaarum miTukkikaLumaaN~ kooTTukaaruTe manassil aamaththoNTan manthram upayOgichch~ sundara purushanaakum enna chinthayallE ippOL? vaLare SariyaaN~. ithrayum sundaranaaya cheRuppakkaarane aa peN_kuTTi annE vare kaNTiTTEyillaa yirunnu. kumaaranmaarum kumaarimaarum santhOshaththOTe kazhinjnju. aamaththoNTante bhaaryayuTe pEr~ paRanjnjilla. ningngaL oru pEr~ paRanjnju nOkkoo - aa pEriTaam - "kaNNamma" nalla pErallE? athuthanne aamaththoNTante aarya puthriyuTe pEr~. addhyaayam aaR~ pitE divasam raajyaththin~ oru aSubhamaaN~ SravikkaanaaN~ duryOgam uNTaayath~. ayal raajyaththinte paTTaaLakkaar athir_ththiyil yuddham thuTangngi ennaayirunnu vaar_ththa. athir_ththi pradESathth~ Sathapathrikaaraajyaththinte yOddhaakkaL veeracharamam praapikkunnu enna du:khakaramaaya avasthha raajaavine sangkaTaththilaakki. aTiyanthiramaayi raajaav~ manthrimaareyum iLaya raNTu makkaLeyum viLichchu varuththi. aamaththoNTane viLichchiTT~ enthaakaaryam? kaaryangngaL gauravamaayi char_chcha cheythu chila theerumaanangngaLileththi. vEgam athir_ththiyilEkk~ puRappeTuka. iLaya raajakumaaranmaar thangngaLuTe kuthirakaLe OTichch~ yuddhaththin~ thayyaaRaayi. aamaththoNTan kaNNammayil ninnaaN~ vivaram aRinjnjath~. avaL sundarapurusha roopam pooNTa aamaththoNTane maathramallE kaNTiTTuLLoo. raajaav~ thante bhar_ththaavine kuRachch~ kaaNikkunna reethiyil perumaaRiyathil asvasthhayaayi kaNNamma. kaNNamma kumaaranOT~ paribhavam paRanjnju. "ennaalum aaryaputhrane raajaav~ yuddha vaar_ththa aRiyichchillallO?" mooththayaaL aTuththa raajaavaakunnathallE pathiv~? aamaththoNTan onnum paRanjnjilla. pakaram kaNNammayuTe kai eTuthth~ chuNTOT~ chErthth~ oru chumpanam nal_ki. enniTT~ paRanjnju. "njaanum yuddha sthhalaththEkk~ pOkunnu. nee veera kungkumam chaar_ththi enne yaathrayaakkuka". kooTTukaar_kkaRiyillE? rajaputhraraajaakkanmaaruTe kathhayile veeranmaaruTe bhaaryamaar sindooram koNT~ veera thilakam chaar_ththunna ram_gangngaL? "aaryaputhraa, jayichchu varoo" - thirichchu varumpOL thaalappoliyum niliviLakkumaayi njaan kaaththirikkum - niRanjnja upavaasaththOTe. thante "paRakkum paaya" nivar_ththi vachch~ athil kayaRiyirunn~ aamaththoNTan athir_ththiyilEkk~ yaathrayaayi. kaNNammayuTe kaNNukaL niRanjnju kavinjnjirunnu. eeSvaran ellaa anugrahangngaLum ente bhar_ththaavin~ nal_kaNE enn~ aa pathivratha praar_ththhichchu. eeSvaran ayaaLkk~ nEraththe chila anugrahangngaL nal_kiyirunnuvallO - yuddham thakr^thiyaayi naTakkukayaaN~. iLaya raajakumaaranmaar ethir raajyaththe pOraaLikaLil ninn~ thirichchaTikaL nEriTTu koNTirikkunna samayam - thEjasviyaaya oru kumaaran avare sahaayikkaaneththunnath~. ithe kumaaran thanneyallE thangngaLuTe paLLi vETTayil sahaayichchath~. valiya mr^gangngaLe konnu thann~ achchhan raajaavinte mumpil kEmanmaaraakaan sahaayichchath~ - iththavaNayum nammaL rakshappeTTu. aamaththoNTan thante svakaarya athbhutha svaththukkaLaaya ampum daNDum prayOgichch~ ethir raajyaththe thuraththuka thanne cheythu. thalangngum vilangngum aTikoNTa pOraaLikaL OTunnathu kaaNaan ningngaL_kkaavum - phaast~ phOr_vEDil dr^SyangngaL chalikkunnathupOle - baak~ grauNTile Sabdam kaassat~ kurungngi TEp~ Rekkaar_Dar paaTunnathupOleyum - ippOL SathrukkaL OTiya dr^Syavum Sabdavum kooTTukaarkk~ anubhavikkaanaayillE? ithilum kr^thyamaayi yuddharam_gaththinte kLaimaaks~ ezhuthi phalippikkaanaavilla. adhyaayam Ezh~ ethir raajyaththe thOl_pichch~ thunnam paaTichch~ Sathapathrikaa raajyaththe pOraaLikaL svantham raajyathth~ thirichcheththi. iLaya raajakumaaranmaar raNTupErum kuthirappuRathth~ vijayaSreelaaLitharaayi varunna ram_gam kaNT~ raajaav~ kOriththarichchu. janangngaLuTe vaka gam_bheera sveekaraNam. OrO graamaththil ninnum Etu vaangngi koNTaayirunnu varav~. raajaav~ thante iLayamakkaLe pati abhimaanam koNT~ naTannu. appOL graamaththilum nagaraththilum yuddhaththinte vijaya rahasyaththekkuRichch~ matoru kathha pracharikkukayaayirunnu. EthO maanthrika SakthiyuLLa oru yuvaav~ Sathapathrikaaraajyaththe sahaayikkaneththiyirunnu enna vivaram raajaavinte cheviyilum eththi. kumaaranmaare viLichch~ chOdyam cheythappOL avar ee vivaram sammathichchu. pakshE avar_kkum aa yuvaavinte pErO oorO nErO aRiyilla. thangngaL chOdichchiTTum addEham onnu chirichchathallaathe maRupaTi thannilla enn~ avar achchhan raajaavine dharippichchu. aa yuvaavinekkuRichch~ kooTuthal aRiyuvaanaayi raajaav~ prajakaLil chilarEyum sainikarEyum chaTTam keTTi. appOzhaaN~ raajaavin~ paLLivETTa samayathth~ iLaya kumaaranmaarkk~ vanya mr^gangngaLe konn~ sahaayichcha vyakthiyum iyaaLaaNenn~ aRinjnjath~. ee vivaram ithrayum naaL thannil ninn~ maRachchuvachchathin~ raajaav~ aniyan kumaaranmaare vazhakkupaRanjnju. appOL avarekkuRichchuNTaayirunna thante dhaaraNakaLellaam abaddhangngaLaayirunnenn~ raajaavin thOnni. viSvaasa vanjchakar aakaanuLLa saadhyathayum addEham thaLLikkaLanjnjilla. ee samayamokkayum aamaththoNTan entheTukkukayaayirikkaam - antha:puraththil thante kaNNammayuTe munnil aamaththoNTan sundarapurushanaayithanne engngine kazhiyaanaayi? athin~ avan oru vazhi kaNTupiTichchirunnu. adhyaayam eTT~ antha:puraththil aamaththoNTan raathriyilE eththoo-kaNNammayuTe munnil eppOzhum sundaranaayi varaan ayaaL Sraddha vaykkum raavile praathalum kazhichch~ raajyakaaryangngaL nOkkaanenna naaTyaththil iRangngippOkum. pinne kaNNammayuTe munnil raathri sundarayuvaavaayi vannu kayaRum. pakal aTuththeththaaRillaaththa thante bhar_ththaavine kaNNamma sam_SayichchathEyilla. aniyan raajakumaaranmaarekkuRichch~ naaTTil pracharichcha vaar_ththa kaNNammayuTe cheviyilum eththi. appOL muthal avaLkk~ oru sam_Sayam- thante balishThanaaya bhar_ththaav~ yuddhaththilum naayaaTTilum matuLLavaruTe pinnilaayippOkunnathinte kaaraNam enthaayirikkum? ith~ anvEshikkaan thanne theerumaanichchu. iLaya kumaaranmaaril ninnaaN~ kaNNammaykk~ aa njeTTikkunna vaasthavam aRiyaan kazhinjnjath~. thante bhar_ththaav~ yathhar_ththhaththil aamaththOT~ muthukil dharichcha viroopanaaNenn~ - viroopanaaya vimal kumaaRinte mukham manassil kaNT~ kooTTukaarum kaNNammayuTe manass~ kaNTallO. allE? kaNNamma onn~ theerumaanichchuRachchu. athiraavile ezhunnEt~ thante bhar_ththaav~ pOkunnatheviTe? athaRiyaNam - ayaaLaRiyaathe ayaaLe pinthuTaraNam. adhyaayam on_path~ pathivupOle aamaththoNTan (ippOL sundaran) kaNNammaye chEr_ththu piTichchu chum_bichch~ vaikunnEram kaaNaamenn~ paRanjnj~ pirinjnju. kaNNamma ayaaLaRiyaathe ayaaLe pinthuTar_nnu. kumaaran nEre pOyath~ koTTaaraththile kuLaththilEykkaaN~. kuLaththilEkk~ ooLiyiTTiRangngiya kumaaran aTiththaTTileviTeyO oLippichchuvachcha oru vasthuvumaayi pongngi vannu. ath~ muthukaththe aamaththOTallaathe mEtenthaaN~? kaNNamma aadyaamaayaaN~ aa vasthuvine kaaNunnath~. atheTuthth~ dharichcha kumaaran vikr^tharoopiyaayi bhavichchu. naTannu neengngaan aamayO ochchO munnil enna vEgatha maathram. kaNNammayuTe kaNNil veLLam niRanjnju. kaNNuthuTachch~ avaL thirichch~ koTTaaraththilEkk~ maTangngi. avaLuTe mukham kaNTaal enthO onn~ theerumaanichchuRachcha lakshaNamaayirunnu. dr^DaniSchayam kaNNil nOkkiyaalaRiyaavunnath~ kooTTukaar SraddhichchiTTuNTO? pathivupOle raathriyileththiya thante sumukhan bhar_ththaavine paricharichch~ uRakkikiTaththiyasahadhar_mmiNi aa kooriruTTil kuLappaTavilEkk~ naTannu. veLLaththiliRangngi aamaththOT~ kaNTeTuththu ennu paRayENTathillallO - enniTT~ aa thOT~ kaththichchu kaLanjnju - aaraarumaRiyaathe. thirichch~ kaTTilil vann~ kiTanna kaNNammayuTe SareeraththilEkk~ kai eTuththu vachcha kumaaran~ cheRiya thaNupp~ thOnni. nananjnja Sareeraththinte kuLir_mmayil kumaaranum kaNNammayum nannaayi uRangngi. raavile pathivupOle yaathrapaRanjnju pOya kumaaran~ kuLakkaTavil thante puRanthOT~ kaaNaanjnj~ vEvalaathippeTT~ ninnappOL eeSvaran prathyakshappeTTu. iththavaNa yaathoru paSchaaththala gaanavum illaathe. addEham paRanjnju - " kumaaraa, nee njaan paRanjnjathokke aksharam prathi anusarichchu. nee aRiyaathe ninte rahasyam matoraaL aRinjnjathinaal ninakkini aamaththOT~ enna bhaaram EteTukkaathe ee sumukhante vEsham sthhiramaayi dhariykkaam. ee samayam kaNNamma raajaavinte aTukkal thante kaNTupiTiththam aRiyiykkukayaayirunnu. aaScharya chakithanaaya chhathrapathi raajaav~ thante moonn~ bhaaryamaarOTum onnichch~ aamaththoNTante aTukkalEkk~ kuthichchu. appOL raajaavin~ manassilaayi- thante iLaya makkaLe aapathghaTTaththil sahaayichchath~ thante mooththa makanaayirunnennum athum yaathoru prathiphalEchchhayum kooTaatheyaayirunnuvennum raajaav~ Or_ththu. vaikaathe aamaththoNTane yuvaraajaavaayi abhishEkam cheyyENTath~ achchhanaaya thante kaTamayaaNenn~ raajaav~ Or_ththu. kathhakaLellaam theerum pOle aamaththoNTan raajaav~ kaNNamma raajnjiyOTothth~ sasukham vaazhunna vari ezhuthaaththathenthenn~ kooTTukaar Or_kkunnuNTaavum - kathha niRuththaan thuTangngumpOL kuRE kathhaapaathrangngaL "njangngaLe enthaa kathhayileTukkaanjnjE" enn~ chOdichch~ SalyappeTuththunnuNT~. iTam kaikoNT~ avare puRathth~ thaTanjnju nir_ththi, njaan aamaththoNTanOT~ paRanjnju. "nee ivaruTe kaaryam kooTi nOkkaNam raajaavallE? avar sinima theer_nnathu pOle ellaam manassilaayi thirichchupOkaanorungngunnu. koTukai - alla kooppukai -