കുടുംബ പുരാണം [Manu]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ Sn^nsN k¶v bp_s¯ tNm\n kjn fpNan N]_n. F¶n«v Sp_¶n« kmSn kjn AN¯p NX¶p. F¶n«v Fsâ fp_n]n Mm³ AW¡w D*m¡msS Nm¯n^p¶p sk`yѳ k^p¶Spw Nm¯v.Np_¨p Njnªp A½ k¶v Xokn Hm\v sI]vSv thmc]n C^p¶p. A½ Npans]ms¡ Njnªp H^p sftln Sp\n]psX fmN-vhn B\v C«n^n¡p¶Sv. H^p Caw Wo` Wn_w. B^v N*m`pw Np® sbm§p¶ ^qbw. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ ko«ns` NmanRv sd fpj§n. sk`yѳ k¶p F¶v FWn¡v fWhn`m]n. bs£ kmSn Sp_¶t¸mÄ N*Sv fp¯ÑsW B]n^p¶p. A½ H¶v sM«n] tbms` tSm¶n. fp¯Ñ³ ANt¯¡p tN_n k¶p. A½]ptXw sk`yÑtâw ¹m³ sbmanªSv HmÀ¯t¸mÄ FWn¡v In^n k¶p. bs£ A½]psX Nan FWn¡v Nm\m³ NjnªnÃtÃm Ft¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ Wn^ml]m]n. A½ tImUn¨p. “” Aѳ F´m H^p fp¶_n]n¸pw CÃmsS. k^p¶ Nm^yw b_ªsS CÃtÃm.”” “” Wnt¶w f¡taw Nm\m³ k^m³ Mm³ tWm«ohv AXn¨p St¶mXn. “” “” Aѳ bn\§tÃ… Mm³ tImUns¨s¶ HÅp.”” “” Wo C¶v tKm`n¡v tbm]ntÃ. Mm³ N^pSn CknsX B^pw Nm\nà F¶. N¿n`pÅ Smt¡m sNm*v AN¯p tN_n C^n¡mw F¶ N^pSn]n^ps¶. Wn§Ä k^pt¼mÄ H^p hÀss{bhv S^mWm]n.”” “” C¶v tbm]nÃ. ^mkns` Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ H^p sI_n] S`tkUW. As¸m bns¶ tbmN* F¶v N^pSn. Aѳ km Mm³ Im] FXp¡mw…””
CWn CknsX Wn¶n«v k`y Nm^yw H¶pw Cà F¶p FWn¡v fWhn`m]n. sk`yÑWpw A½]pw CWn F´m]m`pw 1 ko¡v NqXn Nm¯n^nt¡*n k^pw. fp¯Ñ³ DÅ Nm^\w CWn H^mjvIt¯Nv ko«n sk¨v WX¡nÃ. CWn F§mWpw bp_s¯knsXs]¦n`pw sk¨v sIt¿m.Mm³ Hmt^m¶p Bt`mIn¨n^p¶p. A½ AXp¡a]n k¶v tcm\n hwhm^n¡p¶ lÐw Mm³ tN«p. Fsâ fp_n AXp¡a]psX tWs^ fpNan B] Nm^\w ¢n]À B\v. “” tI«m Aѳ k¶n«p*v. C¶v WX¡nÃ. “” A{S]pw fm{Stf H¨ AX¡n b_ªp. CWn CknsX Wn¶v hf]w Naªn«v Nm^yw Cà F¶v fWhn`m]Sv sNm*pw Fs¶ CknsX sk¨v Ct¸mÄ N*m ASv bns¶ bp`nkm`v BNpw F¶Sv sNm*pw Mm³ bSns] Ø`w Nm`n]m¡n. Mm³ H^p hnWnfms]ms¡ N*v– sskNpt¶^w bSnkv tbms` ko«n k¶p. ko«n k¶t¸mÄ fp¯ÑsW N*t¸mÄ H¶pw A_n]m¯ tbms` ekn¨p. fp¯Ñsâ kntlg§Ä Hs¡ tImUn¨v Mm³ Fsâ fp_n]n tbm]n s{Zhv fm_n. ^m{Sn M§Ä e£\w Hs¡ Njn¨p Mm³ Fsâ fp_n]n k¶v N¼yq«À Hm\v sI]vSv A½]psX kmXvhvBbv Sp_¶p. Unkhkpw D_§p¶SnWp fp³bv A½]psX Imäv km]n¨v km\w knX Fsâ bSnkm\v. A½ h`ow B]n«pw sk`yѳ B]n«pw Imäv sI¿p¶p*v. sk`yѳ N¼nNp«³.sWäv