കുടുംബ പുരാണം [Manu]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ip^nUm_pw fm{Stf V^n¡m_pÅq bp_¯p tbmNpt¼mÄ. ko«n`ms\¦n ssWän]pw. In`t¸msjms¡ hm^n]pw. ASpw FÃmw f_¨p Bs^]pw H¶pw Nm\n¡msS Wà kr¯n]m]n B\v hm^n DXp¡p¶Sv. B A½]mt\m hz´w fNsâ A{S]pw fm{Sw {bm]w DÅ H^p sI_p¡mtWmXv C§sWms¡ hwhm^n¡p¶Sp. FWn¡v H^p F¯pw bnXn]pw Nn«n]nÃ. bns¶ Bt`mIn¨t¸mÄ tSm¶n Asæn`pw A½s] F§sW Npäw b_]pw? sI_p {bm]¯n Ss¶ knVk B]StÃ. Ct¸mjpw {bm]w H«pw CÃ. A½¡pw Nm\ntà B{Piw. Mm³ A½s] {l²n¨p. A½ Wà AXnsbman WmX³ I^¡v Ss¶. C{S]pw Wà H^p I^¡v ko«n D*m]n«pw, bp_¯pÅkÀ ASnsW sk¨p hpOn¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ CknsX Ct¸mjpw Cw¥ogv Sp*v N*v km\w kntX* AkØ B\tÃm. F´m]m`pw A½]psX NÅ¡an Hs¡ N*v bnXn¨m FWn¡pw hpOn¡m³ In`t¸mÄ Nn«pw. Mm³ Sn^nsN Fsâ fp_n]n k¶v t{bmKÎv Hs¡ SoÀ¯p BUyw Ss¶. F¶n«v N¼yq«_n A½]psX wkftsfp FXp¯p. h`ow B]pÅ ImänwPv BUyw sSm«v km]n¡m³ SpX§n. BUys¯ sftÊKpNÄ Mm³ A]¨Sm\v. b*v A½]psX tcm\v Dbt]mPn¨ hf]¯p Imäv sI]vSSm\v AsSms¡. ASp Mm³ Np_¨p Smtj¡p hvt{NmÄ sI]vSp. Mm³ tcm\v km§n]SnWv tlgw DÅ _ft`s FXp¯p. H^p Unkhw Ak³ B\v Imäv stfrt sI]vSn^n¡p¶Sv. “” At½… ^mip Ctà AknsX AksW tcm\v knan¨n«v FXp¡p¶nÃtÃm. sftÊKnWpw _nss¹ CÔ”…. “”B tfmsW ASv Aksâ tcm\v Mm³ km§n sk¨n^n¡pN]. b^o£¡v Wà tNm« Wn_s] fmÀNv B\tÃm.”” At¸mjm\v H^n¡Â A½ Fsâ tcm\v km§n sk¨Sv Mm³ HmÀ¯Sv. fmÀ¡v Np_ªSnWp tcm\v km§n sk¨n«v 2 Bjv¨ Njnª Sn^nsN S¶Sv.Mm³ ko*pw Ak^psX Imäv km]n¨p.AkÀ Hmt^m¶p hwhm^n¨p sNm*n^p¶p. h`ofnsâ ko«pN^psX]pw fäpw knk^§Ä Ak³ b_ªp. Unkhkpw Np_¨p tW^w AkÀ Fs´¦n`pw Hs¡ hwhm^n¡pw. bns¶ bns¶ ASv t{XmÄ skfr` sI¿p¶Snt`¡v F¯n. t{XmapNÄ bn¶oXv nfujkty t{XmÄ B]n. bs£ A½ ASnsWÃmw f_pbXn b_ªp. Ak³ CSnWnX]n A½]psX l^o^ kÀ\W]pw bpNjv¯m`pw Hs¡ WX¯n. AkWpw A½ F¶v Ss¶ B\v knan¡p¶Sv. “”A½s] Nm\m³ Wà ewPn B\v. N*m Ct{Sw k`n] 2 Np«nNÄ Ds*¶v B^pw b_]nÔ”. “”Wo Fs¶ Nan]m¡msS tbmNp¶pt*m…”” “”Nan]m¡n]SÃ.. hSyw b_ªSm.. A½s] N*m 30 31 k]hv fm{Stf b_]p.”” “”Wo Fs¶ H^pbmXv tbmNtÃ..”” “”CSm\v hSyw b_ªm`pw knlzhn¡nÃ. A½ hv–Nqan k¶t¸m FÃm Np«nNapw A½s] Ss¶ tWm¡n skÅw F_¡À¶p. “” “”AtSW¯nWm?”” “”bns¶ C{S]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv