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Odyssey by Homer
Translated by
Dr. Lanka Siva Rama Prasad

September 2011

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26. Odyssey notes--Wikisource 162
 RESUME

Dr. LANKA SIVA RAMA PRASAD

M.B.B.S; M.S (General Surgery);
M.Ch (Cardio Thoracic & Vascular Surgery)
FIVS (Fellow in Vascular Surgery)
Post Graduate Diplomate in Human Rights
Post Graduate Diplomate in Television Production
Cell Animation Artist (Heart Animation Acadamy - Hyderabad)
Computer Animation Specialist (Pentafour- Chennai)
Web Engineer- Web Designer
Member of Indo- Asian Poetry Society
Founder of Writer's Corner / Srijana Lokam
Columnist - Andhra Jyothi (Nivedana)
Founder of Waves (Warangal Aids Voluntary Educational Society)

AUTHOR:-
1. Alchemy- Telugu Poetry
2. VaanaMabbula Kanthi khadgam- Telugu Poetry
3. Tea Cuppulo toofan- Telugu Poetry
4. Tangeti junnu- Telugu Poetry
5. Genome- Biotechnology novel in Telugu
6. Satyanveshanalo- Telugu Novel
7. Sankhya Saastram- Numerology in Telugu
8. Swapna Saastram- Dream Analysis in Telugu
9. Dr. Jayadev Cartoons in Telugu
10. Moodu Swapnalu- oka Melakuva- Telugu Poetry
11. How to be Happy- English Anthology
12. In Search of Truth- English Novel
13. Telugu Songs and Poems- English Translation
14. Pothana’s Bhagavatham- English translation (Abridged)
15. Sankaracharya’s Soundarya Lahari- English Translation
16. Samparayam of Suprasannacharya- English Translation
17. Fire & Snow of Raama Chandramouli- English Translation
18. The Twilight Zone- English Poetry- Cento
19. The Iliad of Homer- Telugu Translation
20. Odyssey- Telugu Translation
 Dr. Velivela Satya Prasad
Chief Cardio-thoracic Surgeon

Dr. V. Malathy
International Medical Coordinator

Friends Forever
Forever
Those friends thou hast, and
their adoption tried
grapple them to thy soul
with hoops of steel
-Shakespeare; Hamlet

Dr. Velivela Satya Prasad

A renowned Cardio-thoracic & Vascular Surgeon who
has assisted and performed over 20,000 cardiovascular
procedures abroad and at home also performed the first
six human cardiac transplantation in the country along
with Dr. K.M. Cherian, Chennai is presently working
as chief cardiac surgeon at Seven Hills Hospital,
Mumbai.

Dr. V. Malathy
Specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology worked as senior
medical administrator at AIMS, Kerala – (May 1998 –
August 2008), Chief Hospital Administrator for KIMS,
Hyderabad (November 2008 – December 2009).
Presently
International Medical Coordinator at Seven Hills Hos-
pital, Mumbai.

My friendship with them blossomed into a beautiful

relationship that surpassed the boundaries of the mundane
world.
 "Quality healthcare by compassionate medical professionals,
accessible and affordable to all"

SevenHills HealthCity, Marol Maroshi Rd, Andheri East, Mumbai - 400059.

Ph: 022-6767 6767. Website: www.sevenhillshospital.com
 Dr. Jitendra Das Maganti
Chairman & Managing Director

Dr. Jitendra Das Maganti hails from Andhra Pradesh.

Himself a surgeon comes from a renowned political and
industrial family started Seven Hills Hospital at Vizag a
resounding success in that area. His dream of providing
medical care at international standards realized into Seven
Hills Hospital, Mumbai, one of the largest hospitals in Asia
with 1500 beds and 36 operation theatres and multi specialties
under one roof.

Message from CMD's Desk

“It is indeed a great privilege for me and my team to
present SevenHills Hospital, Mumbai.
We bring the tradition and experience of two and a
half decades in delivering affordable healthcare services in a
patient friendly environment with a strong belief in ethical
and transparent medical practice. SevenHills Hospital has
established itself as a comprehensive healthcare system in
Visakhapatnam, providing multi-specialty tertiary care
services to more than 50 million people across six states.
Our facility in Mumbai, is not just a Hospital, it is truly
a Health City, with state-of-the-art healthcare delivery system.
We offer a blend of the finest medical and surgical
skills, delivered with compassion and a patient-centric
approach “within the reach” of everyone.”
- Dr. Jitendra Das Maganti
ODYSSEY
MAP
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„ѨHõ\ ˜OKå~Ú.
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companies; he who is forced to follow) – |On, J#∞㨠i Oz
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JO^èŒ∞_Õ!
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QÆ}ÏÅ∞ ´ Hexameter) - dum-da-da rhythm with six dums to the line -
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3= â◊`åaÌ<å\˜ˆH Ǩϟ=∞~ü‰õΩ ^Õ"åÅÜ«∂Å∞ xi‡Oz P~åkèOz<å~°∞.
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`«# q∞„`«∞Å ~°Hõ∆}ÔH· J}∞=}∞=Ó `«Ñ≤Oz#"å_»∞!
"≥ÚHõ¯"Àx ^è≥·~°ºO`À z‰õΩ¯Åhfl KèÕkOz#"å_»∞?
J#∞K«~°∞Å PQÆ_®Å`À JO^Œih HÀÖ’Ê~Ú#"å_»∞!
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Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx ‰õÄ`«∞~å! ã¨HõÅHõàÏkè^Õ=`å! =¸º*ò!

q=iOK«∞ `«b¡! D ™êǨÏã≤Hõ g~°∞_ç Ü«∂„`åqâıëêefl!
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ã¨=Ú„^Œ^Õ=Ù_»∞ áêl_®<£ (Poseidon) P„QÆÇ¨Ï ÔH~°\ÏÅ∞ P`«xx =ÚOK≥`«∞Î`«∂<Õ
L<åfl~Ú. „ѨuHõ∆}O WO\˜H˜ áÈ"åÅx `«Ñ≤ã¨∂Î ^Õ=`«ÅO^Œih HõxHõiOK«=∞x
"Õ_»∞‰õΩO@∞#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ (Odysseus) ÃÑ· Jkè^Õ=`«ÅO^ŒiH© *Ïe HõeyOk.
áêl_®<£ P<å_»∞ WkäÜ≥∂Ñ≤Ü«∞#∞¡ WzÛ# qO^Œ∞Ö’ áêÖÁæ#_®xH˜
"≥o<¡ å_»∞. „áêp#∞Öˇ#· WkäÜ∂≥ Ñ≤Ü∞« #∞¡O_Õ XHõ „áêO`«OÖ’ ã¨∂~°∞º_»∞ L^Œ~Ú™êÎ_∞» .
=∞~À „áêO`«OÖ’ Jã¨Îq∞™êÎ_»∞. JO`«\ ˜ qâßÅ ™ê„=∂[ºOÖ’x WkäÜ≥∂Ñ≤Ü«∞#∞¡
áêl_®<£‰õΩ J`«ºO`« „Ñ‘uHõ~°"≥∞ÿ# |Å∞Å∞ ã¨=∞iÊã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞.
XeOѨãπ tY~°OÃÑ· ã¨=∂"Õâ◊"≥∞ÿ# ^Õ=`«Å#∞^ÕÌtOz Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_çÖÏ
`«# =∞<ÀÉèÏ"åefl "≥e|∞zÛ<å_»∞. ''D =∂#=ÙʼnõΩ <åÅ∞Hõ ^Œ∞~°^≥‰õΩ¯=. "åà◊¡
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qëê^•xfl, Hõëêìefl H˘x`≥K«∞Û‰õΩO\Ï~°∞. P Zyã¨÷ãπ K«∂_»O_ç. KÕÜ«∞‰õÄ_»x Ѩx
`≥eã≤ KÕã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. ^•x Ѩi}Ï=∂Å∞ qѨs`«OQÍ LO\ÏÜ«∞x `≥Å∞ã¨∞ J`«QÍ_çH˜.
PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£ ÉèÏ~°º#∞ Ö’|~°∞K«∞HÀ=_»"Õ∞ HÍHõ, Ü«Ú^•úxflOz uiy =zÛ#
PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£#∞ Ju^•~°∞}OQÍ Ç¨Ï`«=∂iÛ<å_»∞. =∞#O ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ#∞ ^Œ∂`«QÍ Ñ¨OÑ≤
ÃÇÏK«ÛiOKå=Ú ‰õÄ_®! ''XÔ~Ããìãπ (Orestes) `«# `«O„_çH˜ [iy# J<åºÜ«∂xH˜
„ѨfHÍ~°O f~°∞Û‰õΩO\Ï_»∞. `«# ~å*Ϻxfl ™êfinè#Ѩ~°K«∞‰õΩO\Ï_»∞—— – P =∂@Å∞
q<åfl_®! ÖË^Œ∞! Ѷ¨e`«O J#∞ÉèíqOKå_»∞.
Z^ä≥<å ѨeH˜Ok ''`«O„_ô! „HÀ<åãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_®! ^Õ"åkè^Õ"å! Zyã¨÷ãπ KÕã≤#
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J=Ù`«∞Ok. HÍx g~°∞_»∞, ^è≥·~°ºâße X_≥ã≤ãπ Ѩ_»∞Î#fl HõëêìÅ∞ <å ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂xfl
=ÚHõ¯Å∞ KÕã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú. J~Ú#"åà◊¡‰õΩ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ, Éèí∂q∞H˜ ÉÁ_»∞¤ÖÏO\˜ nfiѨOÖ’
XO@iQÍ rqã¨∞<Î åfl_»`_« ∞» . J^Œ∞ƒù`"« ∞≥ #ÿ =$H∆ÍÅ∞#fl nfiѨ"∞Õ Jk. =#^Õ=`« J\Ï¡ãπ
‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î HÍeá⁄û (Calypso) J`«}˜‚ `«# „¿Ñ=∞`À Hõ\ ˜ìѨ_Õã≤Ok. HÍx X_≥ã≤ãπ
=∞#ã¨∞ `«# ‰õΩ@∞O|OÃÑ·H˜, WO\˜ÃÑ·H˜ =∞~°e#ѨC_»ÖÏ¡ P`«_»∞ á⁄O^Œ∞`«∞#fl
^Œ∞óYO =i‚OK« gÅ∞HÍ^Œ∞. ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù Ö’`«∞, PHÍâ◊Ѩ٠Z`«∞Î `≥eã≤, PHÍâßxfl
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xeÑ≤ LOKÕ =∞Ǩã¨OÎ ÉèÏÅ#∞ xÜ«∞O„uOKÕ J\Ï¡ãπ ^≥`· ∞« ºx ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î P"≥∞ – HÍeá⁄û
– `«# =∞^è∞Œ ~° "å‰õΩ¯Å`À ZO`«HÍÅO P`«_xç Hõ\Ñì˜ _¨ Ü
Õ ∞« QÆÅ^Œ∞? X_≥ãã≤ π `«Ñ#¨ O`å
ZѨC_»∞ `«# WO\˜H˜ KÕ~°∞‰õΩO^•=∂, P <ÕÅ#∞ =Ú^•Ì_»∞^•=∂ J<Õ! F ^Õ=<å^ä•!
P`«xÃÑ· hÔHO^Œ∞‰õΩ ^ŒÜ«∞HõÅQÆ_»O ÖË^Œ∞? J#O`«"≥∞ÿ# |Å∞eflzÛ x<≥flѨC_»∂
ã¨O`À+¨Ñ¨~°K«_®xH˜ P`«_»∞ =ÚO^Õ LO_Õ"å_»∞ Hõ^•! Psæ=ÙÅ <ÒHõÅ =^ŒÌ, „\ÏÜü∞
"≥∞ÿ^•#OÖ’ h‰õΩ Z<Àfl ѨÓ[Å∞ KÕã≤#"å_»∞. J@∞=O\˜"å_çÃÑ· hÔHO^Œ∞‰õΩ HÀѨO
=zÛOk?——
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=∂@Å∞ h <À\˜#∞Oz ZÖÏ =KåÛ~Ú? =∞#∞+¨µÅÖ’ L`«=Î Ú_»∞, ##∞fl Jq∞`«OQÍ
P~åkèOKÕ"å_»∞, g∞HõO^ŒiH© |Å∞efl ã¨=∞iÊOz#"å_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ =∞~°záÈ`å#x
ZÖÏ J#∞‰õΩ<åfl=Ù? Éèí∂QÆ~°ƒùOÖ’ `«# ~°^ä•xfl #_»∞ѨÙ`«∂ Éèí∂HõOáêefl ã¨$+≤ìOKÕ
áêl_®<£ ^Õ=Ù_çH˜ X_≥ã≤ãπÃÑ· P„QÆǨÏO =zÛOk. ^äŒ∂™ê (Thoosa) JѨû~°ã¨‰õΩ
áêl_®<£ (Poseidon) ‰õΩ Hõey# ã¨O`å#O ÃãH· Í¡Ñûπ áêeÃÑ=¶ ∞ãπ (Polyphemus)
Hõ#∞fl á⁄_çz P`«_çx QÆ∞_ç¤"å}˜‚ KÕ™ê_»∞ Hõ^•! `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞}˜‚ JO^èŒ∞_çQÍ KÕã≤#
X_≥ã≤ãπ JO>Ë áêl_®<£ =∞O_çѨ_»∞`«∞<åfl_»∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ WO\˜H˜ KÕ~°‰õΩO_® `å#∞
KÕÜ«∞QÆey# ^ŒO`å KÕã¨∂Î P`«_çx tH˜∆ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. J~Ú<å áêl_®<£ XHõ¯_»∞, =∞#O
WO^Œ~°O L<åflO. X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ ™êÜ«∞O KÕ^•ÌO!——
Z^ä<≥ å ã¨ÅǨ ~ÚzÛOk – ''ã¨O`À+¨O! `«O„_ô! "≥O@<Õ ^Õ=^Œ∂`« ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ#∞
ѨOÑ≤ (Hermes) XyyÜ«∂ nfiѨOÖ’x HÍeá⁄û‰õΩ ^Õ=`«Å P[˝#∞ `≥eÜ«∞KÕ^•ÌO
– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ WO\˜H˜ "≥àı¡ ^•i ã¨∞QÆ=∞O HÍ"åe—— – Jx. <Õ#∞ W^ä•HÍ "≥o¡ X_≥ã≤ãπ
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çH˜ ^è≥·~åºxfl #∂iáÈ™êÎ#∞. P`«_»∞ `«# `«e¡ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ (Penelope)#∞
q"åǨÏO KÕã¨∞HÀ=∞x "Õkèã¨∂Î, `«=∞ Q˘„Ô~efl, Ѩâ◊√=Ùefl PǨ~°OQÍ =O_çOK«∞‰õΩx
ã¨∞+¨µªQÍ Éè’OKÕã¨∞Î#fl U^ä≥<£û Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl ÃÇÏK«ÛiOKÕÖÏ KÕ™êÎ#∞. P`«_»∞ `«# `«O„_ç
*Ï_»#∞ "≥^Œ∞‰õΩ¯O@∂ ÃÑ·ÖÏãπ, ™êÊ~åìʼnõΩ "≥o¡ "≥^Œ‰õΩ`å_»∞—— – JO@∂<Õ P"≥∞
|OQÍ~°∞ áê^Œ~°Hõ∆Å∞ ^èŒiOz, =_çQÍ gKÕ QÍÅ∞efl `À_»∞fã¨∞‰õΩx, HõOK«∞ "≥Ú#
Hõey# `«# „Ѩâ◊ã¨Î"≥∞ÿ# D>ˇ#∞ KÕ|\˜ì, XHõ¯ÔQO`«∞Ö’ W^ä•HÍ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#flk. X_≥ã≤ãπ
WO\˜ ^•fi~°O =ÚO^Œ∞ \ÏѶ≤Ü«∞#¡ (Taphians) <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ "≥∞O>ˇãπ (Mentes)
~°∂Ѩ٠^•eÛOk. P ~ÚO\˜ P=~°}Ö’ U^ä≥<£û Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ Ѩ~°z# Z^Œ∞Ì K«~å‡ÅÃÑ·
Ǩ~ÚQÍ Ñ¨_»∞‰õΩx ¿ã=‰õΩÅOkã¨∞Î#fl =∞^èŒ∞=Ù#∞ ¿ãqã¨∂Î qO^Œ∞ q<À^•Ö’¡
=Úxy`ÕÅ∞`«∞<åfl~°∞.
"åà◊¡O^Œi =∞^茺֒ q+¨}‚=^Œ#O`À ‰õÄ~°∞Ûx L#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞
>ˇe=∂Yãπ (Telemachus), '"≥∞O>ˇãπ— ~åHõ#∞ QÆ=∞xOKå_»∞. Jukèx Q“~°qOKÕ
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™êO„Ѩ^•Ü«∞O Hõey# J`«_»∞ "≥O@<Õ ^•fi~°O =^ŒÌ "≥∞O>ˇãπ "Õã¨OÖ’ L#fl Z^ä≥<å
‰õΩ_çKÕux ã¨Ê $tOz, Z_»=∞KÕ`ÀÎ P"≥∞ KÕuÖ’x D>ˇ#∞ ѨHõ¯<Õ Éèí„^ŒÑ¨iKå_»∞. –
''™êfiQÆ`«O! ÉÏ@™ês! =∂`À Hõeã≤ qO^•~°yOK«O_ç. `«~°∞"å`« g∞~°∞ =zÛ#
q+¨Ü«∂xfl q=iOK«∞^Œ∞~°∞QÍx—— JHõ¯_» X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ K≥Ok# J<ÕHõ |ÖË¡Å∞, D>ˇÅ∞
=~°∞ã¨QÍ ¿ÑiÛ L<åfl~Ú. "≥∞O>ˇãπ ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl Z^ä≥<å#∞ ã¨∞MÏã‘#∞_çfl QÍqOz
`å#∞ ѨHõ¯<Õ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. ¿ã=‰õΩ_»∞ =zÛ |OQÍ~°∞ HõÅâ◊OÖ’x hà◊¡`À KÕ`«∞Å∞
Hõ_çy â◊√„ÉèíѨiKå_»∞. ѨHõ¯<Õ L#fl |Å¡ÃÑ· J<ÕHõ ~°HÍÅ =∂O™êǨ~åefl =_ç¤Oz,
|OQÍ~°∞áê„`«ÅÖ’ „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Úx ZѨÊ\˜HõѨC_»∞ xOѨÙ`«∞O_»QÍ Jukè `«#
Éè’[<åxfl HÍxKåÛ_»∞.
J@∞ѨHõ¯# U^ä≥<£û Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ `«=∞ J#fláê<åefl Ǩ~ÚQÍ =ÚyOz
#$`«º ã¨Ow`åÅ"ÕѨ٠^Œ$+≤ì=∞o¡OKå~°∞. ÃѶq∞Ü«∞ãπ (Phemius) J<Õ QÍÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞
`«#‰õΩ W+¨ìO L<åfl ÖˉõΩ<åfl "åà◊¡ qO^Œ∞Ö’¡ áêÖÁæx P á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl
P#O^ŒÑ¨~°K«=Åã≤ =zÛOk. `«# KÕuH˜ JOkOz# g}Ï"å~Ú^•ºxfl KÕ`«|∂x
P`«_»∞ =∞<ÀǨÏ~°OQÍ áê_»™êQÍ_»∞.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ "≥∞O>ˇãπ ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl Z^ä<≥ å#∞ K«∂ã≤ <≥=∞‡kQÍ J_çQÍ_»∞–
''<Õ#∞ K≥¿ÑÊ =∂@Å∞ h‰õΩ qã¨∞QÆ∞ Hõey¿ãÎ Hõ∆q∞OK«∞. q∞„`«=∂! D ã¨Ow`«O,
áê@Å∞ gà◊¡‰õΩ P#O^•xfl HõeyOK«=K«∞Û. T~°ˆH =zÛ# qO^Œ∞ Éè’[<åefl
Q˘O`«∞^•HÍ "≥∞H˜¯<åHõ Ǩïëê~°∞ YzÛ`«OQÍ =zÛf~°∞`«∞Ok. – P =∞Ǩ#∞ÉèÏ=Ù_»∞
U"≥∞<ÿ å_À, ZHõ¯_»∞<åfl_À, ã¨=Ú„^ŒOáêÖˇ· h@=ÚxQÍ_À, J_»q „áêO`åÖ’¡ Z=ÚHõÅ
QÆ∞@ìQÍ áÈQÆ∞Ѩ_®¤_À, `≥b^Œ∞ HÍx – <å `«O„_ç X_≥ã≤ãπ rqOz LO_ç W@∞=¿ãÎ
P`«xx K«∂ã≤, ã≤OǨxfl K«∂ã≤# #Hõ¯ÖÏ¡ gà◊√¡ áêiáÈ~°∂! – P`«_»∞ YzÛ`«OQÍ
K«xáÈÜÕ∞ LO\Ï_»∞. WHõ =∞=∞‡efl U F^•~°∂Ê LѨâ◊q∞OѨKÕÜ«∞^Œ∞. Z=~°<åfl
=zÛ g∞ `«O„_ç „|uˆHL<åfl_»∞ `«fi~°Ö’ J`«_∞» g∞ ^ŒQ~æÆ ‰° Ωõ =™êÎ_∞» Jx Pâß=ǨÏ"≥∞#ÿ
=∂@Å#∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê<å #"Õ∞‡ Ѩiã≤÷uÖ’ "Õ∞=Ú ÖË=Ú. P~ÀA WHõ ~å^Œ∞. =∂ ã¨OQÆu
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h"≥=~°=Ù? g∞ `«O„_ç Z=~°∞? U ~å[ºO g∞k? W^ä•HÍ W^Õ "≥Ú^Œ\ ™˜ ê~å
~å=_»O? ZÖÏ =zÛ<å=Ù! HÍe#_»Hõ<å, ã¨=Ú„^Œ=∂~°æOÖ’<å? ZѨC_≥·<å g∞~°∞
<å `«O„_çH˜ JukèQÍ L<åfl~å! ZO^Œ∞HõO>Ë P`«_»∞ Z<Àfl ^ÕâßÅ∞ uiQÍ_»∞. P ^Õâ◊
„Ѩ[Å f~°∞`≥#∞flÅ∞ `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞? WѨC_»∞ P`«_≥Hõ¯_»∞<åfl_À?——
"≥∞O>ˇãπ ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl Z^ä<≥ å |^Œ∞ezÛOk – ''<Õ#∞ x[O K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞.
<å ¿Ñ~°∞ "≥∞O>ˇãπ (Mentes). <å `«O„_ç UOdÜ«∂Åãπ (Anchialus). Ѩ_»=Å#∞
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#_ç¿Ñ \ÏѶ≤Ü«∞#∞¡ (Taphians) =∂ „Ѩ[Å∞. <Õ#∞ <å J#∞K«~°∞Å`À ~åy Yx[O
HÀã¨O >ˇ"≥∞Ãã (Temese) "ÕѨ٠ã¨=Ú„^Œ „Ѩܫ∂}O KÕã¨∞Î<åfl#∞. =∂ ^ŒQÆæ~° W#∞Ѩ
Yx[O LOk. D Ѩ@ì}ÏxH˜ P=ÅQÍ L#fl i„`å<£ (Rhethron) <ÒHÍ„â◊Ü«∞O
=^ŒÌ =∂ <ÒHõ Py L#flk. Kå<åflà◊¡„H˜`«O <Õ#∞, g∞ `«O„_ç Ѩ~°ã¨Ê~° Ju^èŒ∞ÅO,
¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞ÅO. g∞ `å`«QÍ~°∞ eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπ (Laertes)‰õΩ D ã¨OQÆu `≥Å∞ã¨∞.
<Õ#∞ g∞ `«O„_ç QÆ∞iOz q<åfl#∞. P`«x „ѨÜ∂« }ÏxH˜ ^Õ=`«Å∞ P@OHÍÅ∞
HõeyOKå~°∞. J~Ú`Õ XHõ¯ q+¨Ü«∞O <Õ#∞ Ѷ¨∞O\ÏѨ^èŒOQÍ K≥ѨÊQÆÅ#∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ
K«xáÈÖË^Œ∞. J`«_çx Z=~À |OnQÍ LOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. Jn J`«x WëêìxH˜
=ºuˆ~HõOQÍ! JÖÏ Jx <Õ<Õg∞ *’ºu+¨µ¯_çx HÍ^Œ∞. J~Ú<å ^Õ=`«Å∞ <åH˜zÛ#
â◊H˜Î`À <Õ#∞ K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞. g∞ `«O„_ç `«# ^ÕâßxH˜ =KÕÛ ã¨=∞Ü«∞O ^ŒQÆæ~° Ѩ_çOk.
J`«_»∞ LáêÜ«∞je, K«`«∞~°∞_»∞. U^À XHõ =ӺǨÏO`À `«##∞ |OkèOz#"åà◊¡
^ŒQÆæ~°∞flOz |Ü«∞@Ѩ_»`å_»∞. 㨈~! h QÆ∞iOz K≥ѨC! hÖ’ X_≥ã≤ãπ áÈeHõÅ∞
ã¨Ê+¨Oì QÍ HõxÑ≤ã∞¨ <Î åfl~Ú. h =ÚY=~°Ûã¨∞û, h Hõà√◊ ¡ P`«xx `«ÅÑ≤ã∞¨ <Î åfl~Ú. J`«_xç
„\ÏÜü∞ "≥àı¡=ÚO^Œ∞ <Õ#∞ Hõe™ê#∞. P `«~°∞"å`« "Õ∞O HõÅ∞ã¨∞HÀÖË^Œ∞——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ ã¨=∂^è•#O ã¨Ê+¨Oì QÍ L#flk – ''Ç≤Ï`«∞_®! <å¿Ñ~°∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ!
<Õ#∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»#∞——
"≥∞O>ˇãπ ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl Z^ä≥<å ѨeH˜Ok – ''ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ h =∂`«$=¸iÎ
x#∞fl K«Hõ¯QÍ ÃÑOzOk. J~Ú<å ‰õΩ=∂~å! Uq∞\© qO^Œ∞? ÃÑO_ç¡ Éè’[<åÖÏ!
WOˆH^≥·<å qâı+¨=∂! ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ D QÆ∞OѨ٠g∞ WO\˜ÃѷѨ_ç ^ÀK«∞‰õΩuO@∞<åfl~°∞?
á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ÖÏ¡ „Ѩ=iÎã¨∞Î#fl D Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ ã≤QÆ∂æ â◊~°=¸ ÖË^•!——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞KåÛ_»∞ – ''ÉÏ@™ês! x[O! =∂ `«O„_ç WHõ¯_»
L#flѨC_»∞ =∂ WO\’¡ ^èŒ#~åâ◊√Å∞ =¸Å∞æ`«∞O_Õq. PÜ«∞# Ü«Ú^ŒúO ¿Ñ~°∞g∞^Œ
J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞ÿ<åHõ =∂‰õΩ Hõ+¨ìHÍÅO =zÛOk. JHõ¯_» Ü«Ú^ŒúOÖ’ =∞~°}˜Oz<å, ÖËHõ
WHõ¯_»‰õΩ =zÛ<åHõ K«xáÈ~Ú<å P`«x ¿Ñ~°∞„ѨMϺ`«∞Å∞ W#∞=∞_çOz LO_Õq.
ǨiÊãπ ^Õ=`«Å∞ P`«_çx ÖωõΩ¯áÈ~Ú<å~°∞. =∞=∞‡efl ^Œ∞óYOÖ’ =ÚOz P`«_»∞
xjkèÖ’H˜ x„+¨¯q∞OKå_»∞. WHõ¯_» D nfiáêÖ’¡x ~åAÅ∞, ~å‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞, _»∞ºezÜ«∞O
(Dulichium), ã¨"≥∂ãπ (Samos), [ã≤O^äŒãπ (Zacynthus) „áêO`åÅ g~°∞Å∞
<å `«e¡ J#∞=∞uHÀã¨O Ѩ_çQÍѨÙÅ∞ HÍã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. P"≥∞ "åi HÀiHõ#∞ =∞xflOK«#∂
ÖË^Œ∞, u~°ã¨¯iOK«#∂ÖË^Œ∞. DÖ’QÍ gà◊√¡ =∂ ã¨~°fiã¨OѨ^ŒÅ#∂ Ñ‘eÛ Ñ≤Ñ≤Ê
KÕ¿ã@∞¡<åfl~°∞——
Z^ä≥<å ѨeH˜Ok – ''X_≥ã≤ãπ WHõ¯_Õ LO_ç LO>Ë D "≥^èŒ=Å #_»∞O
q~°QÆQ˘\˜ì LO_Õ"å_»∞. P`«_ç Jig~°ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~° ~°∂ѨO <åH˜OHÍ QÆ∞ˆ~Î! F ~ÀA#
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"≥∞Ô~‡~°ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ SÅãπ (Ilus) ^Õâ◊"≥∞ÿ# ZÃѶÔ~ (Ephyre) #∞Oz =ã¨∂Î =∂
~ÚO\˜Ö’ Pu^䕺xfl ã‘fiHõiOKå_»∞. SÅãπ P`«_»_çy# ÉÏ}ÏʼnõΩ Ѩӿã q+¨
Ѩ^•~å÷xfl W=fiÖË^Œ∞. P q+¨Ü«∞O `≥eã≤# <å `«O„_ç P qëêxfl h `«O„_çH˜ WzÛ
Q“~°qOz<å_»∞.
WѨC_Õ QÆ#Hõ h `«O„_ç gà◊¡#∞ K«∂¿ãÎ gà◊¡‰õΩ JOu=∞ Ѷ¨∞_çÜ«∞Å∞
^•Ñ¨ÙiOz#>Ë¡! P x~°‚Ü«∞O ^Õ=`«ÅÃÑ· P^è•~°Ñ¨_ç L#flk. h=Ù ‰õÄ_® h =O`«∞
„Ѩܫ∞`«flO KÕ~Ú. D á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ʼnõΩ ÃÇÏK«ÛiHõx=Ùfi! gà◊¡<≥ÖÏQÀÖÏ |Ü«∞\˜H˜
ÔQO\˜"ÕÜ«∂e! <Õ#∞ K≥Ñ≤ÊOk KÕ~Ú. ˆ~Ѩ٠L^ŒÜ«∞O W^ä•HÍ „ѨÉèí∞=ÙÅ ã¨=∂"Õâßxfl
U~åÊ@∞ KÕ~Ú. ^Õ=`«Å ™êH˜∆QÍ K≥ѨC. "åà◊¡#O^Œih WHõ¯_ç #∞Oz "≥o¡á⁄=∞‡x
P*Ï˝Ñ≤OK«∞! XHõ"Õà◊ h `«e¡ q"åǨÏ=∂_» xâ◊Û~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ#fl@¡~Ú`Õ P"≥∞#∞ `«#
`«O„_ç =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥o¡á⁄=∞‡#∞. P"≥∞ `«O„_ç P"≥∞‰õΩ q"åÇ¨Ï „Ѩܫ∞`«flO KÕÜ«∞=K«∞Û#∞.
h=Ù KÕÜ«∂eû# Ѩx =∞~˘Ç¨Ï\˜ LOk. "≥O@<Õ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÜ«∂<åxH˜
Ü≥∂Qƺ"≥∞ÿ# <ÒHõ#∞ ã≤^ŒúO KÕã¨∞HÀ! W~°"≥·=∞Ok <åq‰õΩÅ#∞ "≥O@ɡ@∞ì‰õΩx h
`«O„_ç J<Õfi+¨}Ö’ „Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ ã≤^ŒúOHÍ! ZHõ¯_À F KÀ@ ^Õ=Ùx J#∞=∞u`À
h‰õΩ h `«O„_ç QÆ∞iOz â◊√Éèí"å~°Î `≥Å∞ã¨∞ÎOk. ÃÑ·ÖÏãπÖ’ <≥ã¨ì~ü#∞, (Nestor)
™êÊ~åìÖ’ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ (Menelaus)#∞ HõÅ∞=Ù. JO^ŒiHõ<åfl "≥#∞HõQÍ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ
WO\˜H˜ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. "åà◊¡ ^•fi~å h‰õΩ X_≥ã≤ãπ QÆ∞iOz `≥e¿ãÎ WOHÀ ã¨O=`«û~°O
J`«x ~åHõ QÆ∞iOz Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂_»=K«∞Û#∞. K«xáÈÜ«∂_»x `≥e¿ãÎ P`«xH˜
JO`«º„H˜Ü∞« Å∞ [iÑ≤, ã¨=∂kè xi‡Oz h `«eH¡ ˜ =∞~À q"åǨxH˜ ¿ãfiK«Ûxù =fi=K«∞Û#∞.
D á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ h =∂@ q#HõáÈ`Õ gà◊¡<≥ÖÏ =∞@∞ìɡ\Ïìb
J<Õk ‰õÄ_® PÖ’zOKåe Hõ^•! h=Ù XÔ~ã¨ìãπ (Orestes) „ѨfHÍ~°O QÆ∞iOz
q<Õ LO\Ï=Ù. "≥∂ã¨QÍ_»∞, PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£ ǨÏO`«‰õΩ_≥·# ZyÃã÷ãπ#∞ K«OÑ≤ XÔ~Ããìãπ
`«# `«O„_ç |∞∞}O f~°∞Û‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. h=Ù ‰õÄ_» D ^Œ∞~å‡~°∞æÅÃÑ· ѨQÆf~°∞ÛHÀ=_®xH˜
ã≤^ŒúOHÍ! HÍÖÏf`«"≥∞ÿ#k. <Õ#∞ <å <ÒHõ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ "≥à◊√`«∞<åfl#∞. h=Ù U^À XHõ
x~°‚Ü«∂xH˜ ~å!—— J<åfl_»∞ "≥∞O>ˇãπ.
>ˇÖˇ=∂Yãπ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛ<å_»∞ – ''ÉÏ@™ês! h =∂@Å∞ <åÔHO`À
L`ÕÎ*Ïxflã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú. F `«O„_ç ‰õΩ=∂~°∞xH˜KÕÛ ã¨ÅǨÖÏ L#fl h Ç≤Ï`À‰õΩÎÅ#∞ <Õ#∞
=∞~°∞=#∞. WOH˘<åflà◊√¡ <å Pu^䌺O ã‘fiHõiOz <ÕxKÕÛ |Ǩï=∞ux ã‘fiHõiOK«
=Åã≤OkQÍ <Õ#∞ „áêi÷ã¨∞Î<åfl#∞——
Z^ä<≥ å "≥∞O>ˇãπ ~°∂ѨOÖ’ ѨeH˜Ok– '' q∞„`«=∂! WѨC_»∞ ##∞fl PѨ=^Œ∞.Ì
h=Ù W"åfiÅ#∞‰õΩ#fl |Ǩï=∞u D™êi <Õ#∞ =zÛ#ѨC_»∞ W^Œ∞Ì=ÙQÍx! u~°∞QÆ∞
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„Ѩܫ∂}OÖ’ <Õ#∞ ^•xx WO\˜H˜ fã¨∞‰õΩx áÈQÆÅ#∞. h‰õΩ <å#∞O_ç |Ǩï=∞u
á⁄O^Õ Ç¨Ï‰õΩ¯ Åaèã¨∞ÎOk—— – P q^èŒOQÍ Ñ¨eH˜ P"≥∞ J^Œ$â◊º=∞~ÚºOk.
>ˇÖ=ˇ ∂Yãπ‰Ωõ Z=~À ^Õ=Ù_»∞ ѨOѨQÍ =zÛ# ^Œ∂`«ÖÏ P =ºH˜Î HõxÑ≤OKå_»∞.
JHõ¯_» ÃѶq∞Ü«∞ãπ J^Œ∞ƒù`«OQÍ QÍ#O KÕã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. ZdÜ«∞#∞¡ „\ÏÜü∞
#QÆ~åxfl KÕ~°_»O, „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~° Ѩ`«#O, Psæ=ÙÅ∞ WO\˜H˜ =∞~°Å_»O P`«_»∞
áê_»∞`«∞O>Ë P á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ `«#‡Ü«∞OQÍ qO@∞<åfl~°∞. ÃÑ· QÆkÖ’
L#fl ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ „Ѩu Ѩ^•xfl *Ï„QÆ`«ÎQÍ qO@∞#flk. WHÍiÜ«∞ãπ ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î P"≥∞
<≥=∞‡kQÍ "≥∞@∞¡ ky, `«#`À W^Œ~Ì ∞° ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ "≥O@~åQÍ, P=~°}Ö’H˜ „Ѩ"tÕ Oz
ã¨ÎOÉèíO "≥#∞Hõ Py WÖÏ Ñ¨eH˜Ok.
''ÃѶq∞Ü«∞ãπ! h=Ù ^Õ=`«Å, =∂#= g~°∞Å ™êǨÏ㨠Hõ$`åºefl H©iÎã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù.
<å ǨÏ$^ŒÜ∂« xfl =ÚHõ¯Å∞ KÕã∞¨ #Î fl D QÍ#O <åHõ`º« O`« „Ñ≤Ü∞« "≥∞#ÿ g~°∞x 㨇 $`«∞efl
[˝Ñ≤ÎH˜ `≥ã¨∞Î#flk.——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ |^Œ∞Å∞ ѨeHÍ_»∞– ''J=∂‡! q^èÕÜ«Ú_≥·# D QÍÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞
`å#∞ H˘`«ÎQÍ <Õ~°∞Û‰õΩ#fl áê@Å∞ áê_»∞`«∞<åfl_»∞. WO^Œ∞Ö’ P`«x `«¿ÑÊg∞ÖË^Œ∞.
^•xÖ’ ÉèÏQÆOQÍ<Õ qkè =Oz`«∞Öˇ·# g~°∞Å áê@Å∞ P`«x QÍ#OÖ’ ÉèÏQÆ"≥∞ÿ<å~Ú.
ZO^Œ~À Psæ=Ù g~°∞Å∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ`À ã¨Ç¨ u~°∞QÆ∞„Ѩܫ∂}OÖ’ `«=∞ „áê}ÏÅ∞
HÀÖ’Ê~Ú<å~°∞. ^Œ∞óYO =∞#‰õΩ ~åã≤ÃÑ\˜ì LOk. h=٠֒ѨʼnõΩ "≥à◊√¡. ##∞fl
gà◊¡`À =∂\Ï¡_Õ J#∞[˝ x=Ùfi.——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_ç =∂@Å∞ q#flk. "≥O@<Õ `«# QÆkH˜ "≥o¡Ok.
QÆ`«ã¨‡ $`«∞Å∞ "≥Å∞¡=ÖÏ Hõ=Ú‡‰õΩ~åQÍ ÃÑ^ŒÌÃÑ@∞ì# ^Œ∞ódOK«™êyOk. `«# „áê}O,
`«# Éèí~°Î X_≥ã≤ãπ *Ï˝Ñ¨HÍÅ`À `«Å¡_çÅ∞¡`«∞#fl ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ‰õΩ Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« Hõ~°∞}`À
‰õΩ#∞‰õΩ ~åQÍ P"≥∞ ™⁄=∞‡ã≤e¡ x^Œ∞~°áÈ~ÚOk.
JHõ¯_» QÆ∞q∞‰õÄ_ç# á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ P"≥∞ <å^ŒO>Ë <å^Œx
"å^Œ∞ÖÏ_»∞HÀ™êy<å~°∞. "åà◊#¡ ∞^ÕtÌ Oz >ˇe=∂Yãπ f„=ã¨fi~°O`À ÃÇÏK«ÛiOz<å_»∞–
''g∞‰õΩ á⁄QÆ~°∞ `«ÅÔHH˜¯Ok. D<å\˜H˜ g∞ qO^Œ∞ HÍxzÛ g∞g∞ Wà◊¡‰õΩ `«~°ÅO_ç.
ˆ~Ѩ٠L^ŒÜ«∞O g∞~°∞ ã¨=∂"Õâ◊"≥∞ÿ#ѨC_»∞ <Õ#∞ g∞‰õΩ K≥ѨÊ^ŒÅ∞K«∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. g∞
qO^Œ∞Å∞ q<À^•Å∞ WHõ¯_» [~°QÆ_®xH˜ gÖË¡^Œ∞. TiˆH ux u~°QÆ_®xH˜ Wk g∞
WÅ∞¡ HÍ^Œ∞. g∞~°∞ WHõ¯_»∞flOz "≥à◊¡HõáÈ`Õ <Õ#∞ ^Õ=Ùà◊¡#∞ „áêi÷Oz D P=~°}Ö’<Õ
g∞ Kå=Ù =¸_ÕÖÏ KÕ™êÎ#∞——
Z#fl_»∂ <ÀÔ~`«Îx >ˇe=∂Yãπ P =∂@Å∞ JO@∞O>Ë U^ä≥<£û Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ
HÀѨO, Pâ◊Û~°ºO UHõHÍÅOÖ’ HõeQÍ~Ú. Ü«ÚÑ≤^äŒãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ UO\˜#ãπ
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(Antinous) J<åfl_»∞– ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ! Uq∞\˜ W"åfià◊ ÃÑ^ŒÌÃÑ^ŒÌ g~°∞Å =∂@Å∞
=∂\Ï¡_»∞Î<åfl=Ù? W^ä•HÍ ~åA"≥·áÈÜ«∂#x „Éèí=∞Ѩ_»∞Î<åfl"å Uq∞\˜?——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛ<å_»∞– ''<å‰õΩ ~åA#ÜÕ∞º J~°›`« Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞
W¿ãÎ <Õ#∞ ~åA<Õ HÍQÆÅ#∞. W^ä•HÍÖ’ ZO^Œ~À ~åAÅ∞<åfl~°∞. ZdÜ«∞#¡Ö’ ÃÑ^•Ì
z<åfl „ѨÉèí∞=ÙÅ∞<åfl~°∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ K«xáÈ~Ú LO>Ë Z=Ô~·<å ~åA HÍ=K«∞Û#∞, HÍx
D ~ÚO\˜ Ü«∞[=∂xQÍ WHõ¯_» <å=∂>Ë K≥Å∞¡`∞« Ok. WHõ g∞~°∞ g∞ Wà◊‰¡ Ωõ "≥à=¡◊ K«∞Û——
áêe|ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''Z=~°∞ ~å[ÜÕ∞ºk. P
x~°Ü
‚ ∂« xfl ^Õ=`«Å∞ KÕ™êÎ~∞° . Jk x[O! JÖψQ D ~ÚO\˜H˜ h=Ù Ü«∞[=∂x=#fln
x["Õ∞! HÍx W^ä•HÍ g~°∞Ö’¡ áœ~°∞+¨=Ú#flO`«HÍÅO "åà◊√¡ h ã¨=∞ã¨Î ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ#∞
|Å=O`«OQÍ ^ÀK«∞HÀ=K«∞Û. h H˜+¨ì=Ú<åfl ÖˉõΩ<åfl? J~Ú<å D q+¨Ü«∞O K≥ѨC!
WO^•Hõ h`À L#fl ÉÏ@™êi Z=~°∞? U Ti"å_»∞? Uq∞\˜ J`«x ѨÙ@∞ì
ѨÓ~Àfi`«Î~åÅ∞? X_≥ã≤ãπ ~åHõ QÆ∞iOz h`À U"≥∞ÿ<å K≥áêÊ_®! WÖÏ =zÛ JÖÏ
=∂Ü«∞=∞Ü«∂º_»∞! hÖ’ U^À H˘`«Î =∂~°∞Ê`≥KåÛ_»∞! U=∂ Hõ^äŒ!——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ ѨeHÍ_»∞– ''Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ! <å `«O„_ç=KÕÛ Pâ◊ ÖË^Œ∞.
*’ºu+¨OÃÑ· <å‰õΩ #=∞‡Hõ=¸ÖË^Œ∞. P Jukä \ÏѶ≤Ü«∞#¡ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ "≥∞O\˜ãπ——
~å„u ã¨=∞Ü«∞O HÍQÍ<Õ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO`å "åà◊¡"åà◊¡ Wà◊¡‰õΩ x„+¨¯q∞OKå~°∞.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ ^•~Ú J~Ú# Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ (Eurycleia) P`«xH˜ ^•i K«∂ѨQÍ
P`«_»∞ `«# QÆkÖ’H˜ "≥o¡ `«Å∞Ѩ٠"Õã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. q„â◊q∞ã¨∞Î#fl P`«xH˜ Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`«
q=iOz# „Ѩܫ∂}O QÆ∞iOz# PÖ’K«#Å∞ =Úã¨∞~°∞‰õΩ~åQÍ „Hõ"Õ∞Ñ‘ x„^ŒÖ’H˜
*Ï~°∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
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2. >ˇe=∂Yãπ ã¨=Ú„^Œ „Ѩܫ∂} ã¨<åflǨÏO

ã¨O^蕺^Õ=`« `˘e J~°∞} H˜~°}ÏÅ∞ PHÍâßxfl ™ÈHõQÍ<Õ X_≥ã≤ãπ
„Ñ≤Ü∞« ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ W^ä•HÍ „Ѩ=ÚY∞Å`À ã¨=∂"ÕâßxH˜ ã≤^"úŒ ∞≥ <ÿ å_»∞.
HÍà◊¡‰õΩ K«∂_»K«Hõ¯x áê^Œ~°Hõ∆Å∞, #_»∞=Ú‰õΩ g~Àz`«"≥∞ÿ# Y_®æxfl ^èŒiOz
#_»∞ã¨∞Î#fl ^Õ=Ù_çÖÏ L#fl >ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# ^Œ∂`«Å#∞ ѨOÑ≤ W^ä•HÍ
„Ѩ=ÚY∞Å#∞ ã¨=∂"ÕâÑ◊ ~¨ K° =« ∞x P*Ï˝ÑO≤ Kå_»∞. `«# "≥#∞Hõ ~Ô O_»∞ "Õ@‰õΩHõ¯Å∞
J#∞ã¨iã¨∞OÎ _»QÍ, F „Ѩâã◊ "Ψ ∞≥ #ÿ |ÖËx¡ fl KÕ`|« \˜,ì J`«x ~å[™êxH˜ K«∂Ѩ~∞° Å∞
JK≥Û~°∞"˘O^Œ∞K«∞O_»QÍ ã¨aè‰õΩÅ =∞^茺‰õΩ =zÛ `«# `«O„_ç ‰õÄ~°∞Û<Õ Pã¨<åxfl
JÅOHõiOz<å_»∞.
ã¨ÉÖíè ’ L#fl W^ä•HÍ „Ѩ=ÚY∞ÅÖ’ UyÑ≤Ü ì ∞« ãπ =$^Œ∞_ú ∞» . P`«_∞» X_≥ãã≤ π
<åÜ«∞Hõ`«fiOÖ’ „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~° Ü«Ú^•úxH˜ "≥o¡# UO\˜Ñ¶¨ãπ (Antiphus)‰õΩ
`«O„_ç. ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=âß`«∞Î Ãã·HÍ¡Ñπû KÕ`« zH˜¯ P ~åHÍã≤H˜ UO\˜Ñ¶¨ãπ PǨ~°"≥∞ÿ#
ã¨OQÆu P =Ú^Œ∞ã¨e `«O„_çH˜ Z=~°∞ `≥eÜ«∞*Ë™êÎ~∞° ? q∞ye# =ÚQÆ∞~æ ∞° ‰õΩ=∂~°∞ÅÖ’
Ü«¸i<À=∞ãπ (Eurynomus) ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∞ ÃÑO_®¡_»_®xH˜ =zÛ# Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅÖ’
XHõ¯_»∞. `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ UO\˜Ñ㨶 π QÆ∞~°∞‰Î Ωõ ~åQÍ P`«_∞» ^Œ∞ódã¨∂Î ã¨a‰è Ωõ Å#∞^ÕtÌ Oz
ѨeH˜<å_»∞– ''W^ä•HÍ „Ѩ=ÚY∞ÖÏ~å! <å =∂@ q#O_ç. X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# <ÒHõÅÖ’
„\ÏÜü∞"ÕѨ٠"≥o¡#ѨÊ\˜ #∞Oz W^Õ =∞# „Ѩ^äŒ=∞ ã¨=∂"Õâ◊O! J~Ú`Õ =∞#efl
ã¨=∂"Õâ◊Ѩ~°zO^≥=~°∞? J`«_»∞ Ñ≤#fl=Ü«∞ã¨∞¯_»∞. ÃÑ^ŒÌ J#∞Éèí=O ÖË#ѨÊ\˜H©
^è≥·~°º=O`«∞_çÖÏ JQÆ∞Ñ≤ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx Hõ~°∞} P`«xÃÑ· L#fl@∞¡#flk——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# Pã¨#OÃÑ· #∞Oz ÖËz ^Œ∂`« Ñ‘ã≤<å~ü (Peisenor) `«#
KÕuÖ’ LOz# ~å[^ŒO_®xfl Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx sîqQÍ xÅ|_ç UyÑ≤ìÜ«∞ãπ #∞^ÕÌtOz
„Ѩã¨OyOz<å_»∞– ''ÃÑ^•ÌÜ«∞<å! D ã¨=∂"Õâßxfl [~°∞Ѩ xâ◊Û~ÚOzOk <Õ<Õ!
ZO^Œ∞HõO>Ë WHõ¯_»∞#fl "å~°O^ŒiÖ’ Z‰õΩ¯= Hõ+¨ì#ëêìʼnõΩ Ö’<≥·, ^Œ∞óYÑ‘_ç`«∞_»<≥·
Ü«Ú<åfl#∞. JO`ÕHÍx =∞# W^ä•HÍÃÑ·H˜ Z=~°∂ ^ŒO_≥uÎ=ã¨∞Î#fln ÖË^Œ∞! q∞QÆ`å
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D P=~°}Ö’<Õ g∞~°∞ K«KÕÛ@∞¡ =~°O HÀ~åÎ#∞——
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g∞~°O`å `«=∂ëê K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞! á⁄O_ç! áÈ~Ú g∞ á⁄ÖÏÖ’¡ Ѩ#∞Å∞ K«∂ã¨∞HÀO_ç.
D "≥∞O\Ï~ü, Ǩe^ä≥~üã≤ãπÅ∞ ~À+¨O á⁄OQÆ∞H˘zÛ# Ñ≤ÖÏ¡_çH˜ ™êÜ«∞O KÕÜ«∞=∞#O_ç
`«O„_çx "≥^Œ∞‰õΩ¯~å=_®xH˜! J~Ú<å g_≥Hõ¯_çH˜ áÈ`å_»∞? W^ä•HÍ K«∞@∞ìѨHõ¯ÖË
`«KåÛ_»∞`«∂ Z=_»<åfl `«# `«O„_ç QÆ∞iOz K≥|∞`å_® Jx "≥^Œ∞‰õΩ`«∂ LO\Ï_»∞.
KåÖÏÛÅ∞! Hõ^ŒÅO_ç——
ZHõ¯_ç"åà◊H¡ ¯õ _» K«ÑC¨ _»∞ KÕÜ∞« ‰õΩO_® D Q˘_»= =∞#ÔHO^Œ∞‰õΩÖË J#∞‰õΩO@∂
Wà◊¡^•i Ѩ\Ïì~°∞. ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∞ HÍOH˜∆ã¨∞Î#fl Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO`å X_≥ã≤ãπ WO\’¡
u+¨ª"ÕÜ«∞_®xH˜ Ǩïëê~°∞QÍ HõkÖÏ~°∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ XHõ¯_»∞ ÉèÏ~°OQÍ f~°O"ÕѨ٠"≥o¡
ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù hà◊¡#∞ ^Àã≤eÖ’H˜ fã¨∞‰õΩx Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`«#∞ „áêi÷OKå_»∞– ''J=∂‡!
<å‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞ x#fl "≥∞O>ˇãπ ~°∂ѨOÖ’ =zÛOk h"Õ#x. ##∞fl ÃÑ·ÖÏãπ, ™êÊ~åìʼnõΩ
"≥à=¡◊ ∞x P^ÕtOKå=Ù. HÍx P á⁄QÆ~∞° É’`«∞ ZdÜ«∞#∞¡ <å PÖ’K«##∞ `«Å„H˜O^Œ∞Å∞
KÕ™ê~°∞——
Hõ∆}OÖ’ "≥∞O>ˇãπ ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl Z^ä≥<å „Ñ¨`«ºHõ∆"≥∞ÿOk– ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ! h
`«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Å∞ P^Œ~°≈„áêÜ«ÚÅ∞, "åi Hõ_»∞ѨÙ#|∞\˜ì# h=Ù U q+¨Ü«∞OÖ’#∂
"≥#∞k~°QÍeû# „ѨãH¨ Θ ~å^Œ∞. P á⁄QÆ~∞° É’`«∞~åÜ«Úà◊¡ „¿ÑÖÏѨ#Å#∞, ÃÇÏK«ÛiHõÅ#∞
Ѩ\ ˜ìOK«∞HÀ=Å^Œ∞. "åà◊¡‰õΩ `≥b^Œ∞ =∞$`«∞º=Ù ZO`« ^ŒQÆæ~À¡ á⁄Oz=Ù#fl^À! hHÀã¨O
<Õ<˘Hõ <ÒHõ#∞ ã≤^ŒúO KÕã¨∞Î<åfl#∞. h=O`«∞ PǨ~°áêhÜ«∂efl ã¨OK«∞Ö’¡ xOѨÙ.
U=∂„`«O PÅ㨺O ÖˉΩõ O_® h‰õΩ JO_»QÍ =KÕÛ <åq‰õΩÅ`À „ѨÜ∂« }ÏxH˜ ™êQÆ∞^Œ∞=Ù
QÍx——
WO\˜H˜ =zÛ# >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ K«∂ã≤ ¿ÇÏà◊#QÍ #=Ùfi`«∂ W^ä•HÍ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞
qO^Œ∞q<À^•Å‰õΩ Ü«∞^è•qkè# U~åÊ@∞¡ KÕã¨∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl~°∞. Q˘„Ô~Å∞, Ѩâ◊√=Ùefl
=kèOz "å\˜ =∂Oã¨O`À J<ÕHõ ~°HÍÅ ÉèíH∆ͺŠ`«Ü«∂sÖ’ x=∞QÆfl"≥∞ÿ L<åfl~°∞.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ K«∂_»QÍ<Õ z~°∞#=Ùfi ~°∞=Ùfi`«∂ UO\˜<åãπ (Antinous) ã¨g∞Ñ≤Oz
Hõ~K° åÅ#O KÕã≤ WÖÏ Ñ¨eHÍ_»∞– ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ! hÖ’ WO`« Q˘Ñ¨Ê =HõÎ ^•yL<åfl_»x
<Õ<≥ѨC_»∂ J#∞HÀÖË^Œ∞. D „Ѩu[˝efl, Ѩ~°∞+¨ "å‰õΩ¯efl ѨHõ¯#ɡ\ ˜ì Ѩã¨O^≥·#
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qO^•~°yOK«∞. ZdÜ«∞#∞¡ hH˘Hõ <ÒHõ#∞, Ѩ_»= #_ç¿Ñ "åà◊¡#∞ ~Ú™êÎ~°∞. "åi
™êÜ«∞O`À ÃÑ·ÖÏ<£, ™êÊ~åìʼnõΩ "≥o¡ h `«O„_ç *Ï_»#∞ Hõ#∞HÀ¯=K«∞Û——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ xifiHÍ~°OQÍ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛ<å_»∞– ''WO`«=∞Ok Hõ~°¯â◊√Å
=∞^躌 <å‰õΩ =Ú^≥ÖÌ Ï kQÆ∞`«∞Ok! qO^Œ∞Å∞ <å‰õΩ ~°∞zOKÕ ã¨=∞Ü«∞q∞^•! ÉÏÅ∞_çQÍ
##∞fl ÉèÏqOz g∞~°∞ g∞ ~Ú+¨Oì =zÛ#@∞¡ D =¸_Õà¥◊ ¡ =∞=∞‡efl ^ÀK«∞‰õΩu<åfl~°∞.
<å‰õΩ Ü«ÚHõÎ=Ü«∞ã¨∞û =zÛOk. <Õ#∞ UO #+¨ìáÈ`«∞<åfl<À <åHõ~°÷=∞=Ù`«∞#flk. <å‰õΩ
`≥Å∞ã¨∞ D „Ѩܫ∂}OÖ’ <Õ#∞ Ü«∞[=∂xQÍ, <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_çQÍ "≥à◊¡_»O ÖË^Œx. XHõ
™ê^è•~°} „Ѩܫ∂}©‰õΩ_çQÍ <Õ#∞ <å‰õΩ ™ê^茺"≥∞ÿ#O`«, ^Õ=Ù_»∞ Hõ~°∞}˜Oz#O`«"Õ∞~°
ÅaÌ á⁄O^Œ∞`å#∞—— Jx JO@∂ `«# KÕux q_çÑ≤OK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
"åo¡^iÌŒ h K«∂ã¨∞#Î fl q∞QÆ`å PHõ`å~Ú Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ Qˆ eKÕã∂¨ ,Î >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞
P@Ѩ\ ˜ìOK«™êQÍ~°∞. XHõ_»∞ `«∂Å∞‰õΩO@∂ =zÛ WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞ ''W`«QÍ_»∞ =∞#efl
x[OQÍ<Õ K«O¿Ñ@∞¡<åfl_»∞! P #_»Hõ K«∂_»∞! P sîqK«∂_»∞! |Ǩïâß ÃÑ·ÖÏãπ
Z_®iÖ’<À, ™êÊ~åì "≥∞^ÿ •<åÅ #∞OKÀ g~°∞efl `≥zÛ =∞#efl Kå=Q˘_®Î_∞» HÍÉ’Å∞.
ÖËHõ ZÃѶi (Ephyre) á⁄ÖÏÅ∞flOz q+¨Ñ¨Ói`« =∞O^Œ∞efl `≥zÛ =∞# =∞^èŒ∞=ÙÖ’
HõeÑ≤ =∞#efl ™ê=¸Ç≤ÏHõOQÍ =∞@∞ìÃÑ>Ëì L^ÕÌâ◊"Õ∞^À =∞#ã¨∞Ö’ L#fl@∞¡#flk...
*Ï„QÆ`«Î ÉÏ|∂!——
WOH˘Hõ_»iKå_»∞– ''Z=iH˜ `≥Å∞ã¨∞! ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ Ѩ_»= *’~°∞QÍ
"≥à√◊ #Î flѨÙ_»∞ `«∞á¶ê#∞ ~å‰õÄ_»^•! Ѩ_=» =Úxy K«xáȉõÄ_»^•! "åà◊¡ <å#fl X_≥ãã≤ π
ÖÏ! gà◊¡‰õΩ JÅ"å>Ë QÆ^• JÖÏ Kå=_»O. ZO`« Hõ+¨ìO =∞#‰õΩ. g_ç Pã≤Îáêã¨∞Îefl
‰õÄ_® =∞#"Õ∞ ѨOK«∞HÀ"åe! HÍx =∞#Ö’ Z=~°∞ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∞ ÃÑO_®¡_»∞`å_À
P`«_çH˜ D Éèí=#O ^Œ‰õΩ¯`«∞Ok. P"≥∞`À áê@∞QÍ!——
JO^Œ~∂° ѨHÑõ H¨ õ #"åfi~°∞. "åà◊x¡ ÖˇH¯õ KÕÜ∞« ‰õΩO_® >ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# `«O„_ç
ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ∞ ^•z L#fl QÆ^Œ∞Å =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥o¡<å_»∞. "å\˜Ö’ |OQÍ~°∞, HõOK«∞ áê„`«Å∞,
„Ѩâ◊ã¨Î"≥∞ÿ# ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÎÅ∞, ã¨∞"åã¨# #∂<≥Å∞, ÃÑ^ŒÌÃÑ^ŒÌ ™ê~å~Ú ÉèÏO_®Å∞ J<ÕHõO
Ѩ^ŒúuQÍ ¿Ñ~°Û|_ç #=∞‡Hõã¨∞Î~åÖˇ·# Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ ~°Hõ∆}Ö’ Éèí„^ŒÑ¨~°z L<åfl~Ú.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# ^•~Ú, ã¨O~°Hõ∆‰õΩ~åÖˇ·# Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂`À (Euryclia)`À
ѨeHÍ_»∞– ''^•~¸! P ÃÑ^ŒÌ *Ï_ôÅ∞flOz =∞^èŒ∞=Ù#∞ H˘xfl z#fl "å\˜Ö’ xOѨÙ.
<å `«O„_ç, hH˜+"ì̈ ∞≥ #ÿ X_≥ãã≤ π HÀã¨O ^•z LOz# „Ѩâã◊ "Î̈ ∞≥ #ÿ =∞^è∞Œ =Ù#∞ `åHõ=^Œ∞.Ì
Ѩ<≥flO_»∞ *Ï_ôÅ xO_® ™ê~å~Ú xOÑ≤ =¸`«Å#∞ QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ ayOK«∞. W~°"≥·
ã¨OK«∞eflO_® =∞Oz ^è•#ºÑ¨Ù Ñ≤O_çx xOѨÙ. g@xfl\˜x XHõ KÀ@‰õΩ KÕ~°∞Û.
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™êÜ«∞OHÍÅO J=∞‡ x„kOK«_®xH˜ `«# QÆkH˜ "≥àQ¡◊ Í<Õ <Õ#∞ "å\˜x fã¨∞‰õΩ"≥àÏÎ#∞.
<Õ#∞ <å `«O„_ç *Ï_»#∞ `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀ_®xH˜ ÃÑ·ÖÏãπ, ™êÊ~åìʼnõΩ "≥à◊√`«∞<åfl#∞——
Ü«¸iH˜Ü ¡ ∂« ‰õΩ ^Œ∞óYO á⁄OQÆ∞‰õΩ =zÛOk– ''Uq∞\˜ a_®¤ h=O@∞#flk?
ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ h =∞#ã¨∞ W@∞=O\˜ PÖ’K«#xzÛOk? JO`« Hõ+¨ì"≥∞ÿ# „Ѩܫ∂}O
WѨC_»∞ J=ã¨~°=∂! D ‰õΩ@∞OÉÏxH˜ "å~°ã¨∞_çq h"˘Hõ¯_ç"Õ! h `«O„_ç X_≥ã≤ãπ
ZHõ¯_»∞<åfl_À, U"≥∞ÿ<å_À, ZÖÏ =∞~°}˜OKå_À Z=iH© `≥b^Œ∞. D á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞
"≥^=Œè Å∞ x#∞fl ^•iÖ’ K«OÑ≤, h Pã≤áÎ êã¨∞eÎ fl HÍ*ËÜ∂« Å<Õ ^Œ∞~åÖ’K«#`À L<åfl~°∞.
J~Ú<å h=Ù "≥o¡ ™êkèOKÕ^Õ=Ú#flk. ã¨=Ú„^Œ „Ѩܫ∂}Ѩ٠HõëêìÅ∞ ™ê=∂#º"≥∞ÿ#q
HÍ=Ù!——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ |^Œ∞eKåÛ_»∞– ''ÉèÜ í ∞« Ѩ_‰» Ωõ ÃÑ^Œ=Ì ∂‡! D „ѨÜ∂« }Ѩ٠PÖ’K«#
Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« <å‰õΩ WzÛ# ã¨ÅǨ`À<Õ [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞#flk. Ѩk Ѩ<≥flO_»∞ ~ÀAÅ=~°‰õΩ
D q+¨Ü«∞O Z=iH© K≥ѨÊ#x h=Ù <å‰õΩ „Ѩ=∂}O KÕ~Ú. ÖˉõΩO>Ë <å `«e¡H͈~Û
Hõhfl\˜`À P"≥∞ =<≥fl `«QÆ∞æ`«∞Ok——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ "≥o¡ Ug∞ Z~°QÆ#@∞¡ qO^Œ∞Ö’ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂
`«#HõѨÊyOz# Ѩx KÕã¨∂Î L#flk. DÖ’QÍ Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« >ˇe=∂Yãπ ~°∂ѨOÖ’
W^ä•HÍ #QÆ~O° Ö’ u~°∞QÆ∞`«∂ <åq‰õΩÅ#∞ Éèsí KÎ Ü Õ ∞« ™êyOk. J^Õq^èOŒ QÍ „á¶⁄xÜ«∞ãπ
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ <À=∞<£ (Noemon)#∞ Hõeã≤ <ÒHõ#∞ "å_»∞HÀ_®xH˜ XÑ≤ÊOz#k.
<ÒHõ#∞ ~ˆ =ÙÖ’ ã¨~fi° ã¨#fl^ŒOú KÕã≤ pHõ\ ј _¨ Q» Í<Õ X_≥ãã≤ π WO\˜H˜ =zÛOk. ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ
q"åǨaèÖÏ+¨µÖˇ·# Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO^Œ~°∂ „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Ú Ñ‘HõÅ^•HÍ ¿ãqOz =∞`«∞ÎQÍ
`«∂Å∞‰õΩO@∂ Z=ià◊¡‰õΩ "åà◊√¡ "≥o¡áÈ™êy<å~°∞.
"≥∞O\Ï~ü ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl Z^ä<≥ å >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ ZÅ∞ÔQuÎ Ñ≤ezOk. W^Œ~Ì ∂°
Hõeã≤ ˆ~=Ù‰õΩ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. `«#`À „Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ ã≤^Œú"≥∞ÿ =zÛ# q∞„`«∞efl fã¨∞‰õΩx
>ˇe=∂Yãπ WO\˜H˜=zÛ ã≤^ŒúOQÍ L#fl PǨ~°áêhÜ«∞ ™ê=∂„yx <ÒHõÖ’H˜
KÕ~°"Õã≤<å~°∞. Z^ä≥<å ^ŒÜ«∞=Å¡ K«Hõ¯x QÍe gÜ«∞QÍ `«# q∞„`«∞efl „áÈ`«ûÇ≤Ïã¨∂Î
`≥~K° åѨ#∞ ÃÑHÔ· `«QÎ Í <ÒHõ "åÜ«Ú"ÕQOÆ `À ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑÙ¨ JÅefl pÅ∞Û‰õΩO@∂ =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ
™êyOk. <åq‰õΩÅO`å L`åûǨÏOQÍ `«=∞ `«=∞ =∞^èŒ∞áê„`«efl ÃÑ·ÔHuÎ ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ
Jaè"å^•Å∞ `≥Å∞ѨÙ`«∂ `˘eK«∞Hõ¯efl J=∞~°∞ʼnõΩ ã¨=∞iÊOKå~°∞. Z^ä≥<å‰õΩ `«=∞
Hõ$`«[˝`«Å#∞ „Ѩ`ÕºHõOQÍ `≥Å∞ѨىõΩ<åfl~°∞. ~å„`«O`å <ÒHõ ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ Z@∞=O\˜
W|ƒO^Œ∞Å∂ ÖˉõΩO_® =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ ™êyOk.
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J^Œ∞ƒù`«"≥∞ÿ# ã¨=Ú„^•xfl =ke ã¨∂~°∞º_»∞ PHÍâßxfl Jkè~ÀÇ≤ÏOK«
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„ѨHÍtã¨∞OÎ _»QÍ W^ä•HÍ g~°∞Å∞ ÃÑÖ· Ïãπ f~åxH˜ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. JHõ¯_» <≥eÜ«∞ãπ
(Neleus) xi‡Oz# ^Œ∞~°æ #QÆ~°O ^•Ñ¨ÙÖ’¡ #Å¡x Z^Œ∞Ìefl áêl_®<£ ^Õ=`«‰õΩ
|e~Úã¨∂Î J<ÕH=õ ∞Ok „Ѩ[Å∞ L`«û"åÅ∞ KÕã∞¨ <Î åfl~°∞. ã¨=Ú„^Œf~°O "≥O|_ç `˘q∞‡k
QÆ∞OѨÙÅ∞QÍ L#fl [#O, XHÀ¯ QÆ∞OѨÙÖ’ J~Ú^Œ∞ =O^ŒÅ =∞Ok, XHÀ¯QÆ∞OѨÙ
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"å\˜x áêl_®<£ ^Õ=`«‰õΩ ã¨=∞iÊã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞.
P ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’<Õ W^ä•Hõ#¡ <ÒHõ f~åxH˜ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#flk. "≥∞O\Ï~ü ~°∂ѨOÖ’
L#fl Z^ä≥<å >ˇe=∂Yãπ`À J#flk– ''WHõ¯_» h=Ù a_çÜ«∞Ѩ_»‰õÄ_»^Œ∞. =∞Ǩg~°∞_»∞
<≥ã¨ì~ü (Nestor) ~å[ºq∞k. P`«_çx J_çy h `«O„_ç *Ï_»#∞ `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀ!——
<ÒHõ#∞ ky W^ŒÌ~°∂ <≥ã¨ì~ü L#fl „áêO`åxH˜ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. JHõ¯_» <≥ã¨ì~ü
`«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å`À, J#∞Ü«∂Ü«ÚÅ`À Ѩi"Õ+≤ª`«∞_≥· L<åfl_»∞. Ju^äŒ∞efl K«∂_»QÍ<Õ
ÃÑ·ÖÏãπ [#∞Å∞ =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ =zÛ ™ê^Œ~°OQÍ PǨfixOKå~°∞. =ÚO^Œ∞QÍ <≥ã¨ì~ü
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ Ñ‘ã≤¢™êì@ãπ (Peisistratus) Ju^äŒ∞efl ã¨Q“~°=OQÍ Ö’xH˜ `À_˘¯x
"≥o¡<å_»∞. ta~°O֒ѨŠWã¨∞HõÃÑ· HõÑ≤Ê# "≥∞`«Î\ ˜ Lxfl =¢™êÎÅÃÑ· JO^Œ~°∂ ‰õÄ~°∞Ûx
„Ѩâ◊ã¨Î"≥∞ÿ# =∂Oã¨ÉèÏQÍefl, „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Ú xOÑ≤# ã¨fi~°‚áê„`«xzÛ Ñ‘ã≤¢™êì@ãπ WÖÏ
ѨeHÍ_»∞– ''"Õ∞=Ú D<å_»∞ áêl_®<£ ^Õ=ÙxH˜ |Å∞efl ã¨=∞iÊã¨∞Î<åfl=Ú. h=Ù
‰õÄ_® h ~Ú+¨ì^Õ=`«Å#∞ „áêi÷OK«∞, h q∞„`«∞_»∞ Ñ≤#fl=Ü«∞ã¨∞¯_≥·# D ‰õΩ„~°"å_çx
‰õÄ_® J^Õq^èŒOQÍ KÕÜ«∞=∞#∞. =∞# =∂#=ÙʼnõΩ ^Õ=`«Å ™êÜ«∞O `«Ñ¨Êxã¨iQÍ
J=ã¨~°O——
Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« ã¨O`À+≤OzOk. =∞^èŒ∞áê„`«#∞ `«# KÕuÖ’H˜ fã¨∞‰õΩx
áêl_®<£#∞ „áêi÷OzOk– ''áêl_®<£! ã¨=Ú„^Œ ^Õ=Ù_®! <å =∂@Å#∞ PÅH˜OK«∞!
<≥ã¨ì~ü‰õΩ P`«x „Ѩ[ʼnõΩ â◊√ÉèÏxfl HõÅ∞QÆ*Ë~Ú. >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞, ##∂fl Pj~°fikOK«∞.
"Õ∞=∞#∞‰õΩ#fl HÍ~°ºO ã≤kúOKÕÖÏ ™êÜ«∞Ѩ_»∞—— JÖÏ JO@∂ "≥∞O\Ï~ü ~°∂ѨOÖ’
L#fl Z^ä≥<å =∞^èŒ∞áê„`«#∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ KÕuHõOkOzOk. P`«_»∞ áêl_®<£‰õΩ `«#
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Z^ä≥<å WzÛ# „áÈ`åûǨÏO`À >ˇe=∂Yãπ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛ<å_»∞.
''F <≥ã¨ì~ü! <≥eÜ«∞ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_®! „w‰õΩ ã≤OǨÏ=∂!
=∂k W^ä•HÍ ^ÕâO◊ . xÜ«∂<£ Ѩ~fi° `«O „H˜O^Œ LO_Õ ã¨∂~°ºHÍOu „áêO`«O.
=∂‰õΩ =∂ `«O„_ç Psæ=ÙÅ`À Hõeã≤ „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~åxfl ^èfiŒ Oã¨O KÕ™ê_»x `≥Å∞ã¨∞.
HÍx P `«~°∞"å`« P`«xˆH=∞~ÚºO^À `≥eÜ«∞~å=_»O ÖË^Œ∞.
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=∞Ǩg~°∞Å∞ – J*ÏH±û, Zde¡ãπ, áê„\ÁHõ¡ãπ, <å ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ UO\˜Ö’Yãπ – Jhfl
=∂‰õΩ JO`«∞ÖËx ^Œ∞óMÏxfl HõeyOKå~Ú. P Hõ^äŒÅhfl ‰õÄÅOHõ+¨OQÍ K≥ѨÊ_®xH˜
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qã¨∞QÆ∞ ѨÙ_»∞ÎO^Õ"≥∂ ‰õÄ_®!
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Jxfl LáêÜ«∂Å∂ qѶ¨Å=∞Ü«∂º~Ú. XHõ¯ g∞ `«O„_ç X_≥ã≤ãπ z=i =ӺǨxfl
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JkèQÆq∞Oz =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ áÈ~Ú<å_»∞.
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KÕã¨∞ÎOk. h‰õΩ q[Ü«∞O `«^䌺O——
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^Õ=`«Å∞ ™êÜ«∞O KÕ¿ãÎ q[Ü«∞O `«^䌺O Hõ^•!——
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<å `«O„_çx |Ǩïâß ^Õ=`«Å∞ Hõ~°∞}˜Oz LO_»HõáÈ=K«∞Û#∞. J~Ú`Õ <å‰õΩ
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Z=iH˜ ÉèÏQÆ™êfi=∞º=ÚOk?——
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`«# Éèí=#OÖ’H˜ fã¨∞‰õΩxáÈ~Ú =â◊Ѩ~°K«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
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P`«xH˜ JO`«º„H˜Ü«∞Å∞ [i¿ÑO^Œ∞‰õΩ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ ã¨∞xÜ«∞OÖ’ Py, `«~°∞"å`« `«#
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ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ#∞ ã¨OáêkOK«∞H˘#QÆey<å_»∞.
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HÍ|\˜ì q∞„`«=∂! WO\˜x q_çz WÖÏ ^Œ∂~° „áêO`åʼnõΩ áÈ=_»O JO`«
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<ÒHõÖ’ K≥Hõ¯Åg∞^Œ Ѩ~°∞O_®eû# JQÆ`«ºO ÖË^Œ∞. J`«_»∞, P`«x q∞„`«∞_»∞ <å
Éèí=#OÖ’ q„âßOu fã¨∞‰õΩO\Ï~°∞——
"≥∞O\Ï~ü ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl Z^ä≥<å |^Œ∞Å∞ ѨeH˜Ok– ''h=#flk <åºÜ«∞"Õ∞!
>ˇe=∂Yãπ g∞`À=™êÎ_∞» . <Õ#∞ <ÒHõ#∞ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩx q∞QÆ`å"åà◊‰¡ Ωõ ^è~·≥ åºxfl K≥|∞`å#∞.
"åà◊O¡ ^Œ~∂° >ˇe=∂Yãπ =Ü«∞ã¨∞"åà◊√.¡ <Õ<Õ ÃÑ^Œ"Ì å}˜.‚ ~ˆ Ѩ٠L^ŒÜ∞« "Õ∞ <Õ#∞ HõHÀxÜ«∞#¡
~å*ϺxH˜ "≥o¡ <å‰õΩ ~å"åeû# ÃÑ·HÍxfl `≥K«∞Û‰õΩO\Ï#∞. g∞~°∞ D`«xx ™êÊ~åì‰õΩ
ѨOѨO_ç—— Jx K≥ÑÊ≤ Z^ä<≥ å JHõ¯_ç #∞O_ç Hõ}∆ OÖ’ x„+¨¯q∞OzOk. <≥ã~ì¨ ü J„ѨuÉè∞í _≥·
WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞– ''x#∞fl K«∂ã≤ U=∞#∞HÀ"åÖ’ <åHõ~°÷O HÍ=_»O ÖË^Œ∞ q∞„`«=∂!
^Õ=`«Å∞ x#flO\˜ LO_Õ „Ѩܫ∂}˜ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. h ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞_»∞ "≥∞O\Ï~ü ~°∂ѨOÖ’
L#fl Z^ä≥<å! <Õ<å"≥∞#∞ QÆ∞~°∞ÎѨ@ìQÆÅ#∞. Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`å! =∞=∞‡efl Hõ~°∞}˜OK«∞.
h‰õΩ XHõ ã¨O=`«û~°O =Ü«∞ã¨∞#fl HÀ_≥^Œ∂_»#∞ |e~Ú™êÎ#∞. ^•x H˘=Ú‡ÅH˜
|OQÍ~°∞ `˘_»∞QÆ∞Å∞ `˘_çy h‰õΩ ã¨=∞iÊ™êÎ#∞—— Z^ä≥<å P =∂@Å∞ qx
ã¨O`À+¨Ñ¨_çOk.
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<≥ã¨ì~ü `«# Ѩi"å~°O`À ã¨Ç¨ >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ "≥O@x_»∞‰õΩx `«# Éèí=<åxfl
KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. Ju^ä∞Œ ÅO^ŒiH© <≥ã~ì¨ ü Ѩ^àÕ <¡◊ å\˜ „Ѩâã◊ "Ψ ∞≥ #ÿ „^•Hõ™∆ ê~å~Úx áê„`«ÅÖ’
áÈã≤ JOkOKå_»∞. Z^ä≥<å‰õΩ `˘e K«∞Hõ¯efl ã¨=∞iÊOz P"≥∞‰õΩ „áê~°÷#Å∞ ã¨eÑ≤
JO^Œ~°∂ `«=∞‰õΩ HÍ"åeû#O`« `åy `«$Ñ≤ÎK≥O^•~°∞. JO^Œ~°∂ `«=∞`«=∞ QÆ$ǨʼnõΩ
"≥o¡<åHõ <≥ã¨ì~ü >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰õΩ `«=∞ Éèí=#OÖ’ â◊Ü«∞º#∞ ã≤^ŒúO KÕ~ÚOz<å_»∞.
P`«xH˜ `À_»∞QÍ <≥ã~ì¨ ü ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ Ñ‘ã¢≤ ™êì@ãπ (Peisistratus) JHõ¯_Õ q„â◊q∞OKå_»∞.
L^ŒÜ∂« <Õfl x„^ŒÖzË # <≥ã~ì¨ ü `«# ~å[^ŒO_®xfl KÕ|∂x `«# `«O„_ç ‰õÄ~°∞Û<Õ
Pã¨#OÃÑ· ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. J`«x ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞ ÃÑ~Ô ûãπ, ¢™êì\ Ü ˜ ∞« ãπ, ZMˇ„á¶⁄<£, JÔ~@ãπ,
„^ä•ã≤"≥∞_çãπ, Ñ‘ã≤¢™êì@ãπ =zÛ >ˇe=∂Yãπ ѨHõ¯<Õ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl~°∞. <≥ã¨ì~ü ѨeH˜<å_»∞–
''‰õΩ=∂~°∞ÖÏ~å! D~ÀA =∞#O Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« „Ñ‘`«º~°÷O |Å∞efl"åfie. P"≥∞ =∞#efl
Hõ~∞° }˜Oz =∞# ta~åxH˜ =zÛ "≥oO¡ k. "≥O@<Õ "≥o¡ U_®k =Ü«∞ã¨∞#fl HÀ_≥^∂Œ _»#∞
fã¨∞‰õΩ~°O_ç. H˘O^Œ~°∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ <ÒHõ=^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥o¡, W^ŒÌifl HÍѨÖωõΩ =ke
q∞QÆ`å"åà◊¡#∞ WHõ¯_»‰õΩ PǨfixOz fã¨∞‰õΩx~°O_ç. WOH˘Hõ~°∞ |OQÍ~°∞ Ѩx"å_»∞
eÜ«∞Ô~ûãπ (Laerces)#∞ "≥O@<Õ ~°=∞‡x "å~°Î ѨOѨO_ç. q∞ye#"åà◊√¡ Ѩx"åà◊¡
=O\Ï"å~°∂Ê HÍ~°º„Hõ=∂efl Ѩ~°º"ÕH˜∆OKåe. ѨÓ*ÏQÆ$ǨÏOÖ’ |eÑ‘~î°O =^ŒÌ
Lz`åã¨<åefl U~°Ê~°K«O_ç—— Jx <≥ã¨ì~ü P*Ï˝Ñ≤OKå_»∞.
Jxfl U~åÊ@∂¡ K«HõK«HÍ [iyáÈ`«∞<åfl~Ú. <ÒHõ #∞Oz >ˇe=∂Yãπ
q∞„`«∞Å∞, HõO™êe eÜ«∞Ô~ûãπ ~å<Õ=KåÛ~°∞. <≥ã¨ì~ü `≥zÛ# |OQÍ~åxfl eÜ«∂Ô~ûãπ
ѨÅ∞K«x `˘_»∞QÆ∞Å∞QÍ =∂iÛ<å_»∞. ¢™êì\ Ü ˜ ∞« ãπ, Zd„á¶⁄<£Å∞ HÀ_≥^∂Œ _»#∞ Ѩ@∞ìH˘x
|eÑ‘~î°O =^ŒÌ‰õΩ fã¨∞‰õΩ~åQÍ, JÔ~@ãπ h\˜`À xO_ç# ѨÓ*Ïáê„`«#∞ ÉÏs¡ L#fl
|∞@ì#∞ `≥zÛ<å_»∞. „^ä•ã≤"≥∞_çãπ Ѩ^Œ∞<≥·# Ѩ~°â◊√=Ù#∞ KÕ|∂#QÍ, ÃÑÔ~ûãπ ~°HÍÎxfl
Ѩ@ì_®xH˜ ÃÑ^ŒÌy<≥fl#∞ ã≤^ŒúO KÕã≤<å_»∞. <≥ãì̈~ü `«# KÕ`«∞efl h\˜`À â◊√„ÉèíO KÕã¨∞‰õΩx
ÉÏs¡ ^è•<åºefl |eÑ‘~î°OÃÑ· "≥^Œ[e¡<å_»∞. Z^ä≥<å#∞ „áêi÷ã¨∂Î HÀ_≥^Œ∂_» `«Å
"≥O„@∞HõÅ#∞ Ǩϟ=∂yflÖ’ "Õã≤<å_»∞.
„^ä•ã≤"∞≥ _çãπ `«# KÕuÖ’x Ѩ~â° √◊ =Ù`À XHõ¯ "Õ@∞# HÀ_≥^∂Œ _» "≥∞_»#~°HQõ Í,
á⁄OQÆ∞`«∞#fl ~°HÍÎxfl ÃÑ~Ô ûãπ áê„`«Ö’ Ѩ\ <ì̃ å_»∞. K«∞@∂ì KÕi# ¢ãÅΑ ∞ Ѩq„`«<å=∂efl
LK«ÛùiOz<å~°∞. <≥ã¨ì~ü ÉèÏ~°º Ü«ÚÔ~_≥·ãπ "åiH˜ P^ÕâßÅxã¨∂ΠѨÓ[Å∞ [iÑ≤Ok.
HÀ_≥^Œ∂_» â◊s~åxfl ™êO„Ѩ^•Ü«∞ã≤^ŒúOQÍ =ÚHõ¯Å∞QÍ HÀã≤, Ô~O_»∞ á⁄~°Å H˘=Ùfi`À
K«∞\˜ì "å\˜x JyflÖ’ "ÕeÛ <≥ã¨ì~ü, P`«x ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞ `˘_»ÉèÏQÍefl Z^ä≥<å‰õΩ
ã¨=∞iÊOz<å~°∞. ѨÓ[Å J#O`«~O° JO^Œ~∂° „"ÕeÛ# =∂O™êxfl ~°∞z K«∂ã≤<å~°∞.
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WO`«Ö’ <≥ã¨ì~ü z#fl‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î áêeHÍÃãì >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ JÉèíºOQÆ#™êfl#
"≥Ú#iOz, ã¨∞"åã¨# #∂<≥Å`À â◊s~åxfl =∞~°#ú QÍqOz K«H¯õ \˜ =¢™êÎÅ`À P`«_xç
ã¨~åfiOQÆ ã¨∞O^Œ~°OQÍ =Ú™êÎ|∞ QÍqOK«QÍ P`«_»∞ #_»z=ã¨∞Î#fl ^Õ=Ù_çÖÏ =zÛ
<≥ã¨ì~ü ѨHõ¯<Õ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. =∞^èŒ∞=∂O™êÅ`À qO^Œ∞ Éè’[<åÖˇ·# J#O`«~°O <≥ã¨ì~ü
P[˝`À „Ѩâ◊ã¨Î"≥∞ÿ# JâßfiÅ#∞ ѨÓxÛ# ~°^äŒO ã≤^Œú"≥∞ÿ#k. Ñ‘ã≤¢™êì@ãπ ~°^䌙ê~°kèQÍ
>ˇe=∂Yãπ ~À[ÖÏ¡ „Ѩܫ∂}O KÕã≤ pHõ\ ˜ Ѩ_Õã¨iH˜ ÃѶÔ~ (Pherae) KÕ~°∞‰õΩx P
„áêO`«ÑÙ¨ „ѨÉ∞íè =Ù _»ÜÚ≥ H˜ã¡ π =^ŒÌ ÃãÅ=Ù fã¨∞‰õΩx =∞~°ÖÏ „ѨÜ∂« }Ïxfl ™êyOz<å~°∞.
㨠∂ ~åºã¨ Î = ∞Ü« ∞ "≥ ∞ ÿ pHõ \ ˜ Hõ = Ú‡‰õ Ω x ~åQÍ ^•~° ∞ Åhfl h_» Å `À „Hõ " Õ ∞ Ñ‘
zHõ¯|_»∞`«∞<åfl~Ú.
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4. "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ`À >ˇe=∂Yãπ ã¨=∂"Õâ◊O

Ö’`≥·# Ö’Ü«∞Å`À K«∞@ì|_ç# qâßÅ "≥∞ÿ^•<åÅ∞#fl ™êÊ~åì‰õΩ "åà◊√¡
KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. ã¨~åã¨i "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ WO\˜H˜ "≥àÏ¡~∞° . JHõ¯_» P`«_∞» `«# Ju^è∞Œ ʼnõΩ
q"åǨÏѨ٠qO^Œ∞ U~åÊ@¡Ö’ =Úxy L<åfl_»∞. qâı+¨"Õ∞q∞@O>Ë "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ
`«# ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î ÃÇÏi‡Ü≥∂<≥#∞ Zde¡ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ xÜ≥∂\ÏÅ=∞ãπ‰õΩ, `«#
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ "≥∞QÍÃÑO^ä≥ãπ‰õΩ JÖˇHÍì~ü ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î#∞ WzÛ Ô~O_»∞ ÃÑo¡à◊√¡ XHõ¯™êˆ~
Ѷ¨∞#OQÍ KÕã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. ^≥·=^Œ`«Î"≥∞ÿ# Q˘O`«∞`À QÍÜ«∞‰õΩ_˘Hõ_»∞ g~°∞Å K«i„`«#∞
QÍ#O KÕã¨∞ÎO>Ë, J^Œ∞ƒù`«"≥∞ÿ# #$`åºÅ∞ KÕã¨∞Î#fl W^ŒÌ~°∞ =º‰õΩÎÅ`À P
„Ѩ^Õâ◊=∞O`å Hõ_»∞ ~°=∞ºOQÍ L#flk.
~å[Éèí=#O =ÚO^Œ∞ `«=∞ ~°^è•xfl PÑ≤ >ˇe=∂Yãπ, Ñ‘ã≤¢™êì@ãπÅ∞
^•fi~°O =^ŒÌ xÅ|_ç<å~°∞. "åo¡^ŒÌih K«∂ã≤# Z\˜Ü≥∂xÜ«∞ãπ (Eteoneus)
J<Õ =ÚYº ѨiKå~°‰õΩ_»∞ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ#∞ ã¨g∞Ñ≤Oz "åi ~åHõ#∞ `≥eÜ«∞ѨiKå_»∞–
''"≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ „ѨÉèí∂! Z=~À PQÆO`«‰õΩÅ∞ qKÕÛ™ê~°∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ ѨOѨQÍ =zÛ#
^Õ=^Œ∂`«ÖÏ¡ "å~°∞ „ѨHÍtã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. "åix ã¨Q“~°=OQÍ Ö’xH˜ `À_˘¯x ~°=∞‡x
ÃãÅ"å!——
~åyA@∞ì "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ "≥O@<Õ „Ѩ`∞« º`«~Î q° ∞KåÛ_»∞– ''P q+¨Ü∞« "≥∞ÿ PÖ’zOKÕ
=º=kè h=Ù fã¨∞‰õΩO\Ï=x <Õ#∞ J#∞HÀÖË^Œ∞. „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~°O #∞Oz uiy
=KÕÛѨC_»∞ =∞#O ZO^Œi QÆ$ǨÖ’¡ Ju^äŒ∞Å∞QÍ L<åfl"≥∂ QÆ∞~°∞ÎÖË^•! "≥à◊√¡! `«fi~°QÍ
"≥o¡ "åà◊¡ JâßfiÅ#∞ ~°^èŒO #∞Oz q_»nã≤ "å\˜H˜ "Õ∞`« U~åÊ@∞¡ KÕ~ÚOK«∞.
Ju^äŒ∞Å#∞ ã¨fiÜ«∞OQÍ h"Õ `À_˘¯x~å ã¨Q“~°=OQÍ!——
Ju^äŒ∞Å∞ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ ~å[„áê™ê^•xfl, Z`≥ÎÂ# HõѨC`À, ѨQÆ\ ˜ HÍO`«∞Å`À
„ѨHÍtã¨∞Î#fl QÆ^Œ∞Å#∞ K«∂ã¨∂ÎO_»QÍ<Õ, ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ "åix ™êfl#Ѩ٠QÆ^Œ∞Å =^ŒÌ‰õΩ
fã¨∞‰õΩ"≥o¡ h\˜`À â◊√„ÉèíO KÕã≤ "≥∞`«Îx =¢™êÎÅ#∞ ^èŒiOѨKÕ™ê~°∞. "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ ѨHõ¯<Õ
"åiH˜ Lz`åã¨<åÅ∞ U~åÊ@∞ KÕÜ«∞|_ç<å~Ú. "å~°∞ ‰õÄ~ÀÛQÍ<Õ KÕ`«∞Å∞
Hõ_»∞HÀ¯=_®xH˜ "≥O_ç áê„`« h\˜`À xOѨ|_çOk. ѨHõ¯<Õ z#fl|Å¡ÃÑ· ~°Hõ~°HÍÅ
PǨ~°Ñ¨^•~å÷Å∞ LOK«|_ç<å~Ú.
"≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ ѨeH˜<å_»∞– ''Ju^èŒ∞ÖÏ~å! ™êfiQÆ`«O! =ÚO^Œ∞ g∞~°∞ qO^•~°
yOK«O_ç! `«~°∞"å`« g∞ QÆ∞iOz `≥eÜ«∞*ËÜ«Ú^Œ∞~°∞ QÍx. q∞=∞‡efl K«∂ã¨∞ÎO>Ë
Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx JOâ◊`À [xOz# g~°∞Å∞QÍ QÀK«iã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞——
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Ju^èŒ∞ʼnõΩ Q“~°=ѨÓ~°fiHõOQÍ WKÕÛ =∂O㨠ÉèÏQÍefl PǨ~°OQÍ
=_ç¤Oz<å~°∞. "åi PHõe ^ŒÑ¨CÅ∞ LѨâ◊q∞Oz<åHõ >ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# ã¨Ç¨ÏK«~°∞_»∞
Ñ‘ã¢≤ ™êì@ãπ`À QÆ∞ã¨Q∞Æ ã¨ÖÏ_ç<å_»∞. ''q∞„`«=∂! K«∂_»∞ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ ZO`«\ ˜ ^è#Œ =O`«∞_À!
QÆ^∞Œ ÅxO_® HõOK«∞ Hõ#HÍÅ∞, ZÅ¢HÔ Ü ì ∞« "£∞, `«Q~Æ åÅ∞, ~°[`«=Ú, ^ŒO`åÅ∞ ~åâ◊√Å∞QÍ
Ѩ_çL<åfl~Ú. <å‰õΩ Pâ◊Û~åºxfl Q˘Å∞ѨÙ`«∞<åfl~Ú D ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ∞——
"≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ P =∂@Å∞ q<åfl_»∞ ''‰õΩ=∂~°∞ÖÏ~å! Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx f~°∞ JOK«<å
"ÕÜ∞« _»O Z=i`«~O° ? <å‰õΩ#fl ã¨OѨ^ÅŒ ∞ WOÔH=iÔH<· å LO_»=K«∞Û, ÖËHáõ È=K«∞Û#∞
‰õÄ_®! HÍx Z<Àfl Hõ+¨ì#ëêìʼnõΩ, =ºÜ«∞„Ѩܫ∂ã¨ÅHÀiÛ, ZO`À HÍÅO =$^è•HÍQÍ
g\˜x <Õ#∞ ã¨OáêkOK«∞HÀQÆeQÍ#∞. U_Õà◊¡áê@∞ <Õ#∞ u~°QÆx ^Õâ◊O ÖË^Œ∞. Ã㷄Ѩãπ,
á¶⁄x+≤Ü∂« , DlѨÙì „Ñ¨[efl, ã≤_˘xÜ«∞#∞¡, ZÔ~OaÜ«∞#∞¡, WkäÜ∂≥ Ñ≤Ü∞« #∞¡, eaÜ«∂
(JHõ¯_» ѨÙ>Ëì@ѨÊ\˜ˆH Q˘„Ô~ʼnõΩ H˘=Ú‡Å∞O\Ï~Ú. U_®kH˜ =¸_»∞™ê~°∞¡ Ñ≤Å¡efl
HõO\Ï~Ú – Q˘„Ô~ÅHÍѨi LO_»_∞» , Ü«∞[=∂x LO_»_∞» . áê_çÑO¨ @ʼnõΩ H˘^Œ=ÖË^∞Œ .)
JÖÏ Jxfl ^ÕâßÅ∂ uiQÍ#∞. J<ÕHõ ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ∞ ã¨OáêkOKå#∞. WO`«Ö’ WHõ¯_»
F Ѷ¨∞’~åuѶ¨∞’~°O [iyOk. ^Œ∞+¨ì|∞kú Zyã¨÷ãπ, PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£ ÉèÏ~°º ÔH¡Â\ ˜"≥∞<≥¢™êì#∞
Ö’|~°K«∞‰õΩx PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£#∞ K«OÑ≤<å_»∞. Dã¨iˆH g∞‰õΩ D q+¨Ü«∂Åhfl g∞
`«O„_»∞Å∞ K≥¿ÑÊLO\Ï~°∞. Wxfl ã¨OѨ^ÅŒ ∞<åfl <å‰õΩ =∞#âß≈Ou ÖË^∞Œ . <å ǨÏ$^ŒÜ∞« O
<åHÀã¨O `«=∞ „áê}ÏÅ#∞ „\ÏÜü∞f~°OÖ’ JiÊOz# g~°∞Å#∞ `«ÅK«∞‰õΩx qÅqÅ
ÖÏ_»∞`«∞#flk. ÃÑ^ŒÌ"å_»∞ eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπ „ѨÉèí∞=Ù, ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ~å}˜, P`«x ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞
>ˇe=∂YãπÅ∞ ZO`« ^Œ∞ódã¨∞Î<åfl~À Z=iH˜ `≥Å∞ã¨∞——
P =∂@Å∞ q#QÍ<Õ >ˇe=∂Yãπ ^Œ∞óYO Hõ@Åì ∞ `≥OK«∞‰õΩx „Ѩ=Ç≤ÏOzOk.
"≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ‰õΩ F Hõ∆}O UO K≥Ü«∂ºÖ’ áêÅ∞áÈÖË^Œ∞. WO`«Ö’ PÔ~ìq∞ãπ ^Õ=`«ÖÏ
ÃÇÏÖˇ<£ `«# ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ "≥O@~åQÍ JHõ¯_»‰õΩ =zÛOk. Z„_®Ããì =∞Oz Pã¨<åxfl
LOK«QÍ, PeÃÑû "≥∞`«xÎ HõO|ox ^•xÃÑ· HõÑÊ≤ Ok. ÃÑÖ·¶ ’, áêe|ãπ ÉèÏ~°º PÖϯO„_≥
ÃÇÏÖˇ<£‰õΩ |ǨïHõiOz# "≥O_ç |∞@ì#∞ `«#`À `≥zÛ Ñ¨Hõ¯<Õ LOzOk. "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ
DlѨÙÖì ’ L#flѨÙ_»∞ áêe|ãπ P`«xH˜ HÍ#∞HõÅ∞QÍ ~Ô O_»∞ "≥O_ç ™êfl#Ѩ٠`˘>ì̌Å#∞,
Ô~O_»∞ =ÚHͯe Ñ‘@Å#∞, Ѩk |OQÍ~°∞ \ÏÖˇO@¡#|_Õ <å}ËÅ#∞ WzÛ<å_»∞.
PÖϯO„_≥ ÃÇÏÖˇ<£‰õΩ |OQÍ~°∞ HõO_≥#∞, K«„HÍÅ∞#fl "≥O_ç |∞@ì |OQÍ~°∞ JOK«∞`À
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#_ç<≥uÎH˜ =KÕÛã¨iH˜ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù =$^Œ∞ú_»∞, h\˜ Ö’`«∞Å #∞Oz |Ü«∞@‰õΩ =™êÎ_»∞.
ѨtÛ=∞ QÍe *ˇÑ¶≤~ü (Zephyr) ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù JÅÅ`À Hõeã≤ U~°Ê_ç# =∞OK«∞
`≥~°=∂@∞# P`«_»∞ D nfiáêxH˜ U`≥Oz, UOѶ≤„>ˇÿ\ò ÃÑOѨÙ_»∞ ã‘Öò [O`«∞=ÙÅ
=∞^茺 x„k™êÎ_»∞. D ã‘Öò [O`«∞=ÙÅ "åã¨# J^À~°HõOQÍ f„=OQÍ LO@∞Ok.
P`«_»∞ x^Œ∞iOKÕ QÆ∞ǨÏÅ =^ŒÌ‰õΩ q∞@ì=∞^蕺ǨÏflѨ٠ã¨=∞Ü«∂xH˜ x#∞fl <Õ#∞
fã¨∞‰õΩ"≥_»`å#∞. h`À áê@∞ =ÚQÆ∞æ~°∞ <Õ~°Ê~°∞Öˇ·# Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl `À_»∞ `≥K«∞ÛHÀ!
P`«_»∞ KÕ¿ã WO„^Œ*ÏÅѨ٠qâıëêÅ∞ K≥|∞`å#∞. `«# K«∞@∂ì x^Œ∞iã¨∞Î#fl
ã‘Öò [O`«∞=Ùefl ÖˇHõ¯Éˇ_»`å_»∞. Q˘„Ô~Å HÍѨi `«# Q˘„Ô~efl ÖˇHõ¯ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩ#fl@∞¡
ã¨iK«∂ã¨∞‰õΩx "å\˜ =∞^躌 Ö’ QÆ∞„~°∞ÃÑ\˜ì x„^ŒáÈ`å_»∞. P`«_∞» x„^ŒáÈQÍ<Õ K«@∞‰õΩ¯#
P`«x HÍà◊¡#∞ QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ Ñ¨@∞ìHÀ! ZO`« qkeOz<å =^ŒÅ‰õΩ. P`«_»∞ |Ǩï~°∂Ñ≤.
Hõ∆}ÏÖ’¡ D Éèí∂„ѨѨOK«OÖ’ L#fl U [O`«∞=ÙQÍ<≥·<å =∂iáÈQÆÅ_»∞. <ÕÅg∞^Œ,
h\˜Ö’, QÍeÖ’ LO_Õ U [O`«∞=Ù ~°∂Ѩ"≥∞ÿ<å㨈~! h\˜QÍ, ~°Hõ~°HÍÅ ~°∂áêÅ∞#fl
Jyfl *ÏfiÅÅ∞QÍ =∂~°∞`«∞#fl 㨈~ h Ѩ@∞ì q_»=~å^Œ∞. *ÏiáÈ_®xH˜ „Ѩܫ∞uflOz#
H˘nÌ =∞iO`« QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ Ñ¨@∞ìHÀ! ZѨC_≥·`Õ P`«_»∞ `«# Ü«∞^è•~°∂áêxH˜ =KåÛ_À
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JѨC_»∞ J`«_Õ x#∞fl |u=∞ÖÏ_»∞`å_»∞. h=Ù P`«xH˜ ¿ãfiK«ÛùxzÛ U ^Õ=Ù_»∞ h
=∂~åæxH˜ „ѨÜ∂« }ÏxH˜ J_»∞`¤ Q« ∞Æ Å∞`«∞<åfl_À `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀ! JÖψQ h WO\˜H˜ "≥à_¡◊ ®xH˜
ã¨Ô~·# =∂~åæxfl K«∂Ñ≤OK«=∞x J_»∞QÆ∞—— Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê W_˘kèÜ«∂ ^Õ=`« ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’H˜
^Œ∂H˜ J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞ÿOk.
<Õ#∞ <å <ÒHõ =^Œ‰Ì Ωõ "≥o¡ x„^Œ =ÚOK«∞‰õΩ~åQÍ q„â◊q∞OKå#∞. `≥Å"¡ åiOk.
^Õ=`«Å#∞ „áêi÷Oz, <å‰õΩ `À_»∞QÍ =ÚQÆ∞æ~°∞ #=∞‡Hõã¨∞ÎÖˇ·# J#∞K«~°∞efl fã¨∞‰õΩx
<å‰õΩ W_˘käÜ«∂ ^Õ=`« HõxÑ≤Oz# „Ѩ^ÕâßxH˜ "≥àÏ¡#∞. JѨÊ\˜ˆH P"≥∞ ã¨=Ú„^ŒO
#∞Oz <åÅ∞QÆ∞ ã‘Öò [O`«∞ K«~å‡Å#∞ `≥zÛ LOzOk. `å#∞ xˆ~tÌ Oz# „Ѩ^âÕ O◊ Ö’
=∞=∞‡efl Ѩ_»∞HÀ=∞x K≥Ñ≤Ê =∂ÃÑ· ã‘Öò K«~å‡efl HõÑ≤ÊOk. ã‘Öò [O`«∞=ÙÅ#∞Oz
=KÕÛ ^Œ∞~°æO^èŒO`À P „Ѩ^Õâ◊O J`«ºO`« cèÉèí`«ûOQÍ LO_ç =∂‰õÄÑ≤~å_»‰õΩO_®
L#flѨÙ_»∞ P"≥∞ UO„ÉÁã≤Ü«∂ (Ambrosia)#∞ zÅHõiOz P ^Œ∞~°æO^è•xfl
áÈQ˘\˜Oì k. q∞@ì=∞^蕺ǨÏflO =~°‰Ωõ "Õ∞=∞ÖÏ FÑ≤HQõ Í ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl=Ú. ã‘Öò [O`«∞=ÙÅ∞
J<ÕHOõ =zÛ =~°∞ã¨Ö’ Ѩ_∞» ‰õΩ<åfl~Ú. YzÛ`«OQÍ ã¨∂~°∞º_»∞ #_ç<u≥ gÎ ∞^Œ‰Ωõ =KÕÛã¨iH˜
ã¨=Ú„^ŒQÆ~°ƒùO #∞Oz |Ü«∞@‰õΩ =zÛ# „á⁄\˜Ü«∞ãπ (Proteus) `«# K«∞@∂ì L#fl
ã‘Öò [O`«∞=ÙÅ#∞ =∞=∞‡efl ‰õÄ_® HõeÑ≤ ÖˇH˜¯Oz x„^ŒÖ’H˜ *Ï~°∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. "≥O@<Õ
"Õ∞O #Å∞QÆ∞~°O "≥o¡ P`«x HÍà◊¡#∞ QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ Ñ¨@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl=Ú.
P`«_∞» `«# q^Œºefl =∂ÃÑ· „ѨÜ∂≥ yOz K«∂™ê_»∞† =ÚO^Œ∞ ÃÑ^ŒÌ ~À=∂Å∞#fl
ã≤OǨÏOQÍ, `«~∞° "å`« =∞Ǩã¨~Ê° OQÍ, z~°∞`«ÑÙ¨ eQÍ, J_»qѨOkQÍ, h\˜„Ѩ"åǨÏOQÍ,
ÃÑ^ŒÌ=$Hõ∆OQÍ ~°∂ѨÙÅ∞ ^•Å∞ã¨∞Î<åfl "Õ∞O P`«_çx q_çzÃÑ@ìÖË^Œ∞. Jeã≤áÈ~Ú#
P`«_∞» `«# Ü«∞^ä•~°∂ѨÙ#∞ ^•eÛ WÖÏ Ñ¨eHÍ_»∞– ''Z„\˜Ü∞« ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_®! "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ!
ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ ##∞fl |OkèOKåÅx K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù. Z=~°∞ hH© q^Œº <Õ~åÊ~°∞? h=Ù
=zÛ# Ѩ<Õq∞\˜?——
<Õ#∞ "≥O@<Õ |^Œ∞eKåÛ#∞– ''ÃÑ^•ÌÜ«∞<å! ##∞fl U=∂~åÛÅx „Ѩܫ∞`«flO
KÕÜ«∞=^Œ∞Ì. h‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞ <åˆHg∞ HÍ"åÖ’! <Õ<≥O^Œ∞‰õΩ U nfiѨOÖ’ xezáÈ"åeû
=zÛOk? U ^Õ=`«Å∞ <å „Ñ¨Ü«∂}ÏxH˜ J_»∞¤=ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞? ZÖÏ <Õ#∞ g∞#~åt`À
xO_ç# D ã¨=Ú„^•xfl ^•@QÆÅ#∞?——
J`«_∞» ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛ<å_»∞– ''"≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ! h=Ù u~°∞QÆ∞„ѨÜ∂« }O „áê~°OaèO
KÕѨC_Õ Eºãπ ^Õ=ÙxH˜,, W`«~° ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ #∂~°∞ Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ#∞ (Hecatombs)
|e WzÛ LO_»=Åã≤Ok. h"åѨx KÕÜ«∞ÖË^Œ∞. =∞~°ÖÏ h=Ù Eºãπ ^Õ=ÙxH˜
„Ñ‘uáê„`«"≥∞ÿ# <≥·Å∞#k =^ŒÌ‰õΩ KÕi =∞K«ÛÖËx #∂~°∞ Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ#∞ |e~Ú¿ãÎ<Õ h
„Ѩܫ∂}O ™êѶ‘QÍ ™êy h=Ù WO\˜H˜ KÕi |O^èŒ∞q∞„`«∞Å#∞ K«∂_»QÆÅ∞QÆ∞`å=Ù——
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<å‰õΩ JO`«∞ÖËx h~°ã¨O =zÛOk. =∞m¡ ã¨=Ú„^•Å#∞ ^•@∞‰õΩO@∂ <≥·Å∞
#nf~°O KÕ~°∞HÀ"åe. JO^Œ∞ˆH J<åfl#∞– ''ÃÑ^•ÌÜ«∞<å! h=Ù K≥Ñ≤Ê#>Ë¡ KÕ™êÎ#∞.
=∂ ZdÜ«∞#¡O^Œ~°∂ `«=∞`«=∞ Wà◊¡‰õΩ ã¨∞~°H˜∆`«OQÍ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl~å! Z=Ô~·<å ã¨=Ú„^Œ
„Ѩܫ∂}OÖ’ QÍx, Éèí∂=∂~°æѨ٠HõëêìÅÖ’ QÍx Jã¨∞=ÙÅ∞ ÉÏ™ê~å?——
J`«#<åfl_»∞– ''ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ! #xflO`« QÆ∞zÛQÆ∞zÛ J_»∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl=Ù.
Jxfl q+¨Ü∂« Å∞ h‰õΩ q=i¿ãÎ h‰õΩ HõeQˆ k ^Œ∞óY"Õ∞QÍx =∞~˘Hõ\ ˜ HÍ^Œ∞. ZdÜ«∞#¡Ö’
W^ŒÌ~°∞ =∞$`«∞º=ÙáêÖˇ·<å~°∞. =∞~˘Hõ_»∞ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù n=ÙÅ =∞^茺 u~°∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl_»∞.
áêl_®<£ P„QÆÇ¨ xH˜ QÆ∞~Ô ,· QÔ ~Ô· (Gyrae) H˘O_»~åà◊‰¡ Ωõ `«ye z#fl J*ÏH±û
„Ѩܫ∂}˜ã¨∞Î#fl <ÒHõ =ÚHõ¯Öˇ·Ok. Z^ä≥<å HÀѨO K«ÖÏ¡~°ÖË^Œ∞. J~Ú<å J*ÏH±û
|uˆH"å_Õ. HÍx P á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ ^Õ=`«Å<Õ kèHõ¯iOz<å_»∞. ^Õ=`«Å∞ J_»¤O =zÛ<å
㨈~ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù Ö’Ü«∞efl ^•@∞`å#x „ѨQÆÖσùÅ∞ ѨeHÍ_»∞. áêl_®<£‰õΩ HÀѨO
=zÛ `«# „uâ◊¥ÅO`À ÔQ·Ô~ H˘O_»~åà◊¡#∞ |^ŒÌÅ∞ KÕ™ê_»∞. J*ÏH±û ‰õÄ~°∞Û#fl tÅ
J=∂O`«O hà◊¡Ö’ =ÚxyáÈQÍ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù LѨChà◊√¡ `åy J*ÏH±û =∞~°}˜OKå_»∞.
Ô~O_»="å_»∞ h ™È^Œ~°∞_»∞ PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£. ÃÇÏ~å ^ŒÜ«∞=Å¡ ã¨∞~°H˜∆`«OQÍ
WO\˜H˜ KÕ~å_»∞ J#∞‰õΩO@∞#fl ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ `«∞á¶ê#∞QÍe `åH˜_çH˜ <ÒHõ ^ä≥·Ü≥∞ã¨ìãπ
(Thyestes) ~å*ϺxH˜ KÕiOk. ^ä≥·Ü≥∞ã≤ìãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ Zyã¨÷ãπ (Aegisthus).
JHõ¯_»∞flOz =∞~°Å <ÒHõ |Ü«∞ÖËÌi `«# f~åxH˜ KÕ~°QÍ<Õ PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£ ã¨O`À+¨O`À
<ÕÅ#∞ =Ú^•Ì_ç<å_»∞. P#O^Œ ÉÏëêÊÅ`À Hõà◊√¡ K≥=∞iOKå~Ú. P`«_»∞ ~å=_®xfl
XHõ "ÕQÆ∞ =∞xOKå_»∞. P HÍѨÖÏ^•~°∞xH˜ Ô~O_»∞ \ÏÖˇO@¡ |Ǩï=∞u ÅaèOzOk.
Zyã¨ã÷ ‰π Ωõ PQÆ"∞≥ =∂fl<£ =zÛ# "å~°Î `≥eÜ«∞QÍ<Õ W~°"=·≥ ∞Ok |e+¨µÖª #·ˇ Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl
WO\˜ P=~°}Ö’ ^•z<å_»∞. =∞~˘HõÑH¨ ¯õ qO^Œ∞ U~åÊ@∞¡ [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl~Ú. Zyã¨ã÷ π
ã¨fiÜ«∞OQÍ PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£‰õΩ ™êfiQÆ`«O K≥ѨÊ_®xH˜ ~°^äŒOÖ’ "≥àÏ¡_»∞. H˜Oz`«∞Î
J#∞=∂#O ~åx PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£ WO\˜H˜ ~åQÍ<Õ Z^Œ∞Ì#∞ |ezÛ#@∞¡ P`«xx
K«OÑ≤<å_»∞. PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£ J#∞K«~°∞Å∞ ‰õÄ_® ǨÏ`«"≥∞ÿ<å~°∞——
D =∂@Å∞ q<åflHõ <åÖ’ U=∂„`«"≥∞ÿ<å q∞ye=Ù#fl ^è≥·~°ºO ‰õÄ_®
#tOzOk. Hõà◊¡"≥O|_ç hà◊√¡ ^è•~åáê`«OQÍ ‰õΩiÜ«∞QÍ <Õ#∞ <ÕÅÃÑ· ‰õÄÅ|_®¤#∞.
„á⁄\˜Ü«∞ãπ <å`À J<åfl_»∞– ''KåÅ∞! WHõ h ^Œ∞óMÏxfl LѨâ◊q∞OѨ*Ëã¨∞‰õΩx WO\˜H˜
=∞à◊√¡. JHõ¯_» Zyã¨÷ãπ |u‰õΩO>Ë h ~åHõHÀã¨O Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂ã¨∂Î x#∞fl =∞@∞ìÃÑ@ì_»
"≥∞ÖÏQÍ Jx Ü≥∂zã¨∂Î LO\Ï_»∞. HÍx ZÖÏQÆ∂ h=Ù "≥àı¡ã¨iH˜ "å_»∞ K«zÛáÈ~Ú
=ÙO\Ï_»∞. h‰õΩ JO`«º„H˜Ü«∞Å qO^Œ∞‰õΩ Ǩ[~°ÜÕ∞º J=HÍâ◊O Åaèã¨∞ÎOk ‰õÄ_®!——
=¸_»="å_ç QÆ∞iOz K≥Ñʨ =∞x P ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑÙ¨ =$^Œ∞}ú ‚˜ <Õ#∞ |u=∞ÖÏ_®#∞.
P`«_∞» ["åaKåÛ_»∞–''W^ä•HÍ ~å*ˇ#· eÜ«∞~Ô ãì π ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ X_≥ãã≤ #π ∞ <Õ#∞ K«∂™ê#∞.
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P`«x =∞<ÀcèëêìxH˜ =ºuˆ~HõOQÍ HÍeáÈû (Calypso) QÆ∞ǨO`«~åƒùQÆOÖ’ |OnQÍ
L<åfl_»`«_»∞. J`«_çѨC_»∞ XO@i. <å J<Õ"åà◊√¡ ÖËHõ `«Ñ≤ã¨∞Î#fl ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=O`«∞_»∞.
h QÆ∞iOz, "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ! h=Ù P~åæãπÖ’ =∞~°}˜™êÎ=Ù. J=∞~°∞Å∞ x#∞fl
^Œ∂~å# L#fl Ze+≤Ü«∞<£ á⁄ÖÏÖ’¡ (Elysian fields) LO@∞#fl ~å_®=∂O^äŒãπ
(Rhadamanthus) ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ ѨOÑ≤™êÎ~°∞. JHõ¯_» =~å¬Å∂, `«∞á¶ê#∞Å∂ LO_»=Ù.
=∞OK«∞`À HõѨÊ|_ç# "≥∞ÿ^•<åÅ∞ HÍ#~å=Ù. ѨtÛ=∞QÍe „ѨâßO`«OQÍ gã¨∂Î
=∞#∞+¨µºÅ‰õΩ #∂`«# L`ÕÎ*Ïxflã¨∂Î LO@∞Ok. ÃÇÏÖˇ<£ Éèí~°ÎQÍ h‰õΩ ^Õ=`«Å∞ WKÕÛ
HÍ#∞Hõ W^Õ!—— Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê J`«_»∞ ã¨=Ú„^Œ [ÖÏÖ’¡H˜ ^Œ∂H˜ J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞ÿ<å_»∞. <Õ#∞ <å
<ÒHõ=^Œ‰Ì Ωõ "≥àÏ¡#∞. P ~å„u Ǩ~ÚQÍ x„^ŒáÈÜ«∂#∞. `≥Å"¡ å~°QÍ<Õ <ÒHõ#∞ „ѨÜ∂« }
ã¨#fl^èOúŒ KÕã≤ <≥Å· ∞#nf~°O "ÕÑÙ¨ "≥o¡ Eºãπ^=Õ ÙxH˜ #∂~°∞ Ѩâ√◊ =ÙÅ#∞ (Hecatomb)
|e~ÚzÛ, PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£ 㨇 $`«º~°÷O ÃÑ^ŒÌ =∞\˜ìk|ƒ#∞ xi‡Oz ^Õ=`«Å∞ =∂
„Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ `À_»Ê_»QÍ Z@∞=O\˜ J_»¤O‰õΩÅ∂ ÖˉõΩO_® WO\˜H˜ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl=Ú.
q∞„`«=∂! g∞~°∞ =∂ Ju^è∞Œ Å∞QÍ Ñ¨^HŒ ˘O_»∞, Ѩ<fl≥ O_»∞ ~ÀAÅ∞ LO_»O_ç.
g∞~°∞ "≥àÑ¡ı C¨ _»∞ =∂ |Ǩï=∞uQÍ g∞‰õΩ =¸_»∞ JâßfiÅ#∞ K«H¯õ x ~°^•ä xfl, ^≥#· Ok#
ѨÓ[ʼnõΩ "å_Õ |OQÍ~°∞ áê„`«#∞ =∞=∞‡efl QÆ∞~°∞ΉõΩ`≥KÕÛÖÏ W™êÎ#∞—— J<åfl_»∞
"≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ q#Ü«∞OQÍ |^Œ∞Å∞ ѨeHÍ_»∞– ''Z„\˜Ü∞« ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_®! ##∞fl
=∞xflOK«O_ç. WOÔHѨC_≥·<å J~Ú`Õ XHõ ã¨O=`«û~°"≥∞ÿ<å g∞ ^ŒQÆæ~° LO_»QÆeˆQ"å}˜‚.
WѨC_»∞ <å =∞#ã¨O`å <å `«e¡ÃÑ·, WO\˜ÃÑ· ÅQÆfl"≥∞ÿ L#flk. <å q∞„`«∞ÅO`å
<ÒHõÖ’ =∂HÀã¨O P`«$`«QÍ Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂ã¨∂Î LO_ç LO\Ï~°∞. g∞~°∞ U |Ǩï=∞u
WzÛ<å <å ^Œ$+≤ìÖ’ Jk J=¸ÅºO. HÍx Jâßfiefl g∞ =^ŒÌ<Õ LO_»x=fiO_ç. =∂
W^ä•HÍ QÆ∞„~åʼnõΩ `«y# „Ѩ^âÕ O◊ HÍ^Œ∞. Q˘„Ô~Å∞ ÃÑOK«_®xH˜ J#∞"≥#· ~åà◊¡ „áêO`«O.
J~Ú<å =∂‰õΩ =∂ ^Õâ◊OÃÑ· Z#ÖËx Q“~°=O——
"≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ z~°∞#=Ùfi #"åfi_»∞– ''h =∂@Å∞ h =Oâ◊ áœ~°∞ëêxfl `≥eÜ«∞
*Ëã¨∞Î#flq. <Õ#∞ "Õˆ~ |Ǩï=∞u Wã¨∞Î<åfl#∞. Jk ^≥·=teÊ ÃÇÏá¶êã≤ìãπ `«Ü«∂~°∞KÕã≤#
"≥O_çáê„`«. JOK«∞Å∞ |OQÍ~°O`À "≥∞~°∞ã¨∂Î J^Œ∞ƒù`«"≥∞ÿ# Ѩx`«<åxfl K«∂¿Ñ
J=¸Åº"≥∞ÿ# áê„`«. <å‰õΩ ã≤_˘xÜ«∞<£ ~åA Ѷ≤_ç=∞ãπ (Phaedimus) ^•xx
|ǨïHõiOKå_»∞. Jk <Õ#∞ h‰õΩ HÍ#∞HõQÍ Wã¨∞Î<åfl#∞——
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JHõ¯_» W^ä•HÍÖ’ X_≥ã≤ãπ WO\˜ =ÚO^Œ∞ PHõ`å~Ú Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO^Œ~°∂
áÈÔQ· _ç㨯ãπ, *Ï"≥e<£Å áÈ\©Å∞ x~°fiÇ≤ÏOKå~°∞. UO\˜#ãπ (Antinous),
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Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ (Eurymachus)Å∞ JHõ¯_» L#fl "å~°O^ŒiÖ’ â◊H=Θ ∞O`«∞Å∞. <À=∞<£
(Noemon) "åix ã¨g∞Ñ≤Oz UO\˜#ãπ`À ѨeHÍ_»∞– ''ÃÑÖ · Ïãπ #∞Oz >ˇe=∂Yãπ
ZѨÊ\˜H˜ =KÕÛn g∞ˆH=∞<åfl `≥Å∞™ê! J`«_»∞ <å <ÒHõ#∞ fã¨∞‰õΩx "≥o¡<å_»∞. ^•x
J=ã¨~°O <å‰õΩ WѨC_»∞ Ѩ_çOk. <Õ#∞ Zeãπ (Elis) "≥o¡ QÆ∞„~åÅ#∞ `≥K«∞ÛHÀ"åe——
P =∂@Å∞ q#fl Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ xâıÛ+¨µìÅÜ«∂º~°∞. "åo¡OHÍ >ˇe=∂Yãπ
WHõ¯_Õ =ÚYO `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩ u~°∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl_»x ÉèÏqOKå~°∞. UO\˜#ãπ „ѨtflOKå_»∞–
''ZѨC_»∞ "≥àÏ¡_ô QÆ_∞» QÍæ~Ú? J`«xH˜ `À_»∞QÍ "≥o#¡ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÖˇ=~°∞? "åà◊√¡ ÉÏxã¨ÖÏ
ÖËHõ k#"ås Éèí`«ºO fã¨∞‰õΩ<Õ <åq‰õΩÖÏ? h=Ù ã¨fiK«ÛùO^ŒOQÍ<Õ h <ÒHõ#∞ J`«x
H˜KåÛ"å!——
<À=∞<£ ѨeHÍ_»∞– ''J`«#O`« n#OQÍ J_»∞QÆ∞`«∞O>Ë =∞#ã¨∞ Hõiy <Õ<Õ
~ÚKåÛ#∞. TiH˜<.Õ J`«xH˜ `À_»∞QÍ W^ä•HÍÖ’x |e+¨µÖª #·ˇ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ W~°"=·≥ ∞Ok
"≥o<¡ å~°∞. "åà◊‰¡ Ωõ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_çQÍ "≥∞O\Ï~ü (Mentor) "≥à_¡◊ O» <Õ#∞ HõàÏ¡~å K«∂™ê#∞.
HÍx qz„`«"Õ∞q∞@O>Ë x#fl "≥∞O\Ï~ü <å‰õΩ WHõ¯_Õ JQÆ∞Ѩ_®¤_»∞. <å Hõà◊¡#∞ <Õ#∞
#=∞‡ÖËHõáÈÜ«∂#∞—— P =∂@Å∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê <À=∞<£ `«# WO\˜H˜ "≥àÏ¡_»∞.
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO^Œi QÆ∞O_≥Ö’ ~å~ÚѨ_çOk. „H©_»Å<åÑ≤ JO^Œ~°∂ ã¨=∂"Õâ◊
=∞Ü«∂º~°∞. UO\˜#ãπ ѨeHÍ_»∞– ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ `«##∞‰õΩ#flk KÕÜ∞« QÆeQÍ_»∞. J~Ú<å
=ÚO^Œ∞#flk =Úã¨à¡◊ ѨO_»Q.Æ <å‰õΩ F "ÕQ=Æ O`«"∞≥ #ÿ <ÒHõ#∞ W~°"=·≥ ∞Ok <åq‰õΩefl
W=fiO_ç. ã¨"≥∂ãπ (Samos) Ѩ~°fi`åÅ =^ŒÌ =∂@∞"Õã≤ >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ Ѩ~°Ö’HÍxH˜
ѨOÑ≤™êÎ#∞——
JO^Œ~°∂ J`«xH˜ =∞^ŒÌ`«∞ `≥eáê~°∞. "≥O@<Õ "åà◊¡O`å X_≥ã≤ãπ WO\˜
֒ѨeH˜ "≥àÏ¡~°∞. ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ‰õΩ "åˆ~^À ^Œ∞+¨ì`«ÅOѨÙ`À =KåÛ~°#fl ã¨OQÆu
J~°÷=∞~ÚºOk. Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ PÖ’K«##∞ q#fl ѨiKå~°‰õΩ_»∞ "≥∞_®<£ `«##∞
ã¨g∞Ñ≤OK«QÍ P"≥∞ J_çyOk– ''"åà◊√¡ =∞# ~ÚO\˜g∞^Œ Ѩ_ç uO@∞#flk KåÖË¡^•
WOˆHq∞ H˘`«Î Ü«Ú‰õΩÎÅ∞Ѩ#∞fl`«∞<åfl~°∞? ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ JO^Œ~°∂ JÖÏ QÆ∞OѨÙQÍ
=ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞?——
"≥∞_®<£ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞KåÛ_»∞– ''Wk "åi ‰õΩ„@ÅÖ’ Ju f„="≥∞ÿ#k. `«#
`«O„_çx "≥^‰Œ Ωõ `«∂ "≥o#¡ >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ ^•iÖ’<Õ =∞@∞ìÃÑ\ÏìÅx "åà◊√¡ x~°~‚ ÚOK«∞
‰õΩ<åfl~°∞——
P =∂@Å∞ q#QÍ<Õ P"≥∞ HÍà◊√¡ KÕ`«∞Å∞ =}˜HÍ~Ú. QÆ∞O_≥Ö’ K≥ѨÊÖËx
"≥eu U~°Ê_ç =∂@Å∞ ÃÑQÆÅÖË^Œ∞. Z@ìˆHʼnõΩ HÍã¨Î `«=∂~ÚOK«∞‰õΩx =}∞‰õΩ`«∞#fl
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ã¨fi~°O`À J_çyOk– ''<å ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ <å`À Ug∞ K≥Ñʨ ‰õΩO_®<Õ ã¨=Ú„^Œ
„Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ "≥àÏ¡_®! ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ Z=~°∂ <åH© q+¨Ü«∂xfl WѨÊ\˜=~°‰õΩ `≥b‰õΩO_®
^•z<å~°∞?—— P"≥∞ xã¨û`«∞Î=QÍ QÆ∞=∞‡O =^ŒÌ ‰õÄÅ|_çáÈ~ÚOk. P"≥∞ K«∞@∂ì
=¸y# ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ P"≥∞#∞ ¿ã^Œn~°Û_®xH˜ „Ѩܫ∞uflOKå~°∞. "≥H˜¯"≥H˜¯ U_»∞ã¨∂Î
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ WÖÏ Ñ¨eH˜Ok– ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! ÉèíQÆ"å#∞_»∞ =∞~°ÖÏ <åˆH^À ^Œ∞~°^Œ$ëêìxfl
W=fi^Œez#@∞¡<åfl_»∞. <å „Ñ≤Ü«∞`«=Ú_≥·# Éèí~°Î ^Œ∂~°"≥∞ÿ# ^Œ∞óMÏxH˜ `À_»∞QÍ, <å
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ D<å_»∞ ã¨=Ú„^Œ „Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ "≥àÏ¡_»#fl x[O =∞iO`« "Õ^Œ##∞
Hõeyã¨∞Î#flk. WO`« Hõ+¨ìO WOˆH P_»^•xÔH·<å =ã¨∞ÎO^•? ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ ^Õ=`«Å∞ ##∞fl
ѨsH˜ã∆ ∞¨ <Î åfl~°∞? <å ‰õΩ=∂~°∞xÖ’ W@∞=O\˜ PÖ’K«# L#fl^Œx <åˆH=∂„`«O `≥eã≤<å
P`«xx PѨ_®xH˜ âßÜ«∞â◊‰õΩÎÖÏ „Ѩܫ∞uflOKÕ^•xx. <å JO`«~°OyHõ ¿ã=‰õΩ_»∞,
<å‰õΩ <å `«O„_ç Éèí~°}OQÍ WzÛ# _˘eÜ«∞ãπ (Dolius)#∞ Ñ≤Å∞K«∞‰õΩ~°O_ç. P`«_»∞
eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπ (Laertes) =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥o¡ D q+¨Ü«∂xfl PÜ«∞#‰õΩ `≥eÜ«∞*Ë™êÎ_»∞. J`«_»∞
W^ä•Hõ##¡ ∞ ã¨=∂"ÕâÑ◊ ~¨ z° P PHõ`å~Ú Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ ‰õΩ„@Å#∞ ÉèQí flÆ O KÕÜ∞« =Åã≤OkQÍ
HÀ~°QÆÅ_»∞.——
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ <≥=∞‡kQÍ K≥Ñ≤ÊOk– ''J=∂‡! z\˜ì`«b¡! >ˇe=∂Yãπ <å‰õΩ
Jxfl q+¨Ü«∂Å∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê H˘<åflà◊¡áê@∞ h‰õΩ D q+¨Ü«∂xfl `≥Å∞Ѩ=^ŒÌx <å`À
„Ѩ=∂}O KÕ~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. Z^ä<≥ å ^Õ=`« ã¨ÅǨ`À P`«_∞» `«# `«O„_çx "≥^HŒ _õ ®xH˜
"≥à◊¡_®xH˜ ã¨iѨ_ç#xfl PǨ~° áêhÜ«∂Å#∞ <Õ<Õ ã≤^ŒúOKÕã≤ P`«xH˜KåÛ#∞. ##∞fl
=∞xflOK«∞. h JO^•Å =^Œ#O Hõhflà◊¡`À `«_çz =<≥fl`«QÆæ~å^Œx P`«_çÖÏ KÕ™ê_»∞.
<å ã¨ÅǨ q#∞. ÃÑ^•ÌÜ∞« # eÜ«∂~Ô ãì ‰π Ωõ D q+¨Ü∂« xfl K≥ÑÊ≤ =∞iO`« ÉÏ^èÃŒ Ñ@ì=^Œ∞.Ì
`«Ñ¨Ê‰õΩO_® ^Õ=`«Å∞ =∞#efl Hõ~°∞}˜™êÎ~°∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ q[Ü«Ú_≥· uiy=™êÎ_»∞.
=∞#‰õΩ â◊√ÉèíO HõÅ∞QÆ∞`«∞Ok——
^•~Ú K«Å¡x =∂@Å`À ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ =∞#ã¨∞ âßOuOzOk. `«# QÆkÖ’H˜
"≥o¡ JÉèíºOQÆ# ™êfl#O KÕã≤ Z^è≥<å‰õΩ „áê~°÷#Å∞ [iÑ≤Ok– ''Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`å! <å
„áê~°÷# PÅH˜OK«∞! X_≥ã≤ãπ h‰õΩ ã¨=∞iÊOz# „Ѩâ◊ã¨Î"≥∞ÿ# |Å∞efl QÆ∞~°∞Î`≥K«∞ÛHÀ!
<å ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ HÍáê_»∞——
WO`«Ö’ P Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ WO\˜ P=~°}Ö’H˜ „Ѩ"ÕtOKå~°∞. "åiÖ’ XHõ
á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ aQÆæ~°QÍ JiKå_»∞– ''=∂ ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂Å#∞ ^ÀK«∞‰õΩ#fl ã¨∞O^Œi, =∂Ö’
Z=~À XHõifl ÃÑàÏ¡_»=Åã≤# ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ D ã¨OQÆu „QÆÇ≤ÏOKåe! P"≥∞ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞
>ˇe=∂Yãπ‰õΩ "Õ∞=Ú „j„Ѷ¨∞=∞~°}Ïxfl =∞OE~°∞ KÕã≤<å=∞x——
UO\˜#ãπ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ#∞^ÕÌtOz J<åfl_»∞– ''`≥eq`«‰õΩ¯="å_®! ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ
J~°∞™êÎ=Ù. ‰õΩ„@Åhfl xâ◊≈|ÌOQÍ [~°∞QÆ∞`å~Ú J#fl WOy`«*Ï˝#O ÖË^•!—— JO@∂
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W~°"≥·=∞Ok |e+¨µªÖˇ·# Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl ZxflHõ KÕã≤<å_»∞. P `«~°∞"å`« "åà◊¡`À Hõeã≤
ã¨=Ú„^Œf~åxH˜ "≥o¡ =∞xflÔH·#, ã¨=Ú„^Œ Ü«∂<åxH˜ Ü≥∂Qƺ"≥∞ÿ# <ÒHõ#∞ ã≤^ŒúO KÕã≤
PÜ«Ú^è•Å`À, PǨ~°™ê=∂„y`À ^•xx xOÑ≤ „Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ ã¨#fl^Œ∞ú_≥· L<åfl_»∞.
JHõ¯_» ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ^Œ∞óMÏxH˜ JO`«∞ÖË^Œ∞. PǨ~° áêhÜ«∂Å∞ =Ú@ì‰õΩO_®
PÖ’K«#Ö’ =ÚxyáÈ~ÚOk. ZÖÏ >ˇe=∂Yãπ D Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ ÉÏi#∞Oz
„áê}ÏÅ`À |Ü«∞@Ѩ_»`å_»∞? "Õ@QÍà◊¡`À K«∞@∞ì=Ú@ì|_ç# ã≤OǨÏOÖÏ P`«_»∞
"åi#∞Oz `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞HÀQÆÅ_®! P PÖ’K«#Å`À<Õ P"≥∞‰õΩ ‰õΩ#∞‰õΩѨ\ ˜ìOk.
Z^ä≥<å WO`«Ö’ H˘`«Î=∂Ü«∞#∞ ã¨OHõeÊOzOk. WHÍ~°ãπ ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î WѶπ^ä≥·"£∞
(Iphthime) ~°∂ѨOÖ’ X_≥ãã ≤ π WO\˜H˜ =zÛOk. `«# ™È^Œix K«∂_»QÍ<Õ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ
ã¨O„Éèí=∂â◊Û~åºÅ‰õΩ Ö’#~ÚºOk. Ü«Ú"≥∞Åãπ ÉèÏ~°º WѶπ^ä≥·"£∞ `«# ™È^Œix
T~°_çOzOk– ''ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ! x„^Œ Hõ∆}˜Hõ"≥∞ÿ#k. HõëêìÅ#∞ =∞iÑ≤ã¨∞ÎOk x["Õ∞! HÍx
<Õ#∞ K≥¿ÑÊk q#∞. h‰õΩ â◊√ÉèíO HõeˆQ ~ÀAÅ∞ ~åÉ’`«∞<åfl~Ú. h=Ù kQÆ∞Å∞
Ѩ_»#Hõ¯~°ÖË^Œ∞. h ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ ˆH∆=∞OQÍ uiy ~åÉ’`«∞<åfl_»∞——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ x„^ŒÖ’<Õ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛOk– ''™È^Œs! WHõ¯_»HÔ ÖÏ ~åQÆey<å=Ù!
<å Éè~í ΰ ##∞fl =ke „\ÏÜü∞ Ü«Ú^•úxH˜ "≥o#¡ ѨÊ\˜ #∞Op <åHõO\˜H˜ ã¨~Ô #· x^Œ∞~°Ö^Ë ∞Œ .
WѨC_»∞ <å ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∂ <å‰õΩ K≥ѨʉõΩO_® `«O„_çx "≥^Œ‰õΩ`«∂ "≥o¡<å_»∞. D
^Œ∞~å‡~°∞Åæ ∞ P`«xx ^•iÖ’<Õ K«OáêÅ<Õ ‰õΩÜ«∞`«flOÖ’ L<åfl~°∞. ã¨=Ú„^Œ „ѨÜ∂« }O
‰õÄ_» ˆH∆=∞Hõ~°"≥∞ÿ#k HÍ^Œ∞ Hõ^•!——
=∂Ü«∂ WѶπ^ä≥·"£∞ |^Œ∞ezÛOk– ''qKå~°Ñ¨_»‰õΩ. Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« h
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çH˜ `À_»∞QÍ "≥#flO\˜ L#flk. P"Õ∞ #xflHõ¯_çH˜ ѨOÑ≤Ok!——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ J_çyOk– ''hHÍ â◊HΘ L#fl@¡~Ú`Õ ^ŒÜ∞« KÕã≤ <å Éè~í ΰ ZHõ¯_»∞<åfl_À
U"≥∞ÿ<å_À K≥ѨÊQÆÅ"å!——
=∂Ü«∂ WѶπ^ä≥·"£∞ x„+¨¯q∞ã¨∂Î J#flk– ''QÍeHõO>Ë Ñ¨Å∞K«<≥·# =∂@efl
ѨÅ∞HõHõáÈ=_»"Õ∞ Lz`«O——
"Õã≤# `«Å∞ѨÙÅ∞ "Õã≤#>Ë¡ L<åfl~Ú. ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ‰õΩ H˘O_»O`« ^è≥·~åºxflzÛ
=∂Ü«∂ WѶπ^ä≥·"£∞ HõÅQÍ HõiyáÈ~ÚOk.
JHõ¯_» UO\˜#ãπ <åÜ«∞Hõ`åfi# >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ K«OѨ_®xH˜ ã¨~fi° ã¨#fl^Œ"ú ∞≥ #ÿ
<ÒHõ ã¨=Ú„^Œ[ÖÏÖ’¡H˜ „Ѩ"ÕtOzOk. Uã¨ìiãπ (Astaris) J<Õ z#fl nfiѨO =^ŒÌ
"åà◊√¡ <ÒHõ#∞ PÑ≤ >ˇe=∂Yãπ ~åHõ‰õΩ Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞.
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5. HÍeá⁄û nfiѨO #∞Oz |Ü«∞ÖËÌi# X_≥ã≤ãπ

ã¨O^蕺^Õ=`« `«# „ѨÉèí∞=Ù \˜^ä˘#ãπ H“ye q_ç=_ç `«∂~°∞Ê"åH˜@
xÅ|_ç J=∞~°∞ʼnõΩ, =∂#=ÙʼnõΩ J~°∞}HÍO`«∞Å "≥Å∞QÆ∞xzÛOk. J=∞~°
ã¨ÉÖíè ’ Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx J^躌 Hõ`∆ #« [iy# ã¨=∂"ÕâO◊ Ö’ Z^ä<≥ å X_≥ãã≤ π Ѩ_∞» `«∞#fl
HõëêìÅ QÆ∞iOz QÆ∞~°∞ÎKÕã≤Ok– ''`«O„_ô! h=Ù, D ã¨ÉèíÖ’ L#fl ^Õ=`«Å∞ <å
q#fláêxfl q#O_ç. WHõ=ÚO^Œ∞ U ~åE ^ŒÜ«∂^•H˜∆}ϺÅ`À =iÎOK«‰õÄ_»^Œ∞.
"åà◊√¡ Hõ$Ï~°OQÍ, ÅOK«Q˘O_»∞Öˇ· LO>Ë<Õ =∞Ozk. K«∂_»O_ç! X_≥ã≤ãπ ZO`«
=∞OzQÍ „Ѩ[efl ѨiáêeOKÕ"å_À! D<å_»∞ P`«xx QÆ∞~°∞KÎ ãÕ ∞¨ ‰õΩO@∞#fl"å~°∞
ZO^Œ~°∞<åfl~°∞! D ~ÀA# X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ HÍeá⁄û `«# QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ P`«x WëêìxH˜
=ºuˆ~HõOQÍ |OnQÍ LOzOk. "≥à^◊ •=∞#∞‰õΩ<åfl `À_»∞QÍ J#∞K«~∞° Å∞ ÖË~∞° !
„ѨÜ∂« }ÏxH˜ J#∞"≥#· <ÒHõ ÖË^∞Œ . JHõ¯_» P`«x ‰õΩ=∂~°∞x ^•iHÍz K«OѨ_®xH˜
W^ä•HÍ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ ã≤^OúŒ QÍ L<åfl~°∞. WO`« ^Œ∞~°^$Œ +¨Oì , Wxfl HõëêìÅ∞ g∞^ŒÑ_¨ Õ
`«Ñ¨C J`«<ÕO KÕâß_À!——
Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ |^Œ∞eKåÛ_»∞– ''„Ñ≤Ü«∞ѨلuHÍ! W@∞=O\˜ =∂@Å∞
h"≥ÖÏ J#QÆÅ∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl=Ù? P Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅÃÑ· X_≥ãã≤ π „ѨfHÍ~°O f~°∞ÛHÀ=_»O
h =ӺǨÏOÖ’ ÉèÏQÆ"∞Õ Hõ^•! >ˇe=∂Yãπ ã¨OQÆ`O« \Ï"å, U^À XHõ LáêÜ«∞O`À
P`«_xç X_»∞#¤ Ѩ_¿Õ ã ÉèÏ~°O h^Õ! P Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ MÏm KÕ`∞« Ö’¡ "≥#H˜¯ uiˆQÖÏ
KÕÜ«∞_»O h‰õΩ Hõ+¨ìO HÍ^Œ∞—— Jx ѨeH˜ ^Õ=^Œ∂`« ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ#∞ Ñ≤eKå_»∞– ''h=Ù
"≥O@<Õ "≥o¡ K«Hõ¯x t~À*ÏÅ∞#fl P =#Hõ#º HÍeá⁄û (Calypso)‰õΩ =∂
P[˝#∞ `≥eÜ«∞*Ë~Ú. X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ "≥à◊¡x=fi=∞#∞. J`«_»∞ U =∞x+‘, ^Õ=`å ™êÜ«∞O
ÖˉõΩO_®<Õ XO@iQÍ „Ѩܫ∂}O HÍ"åe. H˘Ü«∞ºK≥Hõ¯Å`À KÕã≤# |Å¡Hõ@∞ì ÖÏO\˜
Ѩ_=» Ö’ „ѨÜ∂« }O „Ѩ=∂^ŒH~õ "° ∞Õ J~Ú<å `«Ñʨ ^Œ∞. W~°"·≥ ~ÀAÅ∞ JÖÏ „ѨÜ∂« }O
KÕã#≤ `«~∞° "å`« ã≤¯iÜ«∂ (Scheria) ^ÕâO◊ Ö’ Ѷ㑠Ü
≤ ∞« #¡ (Pheacians)#∞ HõÅ∞™êÎ_∞» .
"åizÛ# J=¸Åº"≥∞ÿ# |Ǩï=∞`«∞Å`À ^èŒ#=O`«∞_≥· `«# WO\˜H˜ uiy=™êÎ_»∞——
^Õ=^Œ∂`« ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ `«# HÍà◊¡‰õΩ |OQÍ~°∞ Ô~Hõ¯Å áê^Œ~°Hõ∆Å∞ `˘_»∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
"Õ Q Æ O QÍ g㨠∞ Î # fl QÍÅ∞Å∞ `À_» ∞ ~åQÍ ã¨ = Ú„^•Å∞, "≥ ∞ ÿ ^ •<åÅ g∞^Œ ∞ QÍ
„Ѩܫ∂}˜OKå_»∞. P`«x KÕuÖ’ L#fl =∞O„`«^ŒO_»O =∂#=ÙÅ#∞ ã¨"≥∂‡Ç¨Ï#Ѩ~°z
x„^ŒÑ¨ÙK«ÛQÆÅ^Œ∞. "Õ∞ÖÁ¯Å∞ѨQÆÅ^Œ∞. ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù h\˜Ö’H˜ ^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩáÈ~Ú KÕѨÅ#∞
"Õ\Ï_Õ >ˇ~flü ѨHÖ∆˜ Ï P`«_∞» H˘O_»Å#∞, Ö’Ü«∞Å#∞ ^•@∞‰õΩO@∂ HÍeá⁄û QÆ∞ǨÏ=^Œ‰Ì Ωõ
KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. HÍeá⁄û WO\’¡<Õ L#flk. WO\˜Ö’x á⁄~Úº JO^ŒOQÍ "≥Å∞QÆ∞`«∞#flk.
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=∞Oz ZO_ç# AxѨ~ü, `«∂*Ï z^Œ∞QÆ∞Å∞ K«Hõ¯QÍ HÍÅ∞`«∂ q~°l=Ú‡`«∞#fl
ã¨∞"åã¨#Å`À P „Ѩ^Õâ◊=∞O`å =∞<ÀǨÏ~°OQÍ L#flk. P"≥∞ `«# |OQÍ~°∞ =∞QÆæO
=ÚO^Œ∞ ‰õÄ~°∞Ûx =¢™êÎxfl <Õã¨∂Î J^Œ∞ƒù`«OQÍ QÍ#O KÕÜ«∞™êyOk. P QÆ∞ǨÏ
K«∞@∞ìѨHõ¯Å PŤ~ü, áȡѨ~ü, Ã㷄Ѩãπ =$H∆ÍÅ∞, "å\˜ÃÑ· QÆ∂à◊√¡ Hõ@∞ì‰õΩx x=ã≤ã¨∞Î#fl
QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å∞, HÀ~˘‡~åO\ò, ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù H͉õΩÅ∞ HõÅHõÖÏ~å"åÅ∞ KÕã¨∂Î ã¨O^Œ_çQÍ
L<åfl~Ú. QÆ∞ǨÏ^•fi~°O =^ŒÌ K«Hõ¯x „^•Hõ∆fQÆÅ∞ JO^ŒOQÍ JÅ∞¡‰õΩx "ÕÖÏ_»∞`«∞#fl
„^•Hõ∆QÆ∞`«∞ÎÅ`À K«∂_»=ÚK«Û@QÍ L<åfl~Ú. <åÅ∞QÆ∞ z#fl [Åáê`åÅ #∞O_ç
„Ѩ=Ç≤Ïã¨∞#Î fl ã¨fiK«Û"ù ∞≥ #ÿ h~°∞ „Ѩ"åǨÅ∞QÍ =∂i =Ü≥ÚÖˇ\ò, áês¡û á⁄ÖÏÅ =∞^躌 QÍ
áê~°∞`«∞#flk.
^Õ=Ù_≥<· å P „Ѩ^âÕ ßxfl XHõ¯™êi K«∂¿ãÎ =ke "≥àÖ¡◊ _Ë ∞» . ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ P „Ѩ^âÕ ßxfl
Pâ◊Û~°ºOQÍ uÅH˜ã¨∂Î QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’H˜ ã¨~åã¨i "≥o¡<å_»∞. HÍeá⁄û ^Õ=^Œ∂`« ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ
(Hermes)#∞ QÆ∞~°∞ÎѨ\ ˜ì ™ê^Œ~°OQÍ PǨfixOzOk.

X_≥ã≤ãπ P ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ ã¨=Ú„^Œ f~å# ‰õÄ~°∞Ûx `«#‰õΩ =zÛ# HõëêìxH˜

‰õΩ=ÚÅ∞`«∂ WO\˜ÃÑ·x ɡOQÆ`À JÖÏ¡_çáÈ`«∞<åfl_»∞.
HÍeá⁄û `«# Jukèx Q“~°qOz ѨeH˜Ok– ''ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ! h ~åHõ=Å¡ <å
QÆ$ǨÏO áê=#=∞~ÚºOk. U HÍ~°}O =Å# h=Ù =∞O„`«^ŒO_®xfl Ãã·`«O ÔQ·H˘x <å
~ÚO\˜H˜ =zÛ<å=Ù? U^≥·<å 㨈~ ^•K«‰õΩO_® `≥eÜ«∞*Ë~Ú. =ÚO^Œ∞ <å Pu^䕺xfl
ã‘fiHõiOK«∞!—— P`«xH˜ |OQÍ~°∞áê„`«ÅÖ’ UO„ÉÁã≤Ü∂« #∞, Z„~°\ ˜ <≥HÍì~#ü ∞ WzÛOk.
ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ "å\˜x ã‘fiHõiOz `«$Ñ≤Î K≥Ok<å_»∞– ''HÍeá⁄û =#^Õ=`å! Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞
<å ~ÚëêìxH˜ =ºuˆ~HõOQÍ WHõ¯_»‰õΩ ѨOáê_»∞. h"Õ K≥ѨC, Z=~°∞ Wxfl JO`«∞ÖËx
ã¨=Ú„^•Å#∞ ^•\˜ D ã¨∞^Œ∂~°"≥∞ÿ# nfiáêxH˜ ~å=_®xH˜ W+¨ìѨ_»`å_»∞. ^ŒQÆæ~À¡
=∂#= x"å™êÖË ÖË=Ù Hõ^•! LO>Ë P =∂#=ÙÅ∞ WKÕÛ ÃÇÏHõ\ÏOÉòÅÖ’ ÉèÏQÆO
HÀã¨O ^Õ=`«Å∞ ZO`« ^Œ∂~°"≥∞ÿ# Ѩܫ∞xOK«QÆÅ~°∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ h ^ŒQÆæ~° z‰õΩ¯‰õΩ
áÈ~Ú# =∂#=Ù}˜‚ "≥O@<Õ ¿ãfiK«ÛùQÍ =kÖËÜ«∞=∞x `≥Å∞Ѩ=∞<åfl_»∞. J`«_»∞
`˘q∞‡^Õà◊¡áê@∞ „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~åxfl =Ú@ì_çOz Ѩ^ÀU@ P #QÆ~åxfl ^èŒfiOã¨O KÕã≤
WO\˜H˜ |Ü«∞ÖËÌi# ZdÜ«∞#¡Ö’ XHõ_»∞. Z^ä≥<å‰õΩ P„QÆǨÏO HõeyOz# P`«x
J#∞K«~∞° ÅO^Œ~∂° U^À XHõ HÍ~°}O`À =∞~°}O˜ Kå~°∞. W`«_∞» h nfiáêxH˜ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩx
h P„â◊Ü∂« xfl á⁄Ok<å_»∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx P[˝ Uq∞@O>Ë P`«_xç h=Ù WHõ¯_ç#∞Oz
"≥à◊¡_®xH˜ J#∞=∞u W=fi=∞x. P`«_»∞ `«# ~ÚO\˜H˜ "≥o¡ `«#"åà◊¡#∞ HõÅ"åÅx
^Õ=`«Å∞ x~°‚~ÚOz<å~°∞——.
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HÍeá⁄û Hõà◊=à◊Ѩ_çOk– ''=∞# ^Õ=`«Å∞ =∂#=ÙʼnõΩ q∞Oz# Jã¨∂Ü«∂
Ѩ~°∞Å∞. XHõ ^Õ=`« =∂#=Ù}˜‚ „¿Ñq∞Oz P`«_ç`À HÍѨÙ~°O KÕã¨∞ÎO>Ë g∞‰õΩ ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ
W+¨ìOQÍ ÖË^À <åHõ~°÷O HÍ=_»O ÖË^Œ∞. g∞ Jã¨∂Ü«∞=Å¡<Õ J~°∞}~åQÆ~°Ol`«
ã¨O^蕺^Õ=`« XiÜ«∂<£ (Orion)#∞ H“QÆeOK«∞‰õΩx ÉèOí QÆÑ_¨ Oç k. PÔ~qì ∞ãπ#∞ ѨOÑ≤
=∞s XiÜ«∂<£#∞ _≥ÖÏãπÖ’ K«OÑ≤OKå~°∞. _ç=∂@~ü (Demeter) JÜ«∂ã≤Ü«∂<£
(Iasion) H“yeÖ’ ã¨∞YOQÍ L#flѨÙ_»∞ Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ Ñ≤_»∞QÆ∞Å∞ ‰õΩiÑ≤Oz P`«_ç
„áê}ÏÅ∞ fã≤<å_»∞. WѨC_»∞ g∞~°∞ <åg∞^Œ Ѩ_®¤~°∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx Ñ≤_»∞QÆ∞Å
^≥|ƒ‰õΩ D =∂#=Ù_ç <ÒHõ ^èŒfiOã¨"≥∞ÿ, J#∞K«~°∞ÅO^Œ~°∂ h@=Úxy =∞~°}˜OK«QÍ
D`«_∞» ^˘iH˜# K≥H¯õ =ÚHõ¯ Ѩ@∞ì‰Ωõ x <å nfiáêxH˜ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. <Õ<å`«xx PǨ~°
áêhÜ«∂Å`À ¿ã^Œn~åÛ#∞. <å`À LOK«∞‰õΩx P`«xH˜ J=∞~°`åfixfl W^•Ì=∞#∞
‰õΩ<åfl#∞. W`«_çx WHõ¯_» #∞Oz ѨOѨ_®xH˜ <å =^ŒÌ <ÒHõÅ∞ ÖË=Ù. J~Ú<å
J`«xH˜ ZÖÏ ã¨=Ú„^•xfl ^•\ÏÖ’ LáêÜ«∂xfl K≥Ñ≤Ê WHõ¯_» #∞Oz ѨOÑ≤"Õ™êÎ#∞.
Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx P[˝#∞ kèHõ¯iOK«ÖË#∞ Hõ^•!——
ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''J^Õ h `«Hõ∆} Hõ~°Î=ºO. ÖˉõΩO>Ë Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ x#∞fl
Hõ∆q∞OK«_»∞—— Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê P`«_»∞ x„+¨¯q∞Oz<å_»∞.
HÍeá⁄û X_≥ãã≤ #π ∞ "≥^∞Œ ‰õΩ¯O@∂ ã¨=Ú„^Œf~åxH˜ "≥oO¡ k. JHõ¯_» ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑÙ¨
JOK«∞#∞, JÅefl K«∂ã¨∂Î hà◊√¡ xO_ç# Hõà◊¡`À ^Œ∞ódã¨∞Î#fl P`«_çx K«∂ã≤Ok.
HÍeá⁄û ~åHõ P`«xH˜ P#O^•xflzÛ#@∞¡ ÖË^Œ∞. P"≥∞ ѨeH˜Ok– ''=∂#=Ù_®! ^Œ∞ó
YѨ_‰» Ωõ . h‰õΩ <Õ#∞ ¿ãfiK«Ûxù ã¨∞<Î åfl#∞. h HõOK«∞Q˘_»e¤ `À K≥@#¡ ∞ #iH˜ ÃÑ^ŒÌ |Å¡H@õ ∞ì#∞
`«Ü∂« ~°∞KÕ~Ú. PHõe^ŒÑC¨ Å∞ f~°_®xH˜ ~˘>ˇ,ì „^•Hõ™∆ ê~å~Úx, hà◊#¡ ∞ <Õ#∞ W™êÎ#∞.
=∞Oz QÍÅ∞Å∞ gz h‰õΩ ™êÜ«∞Ѩ_ÕÖÏ KÕ™êÎ#∞. Wk ^Õ=`«Å x~°‚Ü«∞"Õ∞!——
X_≥ã≤ãπ LeH˜¯Ñ¨_ç<å_»∞– ''^Õ=`å! h =∞#ã¨∞Ö’ U^À L#flk. ÖˉõΩO>Ë
WO`« Ö’`≥·#, cèHõ~°"≥∞ÿ# JÅÅ∞#fl ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù [ÖÏÖ’¡ <Õ<≥ÖÏ „Ѩܫ∂}˜OK«QÆÅ#∞?
##∞fl hà◊¡Ö’ =ÚOKÕÜ«∂Åx h Ѩ<åflQÆO HÍ^Œx „Ѩ=∂}O KÕÜ«∞QÆÅ"å!——
HÍeá⁄û #qfiOk– ''QÆ\ ˜ì"å_ç"Õ! PHÍâ◊O g∞^Œ, Éèí∂q∞g∞^Œ, ã≤ìH±û #k
g∞^Œ „Ѩ=∂}O KÕã≤ K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞. <å =∞#ã¨∞Ö’ Z@∞=O\˜ ^Œ∞~åÖ’K«<å ÖË^Œ∞.
h=Ù h ~ÚO\˜H˜ áÈ"åÅ#fl^Õ <å HÀiHõ! ##∞fl #=Ú‡!——
W^ŒÌ~°∂ HÍeá⁄û QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’H˜ "≥o¡<å~°∞. `«=∞`«=∞ PǨ~° áêhÜ«∂Å`À
ã¨O`«$Ñ≤Î K≥Ok<åHõ HÍeá⁄û J_çyOk– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ! eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_®! h=Ù
ã¨~åã¨i WO\˜ˆH "≥à◊¡^ŒÅ∞K«∞‰õΩ<åfl"å? =∞Ozk. „Ѩܫ∂}O |ǨïHõ+¨ì`«~°"≥∞ÿ#^Õ!
J~Ú<å WOHÀ q+¨Ü«∞O! hH˜+¨ì"≥∞ÿ`Õ <å`À LO_çáÈ=K«∞Û#∞. h‰õΩ =$^•úѨºO ÖËx
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J=∞~°`åfixfl™êÎ#∞. <Õ#∞ ~°∂ѨÖÏ=}ϺÅÖ’ =∞Ô~O^Œ∞Ö’#∂ h ÉèÏ~°º‰õΩ fã≤áÈ#∞.
PÖ’zOK«∞HÀ!——
X_≥ã≤ãπ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛ<å_»∞– ''^Õ=`å! <åÃÑ· P„QÆǨÏO `≥K«∞ÛHÀ‰õΩ. h=Ù
J#fl =∂@ÅÖ’ x[O L#flk. <å ÉèÏ~°º ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ Jxfl q+¨Ü«∂Ö’¡#∂ h`À
ã¨iáÈÅ^Œ∞. HÍx P"≥∞ÃÑ· <å‰õΩ „¿Ñ=∞. <å ~ÚO\˜ÃÑ·, <å QÆ$ǨÏOÃÑ·, <å ^Õâ◊OÃÑ·
<å‰õΩ „¿Ñ=∞. ã¨=Ú„^ŒO =∞^躌 Ö’ =∞~°ÖÏ U ^Õ=Ù_≥<· å <åÃÑ· P„QÆÇÏ≤ ¿ãÎ Éèií OK«QÅÆ #∞.
Ü«Ú^•úefl, ã¨=Ú„^Œ cèÉèí`åûxfl Zxfl\˜<À ÉèíiOKå#∞. HÍx <å ~ÚO\˜g∞k ɡOQÆ
##∞fl xÅ∞=h‰õΩ#flk——
pHõ\ ˜ Ѩ_çOk. HÍeá⁄û `«# „¿Ñq∞‰õΩ_ç H“yeÖ’ HõiyáÈ~ÚOk.
L^ŒÜ«∞ã¨O^茺 `«# J~°∞}=~°‚Ѩ٠HÍO`«∞b#∞`«∞#fl ǨϙêÎÅ`À PHÍâßxfl
ã¨Ê $tOK«QÍ<Õ „ѨHõ$u Ѩ~°=tOzOk. X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# =¢™êÎxfl, ÃÑ·# HõѨC‰õΩ<Õ
JOQÆ=¢™êÎxfl ^èŒiOKå_»∞. HÍeá⁄û "≥∞~°∞ã¨∞Î#fl JO^Œ"≥∞ÿ# ^Œ∞ã¨∞Îefl ^èŒiOzOk.
#_»∞=Ú‰õΩ |OQÍ~°∞ =_®¤}Ïxfl, `«ÅÃÑ· "Õ∞e=Úã¨∞QÆ∞#∞ "Õã¨∞‰õΩx =Ú™êÎɡ·Ok.
X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ F Ѩ^Œ∞<≥·# Q˘_»¤e – HõOK«∞ ֒ǨÏO`À `«Ü«∂~°∞KÕÜ«∞|_ç# Ѩ~°â◊√=Ù,
^Œ$_è»"≥∞ÿ# Pe"£ =$Hõ∆Ѩ٠H˘=∞‡ Q˘_»¤eHõ„~°QÍ L#flk – WzÛOk. W^ŒÌ~°∂ Hõeã≤
nfiѨÑÙ¨ JOK«∞=^ŒÌ UѨÙQÍ ÃÑiy# UŤ~,ü áÈѨ~¡ ,ü Ѷ~¨ ü K≥@=¡ ^Œ‰Ì Ωõ "≥àÏ¡~∞° . ^Œ$_è"» ∞≥ #ÿ ,
ZO_ç# HõÅѨ#∞ P"≥∞ ã¨∂zOz WO\˜H˜ =∞~°eOk. X_≥ã≤ãπ W#∞=∞_çOz#
L`åûǨÏO`À W~°"≥· =$H∆ÍÅ#∞ #iH˜, ^Œ∞OQÆÅ#∞ XHõ „Hõ=∞Ѩ^ŒúuÖ’ |Å¡Hõ@∞ìÖÏ
J=∞iÛ, HÍeá⁄û ~ÚzÛ# Ѩx=Ú@¡`À "å\˜H˜ ~°O„^è•Å∞ KÕã≤ z#fl Ѩ_»=QÍ
=∞eKå_»∞. `≥~°KåѨ H˘Ü«∞º#∞, `≥_»¡#∞ J=∞iÛ<å_»∞. HÍeá⁄û `≥zÛ# =¢™êÎÅ`À
`≥~°KåѨ#∞ `«Ü«∂~°∞KÕ™ê_»∞. <åÅ∞QÀ ~ÀAHõÖÏ¡ Ѩ_»= ã≤^Œú"≥∞ÿOk.
J~Ú^Œ=~ÀA L^ŒÜ∞« O HÍeá⁄û P`«xH˜ `«##∞ q_çz "≥à_¡◊ ®xH˜ J#∞=∞u
xzÛOk. â◊√„ÉèíOQÍ ™êfl#O KÕ~ÚOz, Ѩi=∞à◊Éèíi`«"≥∞ÿ# =¢™êÎÅ#∞ `˘_çyOk.
Ѩ_»=Ö’ h\˜`À xOÑ≤# F ÃÑ^ŒÌ uuÎx, Z„~°\ ˜ fÜ«∞\˜ „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Ú L#fl =∞~À
uuÎx, PǨ~°Ñ^¨ •~å÷Å∞#fl ã¨Ozh LOzOk. J`«xH˜ =∂~°^æ ~Œ ≈° ‰õΩ_çQÍ "ÕQ=Æ O`«"∞≥ #ÿ
QÍex `À_»∞~ÚzÛ g_À¯Å∞ K≥Ñ≤ÊOk HÍeá⁄û.
X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# Ѩ_»=Ö’ |Ü«∞ÖËÌi ~À[O`å „Ñ¨Ü«∂}O KÕã¨∂Î<Õ L<åfl_»∞.
~å„u ‰õÄ_» HõO\˜g∞^Œ ‰õΩ#∞‰õΩ ÖˉõΩO_® PHÍâ◊OÖ’ #Hõ∆„`åÅ "≥Å∞QÆ∞Ö’ Ѩܫ∞<åxfl
™êyOKå_»∞. Ñ‘¡Ü«∞_≥ãπ, á⁄¡=∂<£, „ˆQ\ò ÉË~ü ("≥~Ú<£ (wain) Jx =∞~À ¿Ñ~°∞QÆÅ
#Hõ∆„`«=∞O_»ÅO FiÜ«∂<£ #Hõ∆„`åxfl XHõ HõO@ HõxÃÑ_»∂Î<Õ LO@∞Ok. JO`ÕHÍHõ
ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ `«_»=x #Hõ∆„`«=∞O_»ÅO W^˘Hõ¯>Ë)Å#∞ QÆ=∞xã¨∂Î X_≥ã≤ãπ HÍeá⁄û
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#_çáê_»∞. Ѩk¿ÇÏ_»∞ ~ÀAÅ∞ QÆ_çKå~Ú. Ѩ^≥úxq∞^Œ= ~ÀA# P`«_»∞ Ѷ≤Ü«∞ã≤Ü«∞#¡
(Phaeaciens) f~åxH˜ ^ŒQÆæ~À¡H˜ =KåÛ_»∞.

WO`«Ö’ WkäÜ≥∂Ñ≤Ü«∞x¡zÛ# qO^Œ∞<å~°yOz "≥#H˜¯ =∞o¡# Éèí∂HõOáêÅ

Jkè^Õ=`« áêl_®<£, ™Èeq∞ tY~åÅ „H˜O^Œ Ѩ_»=Ö’ Ѩܫ∞xã¨∞Î#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞
K«∂ã≤ Pâ◊Û~°ºÑ¨_ç WÖÏ J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞– ''"≥∂ã¨O! <Õ#∞ ÖËx ã¨=∞Ü«∞O K«∂ã≤ XeOѨãπ
^Õ=`«Å∞ D`«xH˜ ™êÜ«∞O KÕã≤#@∞¡<åfl~°∞. K«∂Ñ≤^•ÌO =∞# ã¨`åÎ Uq∞\’!——
áêl_®<£ `«# „uâ◊¥ÖÏxfl |ÅOQÍ Ñ¨@∞ì‰õΩx, #Å¡ =∞|∞ƒefl, „ѨK«O_»
QÍ_»∞Êefl ~°Ñ≤ÊOKå_»∞. pHõ\ ˜Ö’ Uk ã¨=Ú„^ŒO, Uk <ÕÅ `≥eÜ«∞‰õΩO_® KÕã≤,
D^äŒ~ü Ѩل`«∞Öˇ·# <åÅ∞QÆ∞ QÍÅ∞efl (Ü«Ú~°ãπ, <À@ãπ, *ˇÑ¶≤~ü, ÉÁiÜ«∂ãπ) XHõ¯™êˆ~
gK«=∞x P*Ï˝ÑO≤ Kå_»∞. X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ HÍà◊¥K¡ `Õ ∞« Å∂ P_»Ö^Ë ∞Œ ''JÜ≥∂º! =∞m¡ „Ѩ=∂^ŒO
=ÚOK«∞H˘zÛOk. HÍeá⁄û ^Õ=`« J#flO`« Ѩh J~ÚºOk. Zxfl "Õ∞Ѷ¨∂Å∞ K«∂_»∞,
PHÍâß#flO`å #Å¡QÍ ^Œ@ìOQÍ Hõ=Ú‡H˘ã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú! "åÜ«Ú=ÙÅhfl UHõ"≥∞ÿ#\©¡
Ǩϟ~°∞QÍe! <åH©™êi =∞$`«∞º=Ù `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞. <åHõ<åfl „\ÏÜü∞Ü«Ú^ŒúOÖ’ =∞~°}˜Oz#
„w‰õΩg~°∞Å∞ =¸_»∞ <åÅ∞QÆ∞Ô~@∞¡ J^Œ$+¨ì=O`«∞Å∞. Hõhã¨O Zde¡ãπ â◊"åxfl
HÍáê_»∞`«∞#flѨÙ_≥·<å „\’[#¡ KÕuÖ’ <Õ#∞ =∞~°}˜Oz LO>Ë <å‰õΩ JO`«º„H˜Ü«∞Å<åfl
^ŒˆH¯q, ¿Ñ~°∞ „Ѩu+¨ªÅ∂ q∞yÖËq. <Õh ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ XO@iQÍ k‰õΩ¯=∂e# Kå=Ù
Kå"åeû =™ÈÎOk——
JÖÏ ^Œ∞ódã¨∞Î#fl ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’<Õ XHõ ÃÑ^ŒÌ JÅ „ѨK«O_»"≥∞ÿ# "ÕQÆO`À
=zÛ X_≥ã≤ãπ Ѩ_»=#∞ `«Å„H˜O^Œ∞Å∞ KÕã≤Ok. J`«x KÕuÖ’x `≥_»∞¤ *ÏiáÈ~ÚOk.
JÅÅhfl ã¨∞à◊√¡ uiy ã¨∞_çQÆ∞O_»O U~°Ê_»QÍ `≥~°KåѨ H˘Ü«∞º qiy, Ѩ_»= =Úxy
P`«_»∞ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù hà◊¡Ö’ =ÚxyáÈÜ«∂_»∞. ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÎÅ |~°∞=Ù =∞iO`« Z‰õΩ¯= HÍQÍ
<å<å uѨÊÅ∞ Ѩ_ç ÃÑ·H˜ `Õe<å_»∞. q∞Oy# LѨCh~°∞ L=Ú‡`«∂ Ju „Ѩܫ∂ã¨`À
Ѩ_»= H˘Ü«∞ºÅ#∞ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx HÍã¨Î `≥ѨÊie¡<å_»∞. HÍx ÃÑ·ÔHQÆã≤Ѩ_»∞Î#fl JÅʼnõΩ
`À_»∞ <À@ãπ (^ŒH˜∆}Ѩ٠QÍe), ÉÁiÜ«∂ãπ (L`«Î~°Ñ¨ÙQÍe)Å∞ HÍ¿ãѨ٠J@∞ HÍ¿ãѨÙ
W@∞ gã¨∂ÎO_»QÍ "å\˜H˜ `À_»∞ Ü«Ú~°ãπ (`«∂~°∞ÊQÍe), *ˇÑ¶≤~ü (ѨtÛ=∞ѨÙQÍe)
=_çQÍ gz P`«xx <å<å W_»∞=ÚÅ áêÅ∞ KÕ™ê~Ú. ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑÙ¨ hà◊Ö¡ ’ =Ú#∞QÆ∞`«∂
`ÕÅ∞`«∂ ~åà◊‰¡ Ωõ H˘@∞ì‰Ωõ O@∂ f~åxH˜ KÕ~É° ’~Ú =∞~°ÖÏ Ö’Ñ¨eH˜ ÖωõΩ¯áÈ|_»∞`«∂
ã¨=Ú„^ŒO <å<å cèÉèí`«ûO KÕã¨∞ÎO_»QÍ JÅã≤™⁄Åã≤áÈ~Ú# X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ áêÅ#∞~°QÆÅ
JÅÅ ^Õ=`« Å∂ºH˘käÜ«∂ K«∂ã≤Ok.
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P"≥∞ XHõѨC_»∞ =∂#=Hõ#º W<˘ (ino) HÍ_»‡ãπ (Cadmus)Å ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î.
^Õ=`«Å =~°„Ѩ™ê^ŒOKÕ ã¨=Ú„^Œ^Õ=`«QÍ `≥Å¡x JÅÅ ^Õ=`«QÍ ~°∂Ѩ٠K≥OkOk.
áêl_®<£ P„QÆǨxH˜ QÆ∞Ô~· ѨÅ∞ HõëêìÅ∞ Ѩ_»∞`«∞#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ K«∂ã≤ *ÏeѨ_ç
ã¨=Ú„^ŒO #∞Oz ã‘ QÆÖò (Sea gull) ѨH˜∆QÍ =∂i X_≥ã≤ãπ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx L#fl ^Œ∞OQÆÃÑ·
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g∞^Œ ѨsHõ∆Å∞, HõëêìÅg∞^Œ HõëêìÖˇO^Œ∞‰õΩ hÃÑ· P`«_»∞ ‰õΩiÑ≤ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞? HÍx h=Ù
ѨÓiÎQÍ F_çáÈ=ÙÖË! h HÍà◊¡‰õΩ |O^è•Å∞QÍ =∂i# P =¢™êÎÅ#∞ =keOK«∞HÀ! P
H˘Ü« ∞ º^Œ ∞ OQÆ # ∞ =ke D^Œ ∞ ‰õ Ω O@∂ f~åxfl KÕ ~ ° ∞ ! Wk Ѷ ≤ Ü « ∂ ã≤ Ü « ∞ #¡
(Phaeacians)Å ~å[ºO. WHõ¯_» h‰õΩ WO\˜H˜ "≥àı¡ =∂~°æO ^˘~°∞‰õΩ`«∞Ok. 㨈~!
W^Œ∞QÀ D ÃÑ=· ¢™êÎxfl h ~˘=Ú‡H˜O^Œ Ѩ~K° ∞« . Wk J=∞~°∞Å =GO. x#∞fl Kå=Ù#∞Oz
HÍáê_»∞`«∞Ok. f~åxfl KÕ~Q° Í<Õ nxfl ^Œ∂~°OQÍ qã≤i"ÕÜ∂« e ã¨∞=∂!—— Jx K≥|∞`«∂
P"≥∞ J`«xHÀ =¢™êÎxfl WzÛ =∞~°Å ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’H˜ ^Œ∞q∞H˜ J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞ÿOk. `«#
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#∞Oz ##∞fl "Õ~°∞KÕ¿ãÎ JѨC_»∞ f~åxH˜ D^Œ∞‰õΩO@∂ áÈ=K«∞Û——
X_≥ãã≤ π JÖÏ J#∞‰õΩO@∂ LO_»QÍ<Õ áêl_®<£ =∞~À ÃÑ^ŒÌ JÅ#∞ „ѨKO« _»
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u~°∞QÆ∞`«∞O_»QÍ X_≥ãã≤ π `«# ÃÑx· =¢™êÎÅ#∞ (HÍeá⁄û WzÛ#q) fã≤"ãÕ ,≤ Å∞ºHÀkäÜ∂«
^Õ=`« WzÛ# ÃÑ· =¢™êÎxfl ~˘=Ú‡ÃÑ· Ѩ~°K«∞H˘x ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’H˜ ^Œ∂H˜<å_»∞. U^À
k=ºâ◊H˜Î P=Ç≤ÏOz#"å_çÖÏ Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å`À |ÅOQÍ JÅefl q_»nã¨∂Î D^Œ∞`«∂
f~°O"ÕÑÙ¨ "ÕQOÆ QÍ áÈ™êy<å_»∞. X_≥ãã≤ π =∂#ã≤Hõ ^è~·≥ åºxH˜ Pâ◊Û~°ºÑ¨_#ç áêl_®<£–
''"≥Ú`åÎxH˜ f~°O KÕ~°∞`«∞<åfl=Ù. HÍx D HõëêìÅ#∞ h [#‡Ö’ =∞~°záÈÖË=Ù—— Jx
J#∞‰õΩO@∂ `«# ~°^OŒä Ö’ Z~ÚˆQ (Aegae) Ö’x `«# „áê™ê^•xH˜ "≥oá¡ È~Ú<å_»∞.
Z^ä≥<å Jxfl QÍÅ∞bfl xÅ∞=iOz, XHõ¯ É’iÜ«∂ãπ (L`«Î~°Ñ¨Ù QÍe)#∞
=∂„`«O X_≥ã≤ãπ ^•iHõ_»¤O =ã¨∞Î#fl JÅefl <≥=∞‡kOKÕÖÏ gKÕ@∞¡ KÕã≤Ok.
Ô~O_»∞~ÀAÅ áê@∞ Kå=Ù|`«∞‰õΩÅ =∞^茺 "ÕàÏ¡_»∞`«∂ =¸_À~ÀA L^ŒÜ«∂xH˜
JÅÅ∞ <≥=∞‡kOK«QÍ ã¨g∞Ѩ ^Œ∂~°OÖ’ HõxÑ≤Oz# K≥@¡#∂, <ÕÅ#∂ K«∂ã≤ –
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ˆHiO`«Å∞ H˘\˜ì<å_»∞.
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=zÛ WÖÏ `«ÅáÈ™ê_»∞. ''f~åxH˜ KÕ~å##∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞, HÍx ZHõ¯_® <ÕÅÃÑ· J_»∞y_Õ
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"≥_^» •=∂ J#∞‰õΩO>Ë <Õ#∞ ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’H˜ "≥àQ¡◊ Í<Õ =∞m¡ U ^Õ=Ù_À JÅefl `«∞á¶ê#∞QÍ
=∂iÛ =∞m¡ U nfiѨO"ÕáÈ <≥\ ˜ì"Õ¿ã@∞ì<åfl_»∞. QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ U_»∞^•Ì=∞<åfl U ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù
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^Õ=Ù_»∞ <åÃÑ· ZO`« P„QÆǨÏOQÍ L<åfl_À!——
WO`«Ö’ F ÃÑ^ŒÌ JÅ J`«_çfl f~åxH˜ qã≤iH˘\˜ìOk. P ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ K«~°‡O
Ѩye Z=ÚHõÅ∞ qiˆQ"Õ! HÍx Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« WzÛ# ã¨ÅǨ`À f~°O"ÕѨ٠"≥^Œ‰õΩ`«∂
`«##∞ JŠѨÓiÎQÍ =â◊Ѩ~°K«∞HÀ‰õΩO_® D^Œ∞`«∂ <≥=∞‡kQÍ #k ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’
Hõe¿ã JMÏ`«O =^Œ‰Ì Ωõ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. P „Ѩ^âÕ ßxH˜ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩx #n ^Õ=Ù}˜‚ „áêi÷OKå_»∞.
''F #n^Õ=Ù_®! áêl_®<£ P„QÆǨÏO #∞Oz D<å\˜H˜ |Ü«∞@Ѩ_ç h f~åxH˜
KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. ##∞fl Hõ~°∞}˜OK«∞. <Õ#∞ h‰õΩ Z#fl\˜H© |∞∞}Ѩ_ç LO\Ï#∞——
#n^Õ=Ù_»∞ P`«x „áê~°÷# qx `«# "ÕQÍxfl `«yæOKå_»∞. f~åxfl KÕi#
X_≥ã≤ãπ ‰õÄÅ|_çáÈÜ«∂_»∞. â◊s~°=∞O`å LaƒOk. <À\˜#∞O_ç, =Ú‰õΩ¯#∞O_ç
ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù hà◊√¡ #∞~°QÆÖÏ HÍ~°™êQÍ~Ú. HÍã¨Î TÑ≤i fã¨∞‰õΩx `«#‰õΩ ^Õ=`« WzÛ#
=¢™êÎxfl ^Œ∂~°OQÍ ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’H˜ qã≤i"Õ™ê_»∞. Jk `≥Å¡x JÅÅ`À Hõeã≤ P
^Õ=`« =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥o¡áÈ~ÚOk. #n =ÚY^•fi~°O #∞Oz, Ô~Å∞¡QÆ_ç¤ á⁄^ŒÅ#∞ ^•@∞`«∂
nfiѨOÖ’H˜ "≥_∞» `«∂– ''ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ <åH© HõëêìÅ∞! WOˆHq∞ [~°QÉÆ ’`«∞#fl^À! D f~°OÖ’
q„â◊q∞OKå<å K«eÖ’ =∞OK«∞Ö’ QÆ_»¤Hõ\ ˜ì Kå=_»O `«^䌺O. áÈh H˘O_»Å<≥H˜¯
J_»qÖ’H˜ áÈ^•=∞O>Ë U „‰õÄ~°[O`«∞=ÙHÀ zH˜¯ PǨ~°O HÍ=_»=¸ x["Õ∞!——
J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ.
<≥=∞‡kQÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ #nf~°O "≥O|_ç J_»qÖ’H˜ #_çKå_»∞. XHõ Pe"£
á⁄^Œ, =∞~À =Úà◊¡á⁄^Œ Hõeã≤ ^Œ@ìOQÍ JÅ∞¡‰õΩx QÍÅ∞efl P¿Ñ@∞¡#fl „áêO`åxfl
â◊√„ÉèíѨ~°K«∞‰õΩx, ~åe# P‰õΩÅ`À ѨHõ¯#∞ `«Ü«∂~°∞KÕã≤<å_»∞. ÃÑ·#∞Oz "≥Å∞`«∞~°∞,
"å# h~°∞ ~å‰õΩO_® L#fl P á⁄^ŒÅÖ’ P‰õΩÅ#∞ HõѨC‰õΩx Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« ^ŒÜ«∞`À
x„^Œ =ÚOK«∞‰õΩ~åQÍ QÍ_è» ã¨∞+¨µÑ≤ÎÖ’H˜ *Ï~°∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. J<ÕHõ HõëêìÅ∞ Ѩ_ç z=~°‰õΩ
f~åxfl KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#fl P`«xH˜ "≥O@<Õ x„^ŒÑ¨\ ˜ìOk.
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6. Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞<£ ~å‰õΩ=∂i <Òã≤HÍ

Pq^èŒOQÍ K«pÛK≥_ç X_»∞¤‰õΩ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ Xà◊√¡ `≥eÜ«∞‰õΩO_®
x„^ŒáÈ`«∞<åfl_»∞. DÖ’QÍ Z^ä<≥ å ѶÜ
≤ ∂« ã≤Ü∞« #¡ (Phaeacians) =^Œ‰Ì Ωõ "≥oO¡ k.
XHõѨC_»∞ gà◊√¡ ÃÇ·ÏѨiÜ«∂ (Hypereia) „áêO`«OÖ’ LO_Õ"åà◊√¡. HÍx "åà◊¡‰õΩ
ã¨iǨÏ^Œ∞ÌÖ’ L#fl Ãã·HÍ¡Ñπû J#|_Õ XO\˜Hõ#∞fl ~åHÍã¨∞Å PQÆ_®Å‰õΩ ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_ç
Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞#¡ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ <åã≤^äÒãπ (Nausithous) <åÜ«∞Hõ`åfi# ã≤¯iÜ«∂
(Scheriea) f~å# x"å™êÅ <Õ~°Ê~°K«∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. <åã≤^äÒãπ =∞~°}O `«~°∞"å`«
Peû<Òãπ (Alcinous) "åà◊¡‰õΩ ~å[Ü«∂º_»∞. W`«_»∞ <åºÜ«∞"≥∞ÿ# ^èŒ~°‡|^Œ∞ú_≥·#
ѨiáêʼnõΩ_»∞.
Z^ä<≥ å ã¨~åã¨i Peû<Òãπ ~å[„Ѩ™ê^ŒOÖ’ `«# QÆkÖ’ x^Œ∞iã¨∞#Î fl JO^•Å
~å‰õΩ=∂i <Òã≤HÍ (Nausicaa) =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥o¡Ok. P"≥∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ W^ŒÌ~°∞ K≥eHõ`≥ÎÅ∞
q„â◊q∞Oz L<åfl~°∞. `«Å∞ѨÙÅ∞ =¸ã≤ L#fl P QÆkÖ’H˜ Z^ä≥<å j`«Å ã¨g∞~°OÖÏ
Ö’xH˜ "≥o¡ ~å‰õΩ=∂i ѨH¯õ <Õ P"≥∞ „Ñ≤Ü∞« ã¨d _≥=· ∂ãπ (Dymas) ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î ~°∂ѨOÖ’
ѨÅHõiOzOk– ''<Òã≤HÍ! WO`« |^ŒÌHõã¨∞Î~åex U `«e¡ Hõ#fl^Œ=∂‡! h ÃÑo¡~ÀA
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LuH˜ â◊√„ÉèíO KÕã¨∞HÀ"åe. ##∞fl ~°=∞‡O>Ë <Õ#∞ ‰õÄ_® =™êÎ#∞. Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞<£
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO`å h=Ù Z=ix ZxflHõ KÕã¨∞‰õΩO\Ï"å Jx Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂ã¨∞ÎO>Ë h"Õ"≥∂
x=∞‡‰õΩ hÔ~uÎ#@∞¡ x=∞‡à◊OQÍ L<åfl=Ù. L^ŒÜ∂« <Õfl h `«O„_çH˜ K≥ÑÊ≤ HõOK«~Q° Í_ç^#Œ ∞
ѨÓxÛ# |O_çÃÑ· #∂Å∞ =¢™êÎÅ#∞, Lxfl =¢™êÎÅ#∞ fã¨∞‰õΩx Ti|Ü«∞@ =Ù#fl
hÖÏ\˜ ˆ~=Ù‰õΩ "≥àÏÌO—— JÖÏ K≥Ñ≤Ê Z^ä≥<å J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞ÿOk.
L^ŒÜ«∂<Õfl x„^ŒÖËz# <Òã≤HÍ `«#‰õΩ =zÛ# HõÅ QÆ∞~°∞ΉõΩ ~åQÍ<Õ
Pâ◊Û~°ºÑ¨_çOk. "≥O@<Õ `«# `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Å=^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥o¡Ok. JHõ¯_» P"≥∞ `«e¡ `«#
K≥eHõ`≥ÎÅ`À Hõeã≤ L^•~°OQÆ∞ ^•~åÅ#∞ <Õã¨∞Î#flk. Peû<Òãπ |Ü«∞@‰õΩ "≥o¡ W`«~°
„ѨÉèí∞=ÙÅ#∞ HõÅ=_®xH˜ |Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~°∞`«∞<åfl_»∞.
''`«O„_ô! <å |@ìÅ#∞ â◊√„ÉèOí KÕã∞¨ HÀ_®xH˜ Ti|Ü«∞@ hà◊K¡ ~≥ ∞° =Ù ^ŒQ~æÆ ‰° Ωõ
"≥à◊¡^ŒÅ∞K«∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. <åHÀ =∞Oz |O_çx ã≤^ŒúO KÕÜ«∞QÆÅ"å! <åq hq, <å
™È^Œ~°∞Å =¢™êÎÅ#∞ â◊√„ÉèíO KÕ¿ã ÉÏ^茺`« <å^ÕHõ^•!—— Jx P"≥∞ #~°‡QÆ~°ƒùOQÍ
=∂\Ï¡_çOk.
‰õÄ`«∞i =∞#ã¨∞#∞ `«O„_ç J~°÷O KÕã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. "≥O@<Õ Ñ¨iKå~°‰õΩÅ#∞
Ñ≤ez HõOK«~°QÍ_ç^ŒÅ#∞ ѨÓxÛ# |O_çx ã≤^ŒúO KÕ~ÚOKå_»∞. Jxfl ã¨∞‰õΩ=∂~°"≥∞ÿ#
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PǨ~°Ñ¨^•~å÷Å#∞ `ÀÅ∞ uuÎÖ’ =∞^èŒ∞~°"≥∞ÿ# „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Úx P"≥∞ `«e¡ <Òã≤H͉õΩ
WzÛOk. JO`ÕHÍHõ â◊s~åxfl =∞$^Œ∞=ÙQÍ LOKÕ Pe"£#∂<≥ ã‘™ê#∞ ‰õÄ_» P"≥∞
`«# ‰õΩ=∂Ô~ΉõΩ WzÛOk. K≥eHõ`≥ÎÅ∞ "≥O@~åQÍ <Òã≤HÍ L`åûǨÏOQÍ `«# |O_çÃÑ·
Ti z=~° L#fl #nf~°OÖ’x ˆ~=Ù =^ŒÌ‰õΩ |Ü«∞ÖËÌiOk. P h\˜ „Ѩ"åǨÏO ZO`«
ã¨fiK«Ûù"≥∞ÿ#^ŒO>Ë ZO`«\ ˜ =ÚiH˜ J~Ú<å Hõ∆}ÏÖ’¡ áÈQ˘\˜ì =¢™êÎÅ#∞ #∂`«#OQÍ
"≥∞i¿ãÖÏ KÕã¨∞ÎOk.
|O_çÃÑ· #∞Oz =¢™êÎÅ#∞ fã≤ ˆ~=٠ѨHõ¯<Õ Ñ¨_»"Õ™ê~°∞. HõOK«~°QÍ_ç^ŒÅ#∞
|O_ç #∞Oz qÑ≤Ê "Õ∞`«‰õΩ =kÖËã≤ P_»Ñ≤Å¡ÅO`å ˆHiO`«Å∞ H˘_»∞`«∂ |@ìefl h\˜
„Ѩ"åǨÏOÖ’ Ѩ_»"Õã≤ HÍà◊¡`À `˘‰õΩ¯`«∂ =ÚiH˜x =keOK«™êy<å~°∞. XHõi`À
XHõ~°∞ áÈ\© Ѩ_»∞`«∂ =∞~°Å =∞~°Å |@ìefl L`«∞‰õΩ`«∂, Ñ≤O_»∞`«∂, â◊√„ÉèíO KÕã¨∂Î,
=¢™êÎÅ#∞ ѨHõ¯<Õ L#fl QÆ∞ÅHõ~åà◊¡ÃÑ· P~°"Õã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞.
|@ìÅ#∞ LuH˜ P~°"Õ™êHõ JO^Œ~°∂ [ÅHÍÖÏ@ʼnõΩ ky<å~°∞. ™êfl#O
KÕã≤, Pe"£#∂<≥#∞ =O\˜H˜ ~åã¨∞‰õΩx ^Õ=Hõ#ºÖÏ¡ "≥∞~°∞ã¨∂Î, Éè’[<åʼnõΩ
LѨ„Hõq∞Oz<å~°∞. "åi PHõe^ŒÑC¨ Å∞ LѨâq◊ ∞OKåHõ JO^Œ~∂° |Ou P@ P_®~°∞.
JO^Œ~°∞ P_»Ñ≤Å¡Å =∞^茺 <Òã≤HÍ ~å‰õΩ=∂i =#Hõ#ºÅ =∞^茺 #_»Ü«∂_»∞`«∞#fl
PÔ~qì ∞ãπ ^Õ=`«ÖÏ JQÆ∞Ñ≤OzOk. <Òã≤HÍ qã≤i# |Ou Z^ä<≥ å =∂Ü«∞=Å¡ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ
h\˜‰õΩO@Ö’ Ѩ_»QÍ P_»Ñ≤Å¡ÅO^Œ~°∂ QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ Jiz Q˘_»= KÕ™ê~°∞. P JÅ¡iH˜
ˆHHõʼnõΩ LeH˜¯Ñ¨_ç ÖËz# X_≥ã≤ãπ WÖÏ ÉèÏqOK«™êQÍ_»∞– ''=∞m¡ U^À LѨ„^Œ=O
=zÛѨ_ç#@∞¡Ok! Jxfl HõëêìÅ∂ <åˆH<å! WHõ¯_» Z@∞=O\˜ "åà◊√¡ <å‰õΩ `å~°ã¨
Ѩ_»#∞<åfl~À! WHõ¯_ç "åà◊√¡ <åQÆi‰õΩÖ’ HÍ^À! ^Õ=Ù}˜‚ #=Ú‡`å~À ÖË^À! P ˆHHõ
P_»ÑÅ≤ Å¡ Q˘O`«∞ÖÏ LO^Õ! <Õ#∞ á⁄~°|_®¤<å! =#Hõ#ºÖ’, JѨû~°ãÖ¨ ’, yi‰õΩ=∂Ô~ÖÎ ’
Hõeã≤ KÕã≤# HõÅHõÅã¨fi<åÖ’! =∂#=ÙÖÏ ÖËHõ ^Õ=`«ÖÏ! <å Hõà◊¡`À K«∂ã≤ <Õ#∞
x~°~‚ Ú™êÎ#∞—— J#∞‰õΩ#fl"å_»∞ "≥O@<Õ ÃÑH· ˜ ÖËz xÅ|_ç `«# #QÆfl^ÕÇ¨ xH˜ P‰õΩÅ∞#fl
H˘=∞‡#∞ J_»¤O ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. `«# PǨ~°"≥∞ÿ# Q˘„Ô~Ö’, lOHõÖ’, Z^Œ∞ÌÖ’
Hõ#Ѩ_ç#ѨC_»∞ PHõeQ˘#fl J_»qã≤OǨÏO "≥∞~°∞ã¨∞Î#fl Hõà◊¡`À "å\˜x "Õ\Ï_»_®xH˜
=ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ ^Œ∂H˜#@∞¡ X_≥ã≤ãπ P_»Ñ≤Å¡Å =∞^茺֒H˜ JHõ™ê‡`«∞ÎQÍ „Ѩ"ÕtOKå_»∞.
#QÆflOQÍ L#fl â◊s~°OÃÑ· ^Œ∞=¸‡, ^è∂Œ o, LѨCh~°∞ Kå~°Å`À P`«_∞» ÉèÜ í ∞« OHõ~O° QÍ
HõxÑ≤ã¨∞ÎO>Ë P_»Ñ≤Å¡ÅO`å ÉèíÜ«∞qǨÏfiÅ∞Öˇ· áêiáÈQÍ, JHõ¯_» ^è≥·~°ºOQÍ <Òã≤HÍ
(Nausicaa) XHõ¯`Õ xÅ|_çOk.

X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ UO K≥Ü«∂ºÖ’ áêÅ∞áÈÖË^Œ∞. J~Ú<å ^Œ∂~°OQÍ xÅ|_ç

q#Ü«∞OQÍ P"≥∞`À J<åfl_»∞– ''F =∞Ǩ~å}©! h=Ù ^Õ=`«"À, =∂#= ~å‰õΩ=∂i"À
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J~Ú LO_®e. ^Õ=`«"≥·`Õ YzÛ`«OQÍ Eºãπ ^Õ=ÙxH˜ Ju^ŒQÆæ~° ^Õ=`« J~Ú#
PÔ~ìq∞ãπÖÏ L<åfl=Ù. J^Õ =∂#= Hõ#º"≥·`Õ h `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Å∞ ™È^Œ~°∞Å∞ =Ú=∂‡~°∞
J^Œ$+¨ì=O`«∞Å∞. h‰õΩ HÍÉ’ÜÕ∞ Éèí~°Î =∞iO`« J^Œ$+¨ì *Ï`«‰õΩ_»∞. <Õ#∞ Z=fiix
K«∂ã‘ WO`« Pâ◊Û~°ºÑ¨_Ö» ^Ë ∞Œ . XHõ™êi _≥ÖÏãπ (Delos)Ö’x JáÈÖ’ ^Õ"åÅÜ«∞OÖ’
áê"£∞ =$H∆Íxfl K«∂™ê#∞. J`«ºO`« ã¨∞O^Œ~°"≥∞ÿ# =$Hõ∆=∞k. =∞#∞+¨µÖ’¡ x#∞fl K«∂ã≤
=∞~°ÖÏ JO`«ÖÏ JK≥Û~°∞"˘O^•#∞. x#∞fl HÍà◊√¡Ñ¨@∞ì‰õΩx |uq∞ÖÏ_»∞^•=∞#∞
‰õΩ<åfl#∞. HÍx <å ^Œ∞óYO ##∞fl PÑ≤Ok. D #Å¡x ã¨=Ú„^ŒO ѨO^˘q∞‡k ~ÀAÅ∞
<å`À P@ÖÏ_»∞‰õΩ#flk. W~°=Ü≥∂º ~ÀA#, x#fl, ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~°"≥∞ÿ# JÅÅ #∞Oz
|Ü«∞@Ѩ_ç, XyyÜ«∂ (Ogygia) nfiѨO #∞Oz =zÛ WHõ¯_»‰õΩ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞.
WѨÊ\˜H© ^Õ=`«Å∞ <åÃÑ· ^ŒÜ«∞QÍ L<åfl~°x `«ÅK«#∞. WOˆH"À HõëêìÅ∞ ~åã≤ÃÑ>Ëì
LO\Ï~°∞.
F ~å}©! <åÃÑ· HõxHõiOK«∞. <Õ#∞ h â◊~°}∞ HÀ~°∞`«∞<åfl#∞. <å‰õΩ
Hõ@∞ìHÀ=_®xH˜ F z~°∞QÆ∞ =¢™êÎxflzÛ<å KåÅ∞! ^Õ=`«Å∞ h‰õΩ =∞Oz Éèí~°Î#∞,
QÆ$Ǩxfl, JO`«∞ÖËx ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ#∞ „Ѩ™êkOK«∞^Œ∞~°∞ QÍHõ! J<Àº#º ^•OѨ`«º=∞<Õk
XHõ J^Œ∞ƒù`«"≥∞ÿ# =~°O ^•xfl h‰õΩ ^Õ=Ù_ç™êÎ_»∞——
P =∂@Å∞ qx <Òã≤HÍ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛOk– ''ÉÏ@™ês! Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞
Z=iˆHk HÍ"åÖ’ J^Õ W™êÎ_∞» . =∂#=ÙÅ∞ J#∞Éèqí OK«=Åã≤O^Õ! h=Ù =∂ ^ÕâßxH˜
=KåÛ=Ù HÍ|\˜ì h=Ù HÀi#>Ë¡ =∂ #QÆ~åxfl K«∂Ñ≤™êÎ#∞. D #QÆ~O° Ñ¶Ü ≤ ∂« ã≤Ü∞« #∞¡O_Õ
„áêO`«O. ~åA Jeû<Òãπ. J`«x <åÜ«∞Hõ`åfi# „Ѩ[eHõ¯_» Ǩ~ÚQÍ rqã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞——
`«# K≥eHõ`ÅÎ≥ #∞ Ñ≤ez– ''ZHõ¯_çH˜ áêiáÈ`«∞<åfl~°∞? W`«_∞» =∞#‰õΩ â◊„`«∞=Ù
HÍ^Œ∞. Z=~°∂ WO`«=~°‰õΩ J_»∞QÆ∞ÃÑ@ìx =∞# ~å[ºOÖ’ W`«_»∞ „Ѩ=∂^Œ =âß`«∞Î
~åQÆeQÍ_»∞. ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ìO "≥<åfl_»∞`«∂ LO_»_»O`À ã¨=Ú„^Œ „Ѩܫ∂}ÏÅÖ’ J<ÕHõ
HõëêìÅ∞ Ѩ_®¤_»∞. Jukè, JÉèϺQÆ`«∞Å#∞ P^ŒiOz, |Ǩï=∞`«∞e¿ãÎ Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞
ã¨O`À+≤™êÎ_»∞. K≥Å∞ÖÏ~å! D`«xH˜ PǨ~° áêhÜ«∂Åx=fiO_ç. `«~°∞"å`« ™êfl#O
KÕ~ÚOz =G^è•~°} KÕÜ«∞O_ç—— J#fl^• JO^•Å ã¨∞O^Œi.
ÉèíÜ«∞O`À J@∂~Ú@∂ ѨiÔQuÎ# K≥eHõ`≥ÎÅ∞ "≥#H˜¯ =KåÛ~°∞. =∞Oz
=¢™êÎefl, Pe"£#∂<≥#∞ W=fiQÍ P`«_»∞ "å\˜x fã¨∞‰õΩx ã¨fiK«Ûù"≥∞ÿ# #n[ÖÏÅÖ’
™êfl#O KÕã≤ Pe"£ #∂<≥`À â◊s~åxfl â◊√„ÉèíѨ~°K«∞‰õΩx |@ìÅ∞ Hõ@∞ì‰õΩx =ã¨∞ÎO>Ë
JO^ŒOQÍ, QÆOcè~°OQÍ "≥∞~°∞ѨÙÅ∞ "≥∞~°∞ã¨∂Î =ã¨∞Î#fl ^Õ=`å ѨÙ~°∞+¨µ_çÖÏ "åà◊¡‰õΩ
JQÆ∞Ñ≤Oz<å_»∞.
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<Òã≤HÍ Hõà◊√¡ qáêÊ~°K«∂ã¨∂Î#fl `«# K≥Å∞Å`À J#flk– ''Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx
P[˝ ÖˉõΩO_® U =∂#=Ù_»∂ J_»∞QÆ∞ÃÑ@ìx =∞# ~å*ϺxH˜ W`«#∞ ~åQÆeQÍ_»∞.
U"≥∂ W`«_Õ <å‰õΩ ^Õ=Ù_çzÛ# Éè~í ΰ HÍÉ’Å∞! ã¨~ˆ ! P`«xH˜ HÍã¨Î Éè’[# ã¨^∞Œ áêÜ«∂Å∞
KÕÜ«∞O_ç.——
PHõe`À L#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ "åizÛ# PǨ~° áêhÜ«∂Å#∞ "≥ÚǨÏ=∂@O
ÖˉõΩO_® P~°yOKå_»∞. <Òã≤HÍ `«# |O_çx ã≤^ŒúO KÕ~ÚOz Jkè~ÀÇ≤ÏOz P`«x`À
J#flk ''PQÆO`«‰õΩ_®! <Õ#∞ =∂ ~ÚO\˜H˜ "≥à◊√`«∞<åfl#∞. ##∞fl J#∞ã¨iOz h=Ù
=∂ Éè=í <åxH˜ ~åQÆÅ=Ù. D á⁄ÖÏefl, "≥∞^ÿ •<åefl ^•>ËO`«=~°‰Ωõ h=Ù <å K≥eHõ`ÅÎ≥ `À
áê@∞QÍ D |O_ç"≥#Hõ<Õ ~å=K«∞Û#∞. HÍx #QÆ~åxH˜ ^ŒQÆæ~°QÍ ~åQÍ<Õ =∞#O
q_çáÈ^•O. P á⁄_»∞ÔQ·# QÀ_»Å ^ŒQÆæ~° ˆ~=Ù L#flk. JHõ¯_» J<ÕHõ Ѩ_»=Å∞ f~å#
Py LO\Ï~Ú. áêl_®<£ P~å^èŒ# ã¨÷Å=¸ JHõ¯_»<Õ L#flk. P ѨHõ¯<Õ Ñ¨_»=Å#∞
ÉÏQÆ∞KÕ¿ã"å~°∞ `«=∞`«=∞ Ѩ#∞Ö’¡ x=∞QÆfl"≥∞ÿ LO\Ï~°∞. Ñ¶Ü ≤ ∂« ã≤Ü∞« #¡‰Ωõ qÅ¡=Ú‡Å`À
ѨxÖË^Œ∞. =∞Oz Ѩ_»=ÅO>Ë =∞‰õΩ¯= =∂‰õΩ. ~°Ç¨Ï^•i ѨHõ¯<Õ [#∞Å∞ ~°Hõ~°HÍÅ
=∂@Å∞ =∂\Ï¡_»∞‰õΩO@∂ LO\Ï~°∞. <åHÍ áÈã¨∞HÀÅ∞ Hõ|∞~°¡O>Ë J~Ú+¨ìO. h=Ù
=∂`À ~å=_»O QÆ=∞x¿ãÎ Z=Ô~·<å U"≥∞ÿ<å J#∞HÀ=K«∞Û –''D PQÆO`«‰õΩ_≥=~À
<Òã≤HÍ#∞ J#∞ã¨iOz =ã¨∞<Î åfl_»∞. JO^ŒOQÍ, |ÅOQÍ, ^Œ$_èO» QÍ L#fl W`«QÍ_≥=_»∞?
D"≥∞ Éèí~°Î HÍ^Œ∞Hõ^•? |Ǩïâß ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ <ÒHõ ^èŒfiOã¨"≥∞ÿ f~åxH˜ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#fl
^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=O`«∞_»∞ HÍ=K«∞Û ‰õÄ_®! ÖË^• <Òã≤HÍ „áê~°÷#Å<åÅH˜Oz kq #∞O_ç
Éèí∞qH˜ ky=zÛ# ^Õ=Ù_Õ"≥∂! WHõ W`«_»∞ WHõ¯_Õ LO_çáÈ=K«∞Û. Ѩ~å~Ú ^Õâ◊ã¨∞÷_À
^Õ=Ù_À "≥Ú`åÎxH˜ <Òã≤H͉õΩ K«Hõ¯x *’_»∞ ^˘iHÍ_»∞. J^Õ =∞Ozk! W<åflà◊¥¡
ZO^Œ~À Ñ¶Ü ≤ ∂« ã≤Ü∞« <£ Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl u~°ã¯¨ iOzOk Hõ^•! z=~°‰Ωõ W^Œ∞QÀ F Ѩ~^° jÕ x
ÃÑO_®¡_»É’`«∞#flk—— JO\Ï~°∞. Jk <å‰õΩ J==∂#O. `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Å J#∞=∞u
ÖˉõΩO_®, `«#H˜ #zÛ# "å_ç`À "≥o¡áÈ=_»O <å‰õΩ #K«Û^Œ∞. ÉÏ@™ês! g∞ ^Õâ◊O
áÈ=_®xH˜ h‰õΩ ã¨Ç¨Ü«∞O HÍ"åÅO>Ë <å `«O„_ç#_»∞QÆ∞. P`«_»∞ h‰õΩ `«Ñ¨ÊHõ
™êÜ«∞O KÕÜ«∞QÆÅ_»∞. P ^•iѨHõ¯<Õ L#fl Z^ä≥<å J~°}ºOÖ’ á⁄Ѩ¡~ü =$H∆ÍÅ∞#fl
KÀ@, Ju K«Hõ¯x "≥∞ÿ^•#O, "Õ_çh\˜ |∞QÆæ L<åfl~Ú. JHõ¯_Õ =∂ `«O„_çQÍi
„^•Hõ∆=#O L#flk. <Õ#∞ #QÆ~°OÖ’H˜ "≥o¡ =∂ ~ÚÅ∞¡ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<ÕO`« ã¨=∞Ü«∞O =~°‰õΩ
JHõ¯_»<Õ "Õz=ÙO_»∞. P `«~°∞"å`« JHõ¯_ç #∞Oz |Ü«∞ÖËÌi Peû<Òãπ WO\˜H˜ ^•i
J_çy `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀ! =∂ ~å[Éè=í <åxfl h=Ù "≥O@<Õ QÆ~∞° ÑÎ @¨ Qì ÅÆ =Ù. WO\˜ P=~°}Ö’H˜
„Ѩ"ÕtOz<åHõ =~°O_® ^•@QÍ<Õ <å =∂`«$=¸iÎ h‰õΩ HõxÑ≤ã¨∞ÎOk. P"≥∞ `«#
QÆkÖ’ T^•~°OQÆ∞ =¢™êÎxfl <Õã¨∂Î LO@∞Ok. P ѨHõ¯<Õ <å `«O„_ç ã≤OǨã¨#O
ÃÑ·# ‰õÄ~°∞Ûx „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Ú K«Ñ¨Êiã¨∂Î LO\Ï_»∞. K«∞@∂ì ¿ã=‰õΩÅ∞, ѨiKåiHõÅ∞
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LO\Ï~°∞. h=Ù <å `«e¡ HÍà◊√¡Ñ¨@∞ì‰õΩx „áêi÷OK«∞. h HÀiHõ <≥~°"Õ~°∞`«∞Ok—— Jx
K≥Ñ≤Ê P"≥∞ `«# |O_ç‰õΩ#fl HõOK«~°QÍ_ç^Œefl JkeOzOk. Z^ä≥<å =#O ^ŒQÆæ~°
X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ q_çzÃÑ\˜ì "åà◊√¡ "≥o¡áÈÜ«∂~°∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`«#∞ „áêi÷OKå_»∞–
''Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`å! <å "≥Ú~°q#∞. ##∞fl D Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞#∞¡ P^ŒiOKÕÖÏ Hõ~°∞}˜OK«∞
`«b¡! áêl_®<£ ÃÑ\˜ì# HõëêìʼnõΩ JÅã≤áÈ~Ú L<åfl#∞——
Z^ä≥<å P`«x „áê~°÷##∞ PÅH˜OzOk. `«# `«O„_ç ™È^Œ~°∞_»∞ áêl_®<£‰õΩ
=ºuˆ~HõOQÍ P"≥∞ U Ѩh KÕÜ∞« ã¨OHõeÊOK«^∞Œ . JO^Œ∞Hˆ P„QÆÇϨ O K«ÖÏ¡~x° áêl_®<£
X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ HõëêìÅáêÅ∞ KÕã¨∂Î<Õ L<åfl_»∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ ZѨC_»∞ `«# WO\˜H˜ KÕ~°`å_À!
ZѨC_ô HõëêìÅ∞ f~°∞`åÜ≥∂!
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7. Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞#¡ JukäQÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ

Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`«#∞ „áêi÷ã¨∂Î X_≥ã≤ãπ P „^•Hõ∆=#OÖ’ L#fl ã¨=∞Ü«∂xH˜
<Òã≤HÍ WO\˜H˜ KÕiOk. P"≥∞#∞ K«∂_»QÍ<Õ P"≥∞ ™È^Œ~∞° Å∞ =zÛ |O_çÃÑ#· ∞Oz
™È^Œix kOÑ≤, =¢™êÎÅ#∞ Ö’xH˜ H˘xáÈ~Ú<å~°∞. P"≥∞ `«# QÆkÖ’H˜ "≥à◊¡QÍ<Õ
P"≥∞ ^•~Ú Ü«¸i"≥∞_»∞™ê (Eurymedusa) P"≥∞‰õΩ ã¨Ñ~¨ º° Å∞ KÕã≤ ™êÜ«∞OHÍÅѨÙ
PǨ~åxfl u#_®xH˜ WzÛOk.
X_≥ã≤ãπ ~å[Éèí=<åxH˜ |Ü«∞ÖËÌ~å_»∞. Z^ä≥<å P`«_»∞ Ѩ~°∞Öˇ=iHõO\Ï
Ѩ_‰» Ωõ O_® P`«xK«∞@∂ì ^Œ@"ì ∞≥ #ÿ =∞OK«∞ á⁄~°Å#∞ ã¨$+≤Oì z `å<˘Hõ ÉÏeHõ~∂° ѨOÖ’
^•iÖ’ xÅ|_çOk. P"≥∞#∞ K«∂ã≤# X_≥ã≤ãπ ~å[Éèí=<åxH˜ ^•i `≥Å∞Ѩ=∞x
J_çQÍ_»∞. P"≥∞ WÖÏ J#flk– ''ÉÏ@™ês! =∂ ~åAQÍi Éèí=#O ѨHõ¯<Õ =∂
~ÚÅ∞¡. Ѩ^Œ! h‰õΩ ^•iK«∂Ñ≤™êÎ#∞. ^•iÖ’ `«Å ZuÎ Z=ih K«∂_»=^Œ∞Ì.
=∂\Ï¡_»_®xH˜ „Ѩܫ∞uflOK«=^Œ∞Ì. WHõ¯_ç „Ñ¨[Å∞ x#∞fl ~°Hõ~°HÍÅ „Ѩâ◊flÅ`À LH˜¯i
aH˜¯i KÕÜ«∞QÆÅ~°∞. "åà◊√¡ `«=∞`«=∞ Ѩ_»=ÅÖ’ D Ö’`≥·# JQÍ^è•xfl ^•\˜ |Ü«∞@
„ѨѨOKåxH˜ "≥à◊¡QÆÅ~°∞. q∞QÆ`å"åà◊¡‰õΩ Jk J™ê^茺O.——
P"≥∞ ^•i K«∂ѨQÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# K«∞@∂ì L#fl ^Œ@ì"≥∞ÿ# =∞OK«∞`≥~° =Å#
W`«~°∞ʼnõΩ Hõ#Ѩ_»‰õΩO_® Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞ãπ <åq‰õΩefl ^•\˜, ˆ~=Ù, Ѩ_»=Å∞, Ѩ@ì}ѨÙ
<åÅ∞QÆ∞ ~À_»¡ ‰õÄ_»ex ^•\˜ ~å[Éèí=<åxfl KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. ÉÏeHõ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl
Z^ä≥<å WÖÏ Ñ¨eH˜Ok– ''W^Õ ~å[Éèí=#O. ֒ѨŠ„ѨÉèí∞=ÙÅ∞ qO^Œ∞ HÍ~°º„Hõ=∂Ö’¡
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JO^Œ"≥∞ÿ# Ñ‘~îåÅÃÑ· |OQÍ~°∞ ÉÏʼnõΩÅ ã¨fi~°‚„Ѩu=∞Å∞ KÕuÖ’ HÍQÆ_®Å`À ~å„ux
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=ÚO^Œ∞ xÅ|_®¤#∞. g∞‰õΩ P ^Õ=Ù_»∞ ã¨HÅõ JcèëêìÅ#∞, ã¨~fi° ã¨OѨ^ÅŒ #∞ WK«∞ÛQÍHõ!
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Jx "åà◊¡ =∞#ã¨∞Å∞ HõiˆQÖÏ X_≥ã≤ãπ ѨeH˜<å_»∞.
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P`«_çH˜ Lz`« Pã¨<åxflzÛ P`«x ^•Ç¨xfl f~°∞Û. JO^Œ~°O Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx „áêi÷Oz
â◊~°}Ï~°∞÷ʼnõΩ ~°Hõ∆‰õΩ_≥·# P`«xx ã¨O`«$Ñ≤ΠѨ~°∞^•ÌO. JukèH˜ HÍã≤O`« PǨ~åxfl
JO^ŒKÕ^•ÌO——
Peû<Òãπ "≥O@<Õ X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ ÖËÑ≤ Lz`åã¨#OÃÑ· ‰õÄ~°∞ÛO_»Éˇ\ ˜ì, `«#
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=ÚY∞ºefl PǨfixOz JukèH˜ qO^Œ∞ q<À^•Å <Õ~åÊ@∞KÕ^•ÌO! ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ
„Ñ‘uáê„`«"≥∞ÿ# |Å∞eflzÛ, D`«_»∞ "≥à◊¡=Åã≤# ^ÕâßxH˜ ã¨Q“~°=OQÍ Ñ¨OÑ≤^•ÌO.
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J^Œ$+¨=ì âß`«∞Î ^Õ=`«Å∞ =∞#O "åiH˜ ÃÇÏHõ\ÏOÉò (Hecatomb) #∂~°∞ Ѩâ√◊ =ÙÅ#∞
|e WzÛ#ѨC_»∞, =∞#O XO\˜iQÍ Ñ¨Ü«∞xã¨∞Î#flѨÙ_»∂ "å~°∞ =∞# "≥O@#O\˜
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*ˇÜ«∞O\òûÖÏ ^≥·"åOâ◊ Hõey#"åà◊¡O——
X_≥ã≤ãπ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞KåÛ_»∞ ''Peû<Òãπ! g∞ Q˘Ñ¨Ê`«#O QÆ∞iOz
<åÔH@∞=O\˜ ã¨O^ÕǨÏ=¸ ÖË^Œ∞. <Õ#∞ =∂#==∂„`«∞}˜‚. JO^ŒiHõ<åfl Z‰õΩ¯=
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<å HÀiHõ J^Õ!——
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J_çyOk.
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QÆ^• WO`«‰õΩ =ÚO^Œ∞——
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P`«xH˜ `«Q∞Æ Q“~°"åxfl=fi™êQÍ~°∞. Peû<Òãπ ã¨a‰è Ωõ Å#∞^ÕtÌ Oz „ѨãO¨ yOz<å_»∞–
''Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞<£ =ÚY∞ºÖÏ~å! =∞# Jukè ZHõ¯_ç#∞Oz =KåÛ_À <å‰õΩ `≥b^Œ∞.
HÍx =∞# ~å*ϺxH˜ â◊~} ° Ïi÷QÍ =zÛ =∞#efl `«# ^ÕâßxH˜ "≥àO¡ı ^Œ∞‰õΩ ™êÜ«∞O
KÕÜ∞« =∞x Ji÷ã∞¨ <Î åfl_»∞. WO`«=~°‰Äõ ™êÜ«∞OHÀã¨O KÕ~Ú*Ïz# "åà◊‰¡ Ωõ 'ÖË^∞Œ —
Jx <Õ<Õ<å_»∂ J#flk ÖË^Œ∞. =∞#O XHõ |e+¨ª"≥∞ÿ# #∂`«#"≥∞ÿ# Ѩ_»=#∞
ã≤^ŒúO KÕ^•ÌO. Ü«∂Éèˇ·Ô~O_»∞ =∞Ok ã≤|ƒOkx Z#∞fl‰õΩx "åà◊√¡ Ѩ_»=‰õΩ `≥_»∞¡
`≥~K° åѨÅ#∞ ѨÓ#∞Û#@∞¡ P*Ï˝ÑO≤ z <å ~ÚO\˜H˜ qO^Œ∞‰õΩ ~°O_ç. Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞
<ÒHõ#∞ ã≤^ŒúOKÕã≤ "Õy~°O ~åQÆÅ~°∞. „ѨÉèí∞=ÙÅ∞ <å „áê™ê^•xH˜ =zÛ#KÀ
Jukè`À P\Ïáê@Å`À HÍňH∆ѨO KÕ^•ÌO. QÍÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ _≥"≥Ú_ÀHõãπ `«#
=∞^èŒ∞~°QÍ#O`À =∞#efl P#OkOѨ*Ë™êÎ_»∞——
Peû<Òãπ ã¨ÉèÏã¨÷ex g_ç `«# WO\˜"≥·Ñ¨Ù =∞~°ÅQÍ Ñ¶≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞<£
„ѨÉèí∞=ÙÅ∞ P`«xx J#∞ã¨iOKå~°∞. Ü«∂Éèˇ·Ô~O_»∞ =∞Ok Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ XHõ
„Ѩâ◊ã¨Î"≥∞ÿ#, ^Œ$_è»"≥∞ÿ#, H˘`«Î<ÒHõ‰õΩ `≥~°KåѨ, `≥_»¡`À ã¨Ç¨ Jxfl ™ê=∂„yx
ayOz ã¨=Ú„^ŒÜ∂« <åxH˜ ã¨Oã≤^OúŒ KÕÜ∞« QÍ JO^Œ~∂° Hõeã≤ Peû<Òãπ ~ÚO@
qO^Œ∞‰õΩ |Ü«∞ÖËÌi<å~°∞.
Peû<Òãπ WO@ qO^Œ∞‰õΩ U~åÊ@∞¡ K«HõK«HÍ [iyáÈ`«∞<åfl~Ú.
Ѩ<fl≥ O_»∞ Q˘„Ô~Å∞, ~Ô O_»∞ y`«ÅÎ ∞, Zxq∞k =~åǨefl =kèOz "å\˜ =∂Oã¨O`À
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Peû<Òãπ ^Œ∂`« á⁄O\’<Òãπ ã¨=∂^Œ~°OQÍ PǨfixOz fã¨∞‰õΩ=KåÛ_»∞. HÍx
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_≥"≥Ú_ÀHõãπ (Demodocus) JO^èŒ∞_»∞. á⁄O\Á<Òãπ (Pontonous) P`«xx
XHõ "≥O_ç ‰õÄsÛÖ’ ‰õÄ~ÀÛɡ\ ˜ì g}ÖÏO\˜ "å~Ú^•ºxfl P`«x ѨHõ¯<Õ J=∞iÛ
=∞^èŒ∞~°"≥∞ÿ# „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Úx P`«x HõO^Œ∞ÉÏ@∞QÍ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ LOz<å_»∞.
qO^Œ∞ ã≤^OúŒ HÍQÍ<Õ =zÛ# Ju^è∞Œ ÅO^Œ~∂° `«=∞‰õΩ HÍ=Åã≤#O`« Éè∞í lOz
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HõÅǨÏ"Õ∞ `À_»Ê_ç "åà◊#¡ ∞ â◊„`«∞<åâ◊<åxH˜ ѨÙiH˘eÊ `«#‰õΩ q[Ü«∂xflã¨∞OÎ k QÆ#∞Hõ.
X_≥ã≤ãπ P QÍ<åxfl qO@∂ QÆ`« 㨇 $`«∞Ö’¡H˜ *ÏiáÈ~Ú<å_»∞. áê`«
ã¨OQÆ`«∞Å∞ QÆ∞~°∞ΉõΩ =ã¨∞Î#flH˘nÌ P`«xH˜ ^Œ∞óYO PQÆ_»O ÖË^Œ∞. W`«~°∞Å∞ Hõhflà◊¡`À
xO_ç# `«# =ÚMÏxfl K«∂_»‰õΩO_® ÃÑ·#∞#fl =GO`À =ÚMÏxfl ^•K«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
QÍÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ `«# QÍ<åxfl PѨQÍ<Õ `«# KÕuÖ’x =∞^èŒ∞HõÅâßxfl ÃÑ·ÔHuÎ ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ
`«# Jaè"å^•xfl `≥eÜ«∞KÕ™ê_»∞. =∞~°Å _≥"≥Ú_ÀHõãπ `«# QÍ<åxfl qxÑ≤ã¨∞Î#flѨÙ_»∞
L^ÕfiQÍxH˜Ö’<≥· "≥H˜¯"≥H˜¯ =ã¨∞Î#fl U_»∞ѨÙ#∞ |Å=O`«OQÍ PѨىõΩ<Õ „Ѩܫ∞`«flO
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QÆ=∞xOK«#>Ë¡ LO_ç, Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞<£ „ѨÉèí∞=ÙÅ`À ѨeHÍ_»∞.
''Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞<£ g~°∞ÖÏ~å! =∞# ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂Å∞ <≥=∞‡kѨ_ç<å~Ú.P\Ï
áê@ÅÖ’ áê@Å∞ q<åflO. =∞#O =∞# q^Œºefl, â◊H™Î˜ ê=∞~å÷ºefl JukèH˜ K«∂ѨÙ^•O——
JO^Œ~∂° Hõeã≤ „H©_®ã¨e÷ H˜ "≥àÏ¡~∞° . JHõ¯_» J<ÕH=õ ∞Ok g~°∞Å∞ `«=∞`«=∞ â◊HÜ Î˜ Ú« ‰õΩeÎ fl
„Ѩ^Œi≈Oz<å~°∞.
Ѩ ~ ° ∞ QÆ ∞ Ѩ O ^≥ O Ö’ Ô H ¡  \ ÁxÜ« ∞ ãπ (Clytoneus); =∞Å¡ Ü « Ú ^Œ ú O Ö’
Ü«¸iÜ«∂Åãπ (Euryalus), ^Œ∞=∞Hõ_»OÖ’ UOѶ≤Ü«∂Åãπ (Amphialus), _ç㨯ãπ
„`ÀÖ’ ZÖÏ„\˜Ü∞« ãπ (Elatreus), =Ú+≤Ü ì Ú« ^ŒOú Ö’ Peû<Òãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ ÖÏ"˘_»=∞ãπ
(Laodamas)Å∞ q*Ë`«Å∞QÍ xeKå~°∞.

JO^Œ~∂° Jukèx `«#H˜+Oì¨ =zÛ# „H©_Ö» ’ áêÖÁæ#=Åã≤OkQÍ PǨfixOKå~°∞.

ÖÏ"˘_»=∂ãπ WÖÏ Ñ¨eHÍ_»∞– ''Junè! =∂`À áÈ\©H˜ ~å! hH˜+¨ì"≥∞ÿ# q^Œº#∞
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„ѨÜ∂« }ÏxH˜ D áÈ\© Ug∞ J_»O¤ H˜ HÍÉ’^Œ∞. Wk ¿ãflǨÏѨÓ~°fiHõ"∞≥ #ÿ áÈ\© =∂„`«"∞Õ ——
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X_≥ãã≤ π |^Œ∞eKåÛ_»∞– ''ÖÏ"˘_»=∂ãπ! #<≥flO^Œ∞‰õΩ ~Ô K«ÛQ˘_®Î=Ù q∞„`«=∂!
<å =∞#ã‘<å_»∞ P@ÅÃÑ· ÖË^Œ∞. Jk ^Œ∞óYO`À Hõ$Oy WO\˜ ^蕺ã¨`À HõÅ=~°
Ѩ_∞» #Î flk. <Õ#∞ q∞=∞‡efl „áê^èÜ Õ ∞« Ѩ_∞» #Î flk #<≥flO`« `«fi~°QÍ <å ~ÚO\˜H˜ KÕ~∞° ™êÎ~<° !Õ
<åg∞^Œ HõxHõiOz ##∞fl =∞xflOK«O_ç!——
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P`«x ã¨OHõÅÊO. ''Junè! x#∞fl K«∂¿ãÎ ÃÑ^ŒÌ <≥·Ñ¨Ù}º=Ú#fl „H©_®HÍ~°∞_çÖÏ
JQÆ∞Ñ≤OK«_O» ÖË^∞Œ ÖË! g~°∞_ç ÅHõ} ∆ ÏÅHõ<åfl "åºáê~°ã∞¨ _Î ç `«~Ç° ¨ <Õ hÖ’ L#fl@∞¡Ok.
áÈ\©Å‰õΩ, |ńѨ^Œ~°≈#‰õΩ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ LO>Ë<Õ =∞Ozk ã¨∞=∂!——
X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ HÀѨO =zÛOk– ''q∞„`«∞_®! h=Ù YzÛ`«OQÍ Ö’Hõ*Ï˝#O
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<Õ<gÕ ∞ Kå`«HÍx ^Œ^=ÌŒ ∞‡#∞ HÍ#∞. g~°`fi« OÖ’, ^è~·≥ º° ™êǨϙêÅÖ’, Ü«ÚH˜Î "≥z· „`«∞ÅÖ’
<å`À ã¨i`«∂QÆ QÆey#"åà◊√¡ KåÖÏ H˘kÌ=∞Ok. J<ÕHõ Ü«Ú^•úÅ#∞ „Ѩ=∂^•Å#∞
^•\˜ D~ÀA g∞=ÚO^Œ∞<åfl#∞. JO`ÕHÍx cè~°∞_çx, Ñ≤iH˜Ñ¨O^Œ#∂ HÍ^Œ∞——
P =∂@Å∞ JO@∂<Õ =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩiH˜ ^ŒQÆæ~À¡ L#fl F QÆO_»tÅ#∞
ã¨∞<åÜ«∂ã¨OQÍ ÃÑ·ÔHuÎ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ qã≤~å_»∞. Jk QÍex HÀã¨∞‰õΩO@∂, â◊|ÌO KÕã¨∂Î
`«=∞g∞^Œ∞QÍ áÈ`«∞O>Ë ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_ç# Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞#∞¡ <ÕÅÃÑ· "åe ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl~°∞. P
~å~Ú ^Œ∂~°OQÍ "≥o¡ Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞<£ g~°∞Å∞ JO`«‰õΩ =ÚO^Œ∞ qã≤i# ~åà◊¡Hõ<åfl
^Œ∂~°OQÍ Ñ¨_Oç k. ã¨a‰è Ωõ ÅO`å x"≥fi~°áÈ`«∞O_»QÍ<Õ Z^ä<≥ å XHõ „¿ÑHõ‰∆ Ωõ _ç ~°∂ѨOÖ’
ѨeH˜Ok– ''Junè! h=Ù qã≤i# ~å~Ú JO^Œih ^•\˜ =ÚO^Œ∞#fl^Œx U JO^è∞Œ _≥<· å
Ѷ¨∞O\ÏѨ^äŒOQÍ K≥ѨÊQÆÅ_»∞. â◊ÉèÏ+π! g~°∞_»=x xã¨ûO^ÕǨÏOQÍ x~°∂Ñ≤OKå=Ù——
X_≥ã≤ãπ ã¨O`À+¨Ñ¨_®¤_»∞– ''g~°∞ÖÏ~å! g∞Ö’ Z=Ô~·<å 㨈~ WO`«HõO>Ë
^Œ∂~°O qã≤i ##∞fl ÔQeKÕ „Ѩܫ∞`«flO KÕÜ«∞=K«∞Û. <Õ#∞ JO`«HõO>Ë Z‰õΩ¯= ^Œ∂~°O
qã¨~°QÆÅ#∞. WO`ÕHÍ^Œ∞ =Ú+≤ìÜ«Ú^ŒúO, =∞Å¡Ü«Ú^ŒúO, Ѩ~°∞QÆ∞ѨO^≥O... ^ÕxÖ’<≥·<å
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<å‰õΩ Pu^䌺q∞zÛ#"å_»∞ qÅ∞q^ŒºÖ’ <å ÉÏ}"Õ∞ =ÚO^Œ∞ ^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩáÈ`«∞Ok.
„\ÏÜü∞ Ü«Ú^ŒúOÖ’ <åHõ<åfl qÅ∞q^ŒºÖ’ =ÚO^Œ∞#fl"å_»∞ Ѷ≤ÖÁÔHì\ ˜ãπ =∂„`«"Õ∞.
ÃÇÏ~åH˜ã¡ ,π Ü«Ú~Ô \· 㘠π ÖÏO\˜ JÅ<å\˜ g~°∞Å`À áÈ\© KÕÜ∞« ÖË#∞ HÍx D<å\˜"åix
J=bÅQÍ F_çOK«QÆÅ#∞. |ÖË¡xfl ÉÏ}O qã≤i#O`« ^Œ∂~°O qã¨~°QÆÅ#∞.
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Ѩ~°∞QÆ∞ѨO^≥OÖ’ <å HÍà◊√¡ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù JÅÅ `åH˜_çH˜ Jeã≤áÈ~Ú L<åfl~Ú QÆ#∞Hõ
g∞Ö’ H˘O^Œ~°∞ ##∞fl ^•\˜áÈQÆÅ∞QÆ∞`å~°∞——
JO^Œ~°∂ xâ◊≈|úOQÍ LO_çáÈQÍ Peû<Òãπ `«# Jukè`À J<åfl_»∞– ''h
|ÅѨ~å„Hõ=∂ÅÃÑ· =∂ˆHg∞ ã¨O^ÕǨÏO ÖË^Œ∞ q∞„`«=∂! =∞Å¡Ü«Ú^ŒúO, =Ú+≤ìÜ«Ú^ŒúO
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q<庙êÅ#∞ K«∂ã¨∂Î ã¨O„Éèí=∞O K≥Ok<å_»∞.
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QÆO^èŒ~°∞fi_çÖÏ _≥"≥Ú_ÀHõãπ P J^Œ∞ƒù`«Hõ^äŒ#∞ QÍ#O KÕÜ«∞™êy<å_»∞.
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Hõ#Ѩ_»‰õΩO_® áêiáÈ_»∂!—— J<åfl_»∞.
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K≥e™¡ êÎ#∞—— P =∂@ʼnõΩ "≥∞`«|Î _ç# ÃÇÏá¶êã≤ãì π ã¨OHÔ à◊¡ =Å#∞ HÍã¨Î ѨH¯õ ‰õΩ [iáê_»∞.
JO`Õ! "åÜ«Ú"ÕQ,Æ =∞<À"ÕQÍÅ`À U~üû (Ares) „^ä•Ãã (Thrace)‰õΩ áêiáÈÜ«∂_»∞.
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<Õ#∞ JukèH˜ F |OQÍ~°∞ áê„`«#∞ |ǨïHõi™êÎ#∞. `«# WO\˜Ö’ Jukè Eºãπ
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J^Œ∞ƒù`«OQÍ =i‚OKå_»∞.
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™ê^茺Ѩ_»∞`«∞Ok?
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<å "≥O@=zÛ# Psæ=ÙÅ∞ =∞^è∞Œ áê# =∞`«∞ÖÎ ,·ˇ qO^Œ∞q<À^•Ö’¡ =Úxy `ÕÅ™êy<å~°∞.
`≥Å¡"åˆ~ã¨iH˜ áêiáÈ~Ú# ã≤HÀ#∞¡ `«=∞ q∞„`«∞efl Jã¨OMϺHõOQÍ ‰õÄ_»QÆ@∞ì‰õΩx
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"≥Ú^ŒÖˇ\Ïì=Ú HÍx JѨÊ\˜ˆH ^•i `«Ñ≤Ê<å=Ú.
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W^Œ~Ì ∞° <åq‰õΩʼnõΩ `À_»∞ ^Œ∂`«xzÛ nfiѨOÖ’H˜ ѨOáê#∞. "åà◊√¡ ‰õÄ_® P =∞^è∞Œ ~°"∞≥ #ÿ
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Hõ#∞fl ÖÁ@ìѨ_ç#O`« Ѩ<≥·Ok.
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J^Œ$+¨ì=âß`«∞Î "åà◊¡ nfiѨO xO_® QÀ^èŒ∞=∞Å∞, ÉÏs¡, „^•Hõ∆ =<åÅ∞ JkèHõOQÍ
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rq™êÎ~°∞. W`«~°∞Å`À ¿ãflÇ¨Ï ã¨O|O^è•Å∞ `«‰õΩ¯=.
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„áê~°÷##∞ =∞xflOz#@∞¡ ÖË_»∞.
P~À[O`å nfiѨѨ٠f~å# PǨ~°áêhÜ«∂Å`À Ǩ~ÚQÍ ¿ã^Œn~å=Ú.
`≥Å¡"åˆ~ <ÒHõefl |Ü«∞ÖËÌ~°nã≤ ã¨=Ú„^Œ „Ѩܫ∂}Ïxfl ™êyOz<å=Ú.
=∂ „Ѩܫ∂}O ™êQÆ∞`«∂<Õ L#flk. |uH˜ |@ìHõ\ ì̃#O^Œ∞‰õΩ ã¨O`À+¨OQÍ<Õ
L<åfl q∞„`«∞efl HÀÖ’Ê~Ú# ^Œ∞óYO =∞=∞‡efl "≥<åfl_»∞`«∂<Õ L#flk.
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10. W"˘Åãπ, bãπ„>ˇÿQÀxÜ«∞#∞¡, ã≤Ô~û =∞O„`«QÆ`≥Î

Ç≤Ïá⁄Ê@ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ W"ÀÅãπ Ѩiáêeã¨∞Î#fl W"˘eÜ«∂ ~å[ºOÖ’
Py<å=Ú. H˘O_» tY~°OÃÑ· ~åu<ÕÅÖ’ L#fl P nfiѨO â◊„`«∞^Œ∞ˆ~ƒù^茺"≥∞ÿ
L#flk. J`«xH˜ P~°∞QÆ∞~°∞ ‰õΩ=∂Ô~ÎÅ∞, P~°∞QÆ∞~°∞ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞. JO^ŒiH©
q"åǨÏ"≥∞ÿ#k. JHõ¯_ç PKå~°O „ѨHÍ~°O ™È^Œs ™È^Œ~°∞Å =∞^茺 q"åǨÏO
x+≤^ŒúO HÍ^Œ∞. „Ѩu~ÀE "åiO@ qO^Œ∞Éè’[<åÖË. XHõ <≥Å~ÀAÅ∞ "Õ∞=Ú
"åiO\˜Ö’ Ju^èŒ∞Å∞QÍ L<åflO. =∂ Ü«∂„`åqâıëêÅ#∞, „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~°
=Ú@ì_çx =∂`À Hõ^äŒÅ∞QÍ K≥Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩx "åà◊√¡ P#OkOKå~°∞.
"Õ∞=Ú u~°∞QÆ∞ „Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ ã≤^ŒúOHÍQÍ P`«_»∞ `˘q∞‡^Õà◊¡ =$+¨ÉèíѨÙ
K«~°‡OKÕ `«Ü«∂~°∞HÍ|_ç# ã¨OzÖ’ XHõ¯ *ˇÑ¶≤~ü (Zephyr - West wind)
ѨtÛ=∞QÍex =∂Hõ#∞‰õÄÅOQÍ =ke, q∞ye# QÍÅ∞efl P ã¨OzÖ’ |OkèOz,
P ã¨Ozx "≥O_ç`å_»∞`À QÆ\Qì˜ Í ayOz Hõ\Ïì_∞» . Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx =~°O =Å¡ W"˘Åãπ‰Ωõ
"åÜ«Ú=Ùefl xÜ«∞O„uOKÕ â◊H˜Î =zÛOk.
W"˘Åãπ =^ŒÌ g_À¯Å∞ fã¨∞‰õΩx "Õ∞=Ú `˘q∞‡k ~ÀAÅ∞ ˆ~~ÚO|=à◊√¡
„Ѩܫ∂}O KÕã≤ Ѩ^À~ÀAHõÖÏ¡ W^ä•HÍ – =∂ ã¨fiO`« ^Õâ◊Ѩ٠f~åxH˜ JÅ¡O`«
^Œ∂~°OÖ’H˜ „Ѩ"tÕ OKå=Ú. JÅã≤áÈ~Ú# <Õ#∞ Xà◊√¡ `≥eÜ«∞‰õΩO_® x„^ŒáÈÜ«∂#∞.
ZO^Œ∞HõO>Ë D `˘q∞‡k ~ÀAÅ∂ WO\˜H˜ KÕ~åÅ<Õ Ñ¨@∞ì^ŒÅ`À <ÒHõÅ#∞ <Õ<Õ
=∂~°xæ ~°Ü
‚ ∞« O KÕã∂¨ Î HõO\˜H˜ ‰õΩ#∞‰õΩ ÖˉΩõ O_® L<åfl#∞ Hõ#∞Hõ. DÖ’QÍ <å <ÒHõÖ’x
ã¨Ç¨ÏK«~° <åq‰õΩÅÖ’ QÆ∞ã¨QÆ∞ã¨Å∞ "≥Ú^ŒÖˇ·# q+¨Ü«∞O <å‰õΩ `≥b^Œ∞. "åà◊√¡ W"˘Åãπ
ZO`À |OQÍ~°O, "≥O_ç |Ǩï=∞`«∞Å∞ WzÛ LO\Ï_»∞. Jq <Õ#∞ "åà◊¡`À
ѨOK«∞HÀ=_»O ÖË^Œ<Õk "åà◊¡ PÖ’K«#QÍ =∂iOk.
''K«∂_»∞! ZHõ¯_»HÔ o¡<å X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ ZO`« Q“~°= P^Œ~åaè=∂<åÅ∞ Åaè™êÎÜ∂≥ !
„\ÏÜü∞Ö’ ã¨OáêkOz# ã≤~°∞ÖË Jáê~°O J#∞‰õΩO>Ë „Ѩܫ∂}OÖ’ J_»∞QÆ_»∞QÆ∞<å
U^À XHõ |Ǩï=∞u ÅaèOKÕ f~°∞`«∞#flk. =∞#=¸ J`«x`Àáê@∞ Hõ+Ñì¨ _¨ ∞» `«∞<åfl=Ú
Hõ^• =∞#‰õΩ ǨÏo¡H˜ ǨÏo¡, ã¨∞#fl‰õΩ ã¨∞#fl! =∞#H˜ „áêѨÎO ÖË^•! nxH˜ `À_»∞
W"ÀÅãπ ‰õÄ_® P ã¨OzÖ’ U"À |Ǩï=∞`«∞Å∞ ^•z WzÛ#@∞¡<åfl_»∞. ZO`«
|OQÍ~°O, "≥O_ç x^èŒ∞Å∞<åflÜ≥∂ K«∂^•ÌO ~°O_ç——
J#∞‰õΩO@∂ "åà◊√¡ <Õ#∞ QÍ_è»OQÍ x„^ŒáÈ`«∞#flѨÙ_»∞ "≥o¡ P ã¨Ozx
`≥~z° K«∂™ê~°∞. WOˆH=ÚOk xH˜Ñ∆ "Ψ ∞≥ ÿ L#fl QÍÅ∞Å∞ Jhfl X‰õΩ¯=∞‡_ç |Ü«∞\˜HᘠÈQÍ
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`«∞á¶ê#∞ „Ѩà◊Ü«∞ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~°OQÍ Hõ∆}ÏÖ’¡ L^ŒƒùqOz =∂ <å=efl f~åxH˜ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ
<≥\ ˜ì"Õã≤Ok. x„^ŒÖËz# <å‰õΩ UO K≥Ü«∂ºÖ’ áêÅ∞áÈÖË^Œ∞. F Hõ∆}O ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’
^Œ∂H˜ K«xáÈ^•=∞xÑ≤OzOk. =∞~ÀHõ}∆ OÖ’ `≥Ñʨ ie¡ Ѩiã≤u÷ x JOK«<å "ÕÜ∞« _®xH˜
„ѨÜ∞« uflOKå#∞. <å J#∞K«~∞° ÅO^Œ~∂° ÉèÜí ∞« ÉèÜ
í ∞« OQÍ, `«ÅkOK«∞‰õΩx, aHõ¯"≥ÚǨÅ`À
xÅ|_®¤~°∞. WOHõ KÕ¿ã^Õ=ÚOk. f~å "Õ∞=Ú |Ü«∞ÖËÌi# KÀ\˜ˆH, W"ÀeÜ«∂
KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl=Ú. <Õ#∞ W^ŒÌ~°∞ J#∞K«~°∞efl fã¨∞‰õΩx =∞~°Å W"˘Åãπ =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥o¡ =∂
Ѩiã≤÷ux, "Õ∞O KÕã≤# `«Ñ¨Ch q=iOKå#∞. `«# ‰õΩ@∞O|O`À qO^•~°yã¨∞Î#fl
W"ÀÅãπ ##∞fl K«∂ã≤ Pâ◊Û~°ºáÈÜ«∂_»∞– ''UO [iyOk X_≥ã≤ãπ! h=Ù WO\˜H˜
ã¨∞~°H˜∆`«OQÍ "≥à◊¡_®xH˜ Jxfl U~åÊ@∞¡ KÕã≤ ~ÚKåÛ<Õ! U^Œ<åfl ^Œ∞+¨ìâ◊H˜Î x#∞fl h
~ÚO\˜H˜ "≥à◊¡‰õΩO_® KÕã¨∞Î#fl^•?——
<Õ#<åfl#∞– ''q∞„`«=∂! W"˘Åãπ! "Õ∞O WO\˜QÆ∞=∞‡O =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥àı¡Ñ¨Ê\˜H˜
<å q∞„`«∞Å∞ `˘O^Œ~°Ñ¨_ç hqzÛ# ã¨Ozx `≥~°z QÍÅ∞efl |Ü«∞@‰õΩ =kÖÏ~°∞.
Jq =∞=∞‡efl `«∞á¶ê#∞Ö’ K«∞\˜ì "≥#H˜¯ qã≤ˆ~™ê~Ú——
J`«_»∞ Hõiî#OQÍ J<åfl_»∞– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ! `«Hõ∆}O D nfiáêxfl q_çz "≥à◊√¡!
^Õ=`«Å∞ h‰õΩ =ºuˆ~HõOQÍ L<åfl~°∞. hÖÏO\˜ Jukèx P^Œi¿ãÎ <åÃÑ<· å P„QÆÇÏ≤ ™êÎ~∞° .
"≥O@<Õ h=Ù WHõ¯_ç #∞Oz "≥o¡áÈ!——
J`«_ç #∞Oz WOHÍ pè`å¯~åÅ∞ ~åHõ=Ú#∞¿Ñ "Õ∞=Ú =∂ <ÒHõÅ`À P~°∞
~å„`«∞à◊¥¡, P~°∞ ѨQÆà◊¥¡ UHõay# ã¨=Ú„^Œ „Ѩܫ∂}O KÕã≤ U_»=~ÀA >ˇeÃÑ·Åãπ
tY~å# L#fl bãπ„>ˇÿQÀxÜ«∞#¡ ~å*ϺxH˜ (Laestrygonians) KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl=Ú.
ÖÏ=∞ãπ (Lamus) P ~å*Ϻxfl ™ê÷Ñ≤Oz<å_»∞. ~å„u Ѩ=à◊√¡Ö’ ‰õÄ_» "≥Å∞QÆ∞O_Õ
„áêO`«=∞k. ™êÜ«∞OHÍÖÏxH˜ WO\˜H˜ =∞O^ŒÅ#∞ `ÀÅ∞‰õΩ"≥àı¡ Q˘„Ô~ÅHÍѨiH˜,
`≥ÖÏ¡iO^Œ#∞‰õΩx =∞O^ŒÅ#∞ "Õ∞`«‰õΩ fã¨∞‰õΩ"≥àı¡"åà◊√¡ ѨÅHõi™êÎ~°∞. ~å„uѨ=à◊¡‰õΩ
`Õ_® ÖËx ^Õâ◊O Jk.
„ѨâßO`«OQÍ L#fl "åà◊¡ F_»ˆ~=ÙÖ’ "Õ∞O =∂ <ÒHõÅ#∞ PÑ≤<å=Ú. <Õ#∞
=∂„`«O <å <ÒHõ#∞ HÍã¨Î ^Œ∂~°OÖ’ LOz ѨHõ¯<Õ L#fl Z`≥ÎÂ# H˘O_» ZH˜¯ ֒ѨÅ
UO [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞O^À K«∂_»\ÏxH˜ „Ѩܫ∞uflOKå#∞. ZHõ¯_® <åQÆe ^Œ∞xfl# Éèí∂q∞
*Ï_»Å∞ QÍx, =∞#∞+¨µÅ JeH˜_çQÍx ÖË^Œ∞. JHõ¯_»Hõ¯_» á⁄~Úº "≥Å∞QÆ∞`«∞#fl@∞¡
Wà◊¡ #∞Oz á⁄QÆÅ∞ =ã¨∞Î#flq. <Õ#∞ =ÚQÆ∞æ~°∞ <åq‰õΩefl JHõ¯_» =∞#∞+¨µºÅ QÆ∞iOz
P~å fÜ«∞_®xH˜ ѨOáê#∞. ^•iÖ’ "åà◊¡‰õΩ XHõ =∞ǨHÍÜ«Ú~åÖˇ·# P_»Ñ≤Å¡
hà◊√¡Ñ¨@∞ì`«∂ HõxÊOzOk. =∂"åà◊√¡ ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_»∂Î<Õ q=~åÅ∞ J_çQÍ~°∞. P"≥∞ `«#
`«O„_ç UO\˜¿Ñ\¶ òû (Antiphates) Jx `≥eÑ≤ "åix `«# ~ÚO\˜Ö’H˜ fã¨∞‰õΩ"≥oO¡ k.
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P"≥∞ `«e¡ P"≥∞Hõ<åfl Z`«∞ÎQÍ LO_ç `«# Éèí~°Î#∞ Ju^èŒ∞ÖÁKåÛ~°∞ ~°=∞‡x ˆHHõÅ∞
"Õã≤Ok. UO\˜¿Ñ¶@ãπ ~å=_»"Õ∞ ~å=_»O =∂ =∞#∞+¨µºÅÖ’ XHõ_çfl Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx
QÆ∞@∞‰õΩ¯# „q∞Oy"Õâß_»∞. q∞QÆ`å ~Ú^Œ~Ì ∂° „áê}ÉèÜ í ∞« O`À <ÒHõÅ"ÕÑÙ¨ Ѩ~∞° QÔ `«∞‰Î Ωõ x
=ã¨∞ÎO>Ë P #~°=∂O㨠ÉèíHõ∆‰õΩÅ∞ =∂ "≥O@Ѩ_®¤~°∞. ÃÑ^ŒÌÃÑ^ŒÌ ~åà◊¡#∞ qã¨∞~°∂Î =∂
<ÒHõÅ#∞ ^èŒfiOã¨O KÕÜ«∞™êy<å~°∞. ~åà◊¡„H˜O^Œ, qiy# K≥Hõ¯Å H˜O^Œ Ѩ_ç ZO^Œ~À
#eyáÈQÍ "åà◊x¡ `«=∞ |ÖËÅ¡ `À QÆ∞zÛ KÕÑŨ #∞ fã¨∞‰õΩáÈ~Ú#@∞¡ Éè∞í *Ï# "Õã∞¨ ‰õΩx
`«=∞ Wà◊¡‰õΩ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩáÈ~Ú<å~°∞.
<Õ#∞ <å <ÒHõ#∞ P #~°=∂Oã¨ÉèíHõ∆‰õΩÅ ÉÏi# Ѩ_»h‰õΩO_® *Ï„QÆ`«ÎQÍ
ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’H˜ =∞o¡OKå#∞. <å <ÒHõÖ’x <åq‰õΩÅ∞ J„Ѩ=∞`«ÎOQÍ LO_»_»O`À
=∂ <ÒHõ H˘kÌHõ∆}ÏÖ’¡<Õ bãπ„>ˇÿQÀxÜ«∞#¡#∞ `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩx |Ü«∞@Ѩ_»QÆeyOk.
q∞QÆ`å <ÒHõÅ∞, <åq‰õΩÅ∞ JO^Œ~°∂ P #~°=∂Oã¨ÉèíHõ∆‰õΩʼnõΩ PǨ~°"≥∞ÿ #tOz
áÈ~Ú<å~°∞.
=∂ =∞#ã¨∞ÅxO_® ÉèÜ í ∞« O, Jã¨ÇϨ ºO, qKå~°O xO_çáÈQÍ HõÅ`«KO≥ k#,
|~°∞"≥H˜¯# ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂Å`À „Ѩܫ∂}Ïxfl H˘#™êyOKå=Ú. JHõ¯_ç #∞Oz "Õ∞O
KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#fl nfiѨO Z~Ú~¸ (Aeaea). ã≤Ô~û ^Õ=`« x"å㨙ê÷#O Jk. Ç‘ÏeÜ«∂ãπ
(Helios), ÃÑ~ Ô û (Perse) ã¨=Ú„^ŒHõ#ºÅ ã¨O`å#"≥∞ÿ# Z~Ú>ˇãπ, ã≤Ô~ûÅ∞ Hõ=ÅÅ∞.
P nfiѨOÖ’ Ô~O_»∞ ~å„`«∞à◊√¡, Ô~O_»∞ ѨQÆà◊√¡ QÆ_çáê=Ú. =¸_»=~ÀA L^ŒÜ«∞O
<Õ#∞ F ÃÑ^ŒÌ =$H∆Í<≥flH˜¯ z\Ï~°∞H˘=∞‡Å #∞Oz P nfiѨOÖ’ U"≥∞ÿ<å [#ã¨OKå~°O
LO^Õ"≥∂#x K«∂_»™êQÍ#∞. ^Œ∂~°OQÍ F KÀ@ á⁄QÆ HõxÑ≤OzOk. K≥@∞ìky <å
<ÒHõ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ "≥à◊√Î#flѨC_»∞ F ÃÑ^ŒÌ ^Œ∞Ñ≤Ê <å‰õΩ HõxÑ≤OzOk. Jk hà◊√¡ `åy
"≥à◊√Î#fl ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ <Õ#∞ qã≤i# |Öˇ¡O ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ #_»∞O `≥y Jk <å KÕ`« zH˜¯Ok.
^•xfl D_»∞Û‰õΩO@∂ <ÒHõ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ =KåÛ#∞. <åq‰õΩÅÖ’ H˘`«Î L`åûǨÏO =zÛOk.
^Œ∞Ñ≤Ê =∂Oã¨O`À =∂‰õΩ P ѨÓ@ qO^Œ∞Éè’[#O. ã¨∞+¨µìQÍ ux Ǩ~ÚQÍ
x„^ŒáÈÜ«∂=Ú.
L^ŒÜ«∂<Õfl x„^ŒÖËKåHõ JO^Œsfl ã¨=∂"Õâ◊Ѩ~°Kå#∞. ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! =∞#O
ZHõ¯_»∞<åfl"≥∂, Uq∞\’ `≥b^Œ∞. <Õ#∞ K≥@∞ì g∞^Œ #∞Oz K«∂ã≤#ѨÙ_»∞ Hõ#∞K«∂ѨÙ
"Õ∞~°Ö’ ZHõ¯_® #~°ã¨OKå~°O ÖË^Œ∞. HÍx D nfiáêxH˜ =∞^茺֒ XHõKÀ@ á⁄QÆ
~å=_»O QÆ=∞xOKå#∞——
JO^Œ~∂° ÉèÜ í ∞« Ѩ_®¤~∞° . "åà◊‰¡ Ωõ bãπ„>ˇQÿ ÀxÜ«∞#∞¡, ÃãH· Í¡Ñûπ QÆ∞~°∞‰Î Ωõ =KåÛ~°∞
HÍÉ’Å∞. „Ѩu XHõ¯~°∂ "≥H˜¯"≥H˜¯ U_»fi_»"Õ∞! <Õ#∞ "åà◊¡x Ô~O_»∞ QÆ∞OѨÙÅ∞QÍ
qÉèílOKå#∞. <Õ<˘Hõ QÆ∞OѨىõΩ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_çx. Ô~O_»= QÆ∞OѨىõΩ Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ
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(Eurylochus) <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞. Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ W~°"·≥ ~
Ô O_»∞ =∞Ok <åq‰õΩefl fã¨∞‰õΩx
nfiáêxfl â’kèOK«_®xH˜ "≥àÏ¡_»∞. J_»q =∞^茺֒ ã≤Ô~û x"å㨠QÆ$Ǩxfl "åà◊√¡
KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. =∞O^Œ∂ =∂‰õΩÅ`À `«# =â◊O KÕã¨∞‰õΩ#fl `À_Õà◊√¡, ã≤OǨÅ∞ P"≥∞
QÆ$Ǩxfl HÍѨÖÏ HÍã¨∞Î#flq. Jq =∂ "åà◊¡#∞ QÍÜ«∞Ѩ~°K«‰õΩO_® =ÅÜ«∞OÖÏ
K«∞@∞ì=Ú\˜ì ÃÑOѨÙ_»∞ ‰õΩHõ¯ÖÏ¡ `ÀHõÖÏ_çã∂¨ Î `«=∞ Ü«∞[=∂x =^Œ‰Ì Ωõ fã¨∞‰õΩ"≥àÏ¡~Ú.
֒ѨŠã≤Ô~û ^Õ=`« J^Œ∞ƒù`«OQÍ QÍ#O KÕã¨∂Î =¢™êÎ<Õfl^À <Õã¨∞Î#flk.
JeH˜_ç qx ã≤Ô~û ^Õ=`« |Ü«∞@‰õΩ =zÛ gà◊¡#∞ Ö’xH˜ ~°=∞‡x
PǨfixOzOk. Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ |Ü«∞@<Õ xÅ|_ç<å_»∞. ֒ѨeH˜ "≥o¡# "åà◊¡#∞
Q“~°=OQÍ Ñ≤Å∞ã¨∂Î "åiH˜ A#∞fláêÅ∞, ÉÏi¡, `Õ<≥, ™ê~å~ÚÅ`À qO^Œ∞xzÛOk.
áêѨO P PǨ~°OÖ’ =∞O^Œ∂ =∂‰õΩÅ∞ Hõeã≤ L#fl ã¨OQÆu "åà◊‰¡ Ωõ ZÖÏ `≥Å∞ã¨∞OÎ k.
"åiH˜Hõ `«=∞ WO\˜ PÖ’K«#ÖË ~å=Ù. "åà◊√¡ `«=∞ PǨ~åxfl =ÚyOK«QÍ<Õ `«#
=∞O„`«^ŒO_»O`À "åà◊¡x ѨO^Œ∞Å∞QÍ =∂iÛ Ñ¨O^Œ∞ÅH˘@ìOÖ’H˜ `ÀeOk. "å\˜
=ÚO^Œ∞ ѨO^Œ∞ÅH˜KÕÛ PǨ~åxfl Ѩ_»"Õã≤ z~°∞#=Ùfi #qfiOk.
W^ŒO`å K«∂ã≤# Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ =∂ =^Œ‰Ì Ωõ "ÕQOÆ QÍ áêiáÈ~Ú =zÛ<å_»∞.
^Œ∞óYO`À P`«x Q˘O`«∞ ÃÑQÆÅÖË^Œ∞. ã≤Ô~û QÆ$ǨÏOÖ’H˜ "≥o¡# q∞„`«∞Å∞ |Ü«∞@‰õΩ
~åÖË^Œx P`«_»∞ K≥ѨÊQÍ<Õ <å‰õΩ HÀѨO =zÛOk. #_»∞=Ú‰õΩ <å Y_®æxfl, Éèí∞[OÃÑ·
qÅ¡=Ú‡efl ^èŒiOz Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ#∞ 'ã≤Ô~û— WO\˜H˜ ^•iK«∂Ѩ=∞x J_çQÍ#∞.
Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ 㨿ãq∞~å JOwHõiOK«ÖË^Œ∞. |u‰õΩO>Ë |Å∞™ê‰õΩ u#=K«∞Û.
"≥o¡áÈ^•O Jx Ѩ@∞ìѨ\Ïì_»∞.
<Õ#∞ P`«xx JHõ¯_Õ =ke XO@iQÍ "≥à◊√`«∂ 'ã≤Ô~û— WO\˜ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’
L#flѨÙ_»∞ 'ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ— ^Õ=Ù_»∞ <å‰õΩ HõxÑ≤OKå_»∞. Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_ç ~°∂ѨOÖ’ =ã¨∂Î P`«_»∞
##∞fl „ѨtflOz<å_»∞.
''^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=O`«∞_®! =∞~°∞Å∞ fÔQ`˘H˜¯# ÉÏ@™êiÖÏ WOÔH<åflà◊√¡ WÖÏ
u~°∞QÆ∞`«∂ LO\Ï=Ù. 'ã≤Ô~û— h ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞efl ѨO^Œ∞Å∞QÍ =∂iÛ `«# |OnÅ∞QÍ
KÕã¨∞‰õΩ#flk. "åà◊¡x q_çÑ≤^•Ì=∞x h „Ѩܫ∞`«fl=∂! h=Ù ã¨fiÜ«∞OQÍ „Ѩܫ∞uflOKå"å
"åà◊¡‰õΩ Ѩ\ ˜ì# QÆ`Õ h‰õÄ Ñ¨_»∞ÎOk. ZO^Œ∞HÀ x#∞fl K«∂¿ãÎ <å‰õΩ *Ïe HõÅ∞QÆ∞`ÀOk.
WkQÀ D B+¨^è•xfl hH˜ã¨∞Î<åfl#∞. P"≥∞ hH˜KÕÛ PǨ~° áêhÜ«∂ÅÖ’ =∞O^Œ∂
=∂‰õΩÅ∂ LO_ç x#∞fl `«# =â◊O KÕ™êÎ~Ú. JO^Œ∞‰õΩ D =#=¸eHõ q~°∞QÆ∞_»∞QÍ
ѨxKÕã¨∞ÎOk.
h=Ù PǨ~°O ã‘fiHõiOK«QÍ<Õ P"≥∞ `«# =∞O„`«^ŒO_»O`À x#∞fl `åHõ_®xH˜
„Ѩܫ∞uflOz#ѨC_»∞ h=Ù cèHõ~°OQÍ ÖËz h Y_»æO`À P"≥∞ "≥∞_» #~°Hõ_®xH˜
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ã≤^ÑúŒ _¨ #ç @∞¡ #\˜OK«∞. ÉèÜí ∞« Ѩ_ç P"≥∞ h á⁄O^Œ∞ HÀ~°∞`«∞Ok. P"≥∞#∞ u~°ã¯¨ iOK«‰Ωõ .
P"≥∞ =∂„`«"Õ∞ h ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞Å#∞ Ü«∞^è•~°∂ѨOÖ’H˜ =∂~°ÛQÆÅ^Œ∞. J~Ú`Õ =ÚO^Œ∞QÍ
P"≥∞ =^ŒÌ „Ѩ=∂}Ïxfl fã¨∞HÀ! h=Ù #QÆflOQÍ x~åÜ«Ú^èŒ∞_ç"≥· L#flѨC_»∞ P"≥∞
ѨQÆf~°∞ÛHÀ‰õΩO_® *Ï„QÆ`«ÎѨ_»∞. HÍx XHõ¯™êi =∂\˜¿ãÎ áê\˜OKÕ ^Õ=`« P"≥∞——
Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê P`«_»∞ <åHÀ =#=¸eHõxKåÛ_»∞. ^•x "Õ~°∞¡ #Å¡QÍ, ѨÓÅ∞
áêÅO`« `≥ÅQ¡ Í L<åfl~Ú. ^Õ=`«Å∞ ^•xx "≥∂e (Moly) Jx, =∂#=ÙÅ∞ =∂O„_ÕH±
(Mandrake) Jx Ñ≤Å∞™êÎ~°∞. ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ <å‰õΩ P =#=¸eHõxzÛ J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞ÿ<å_»∞.

<Õ#∞ 'ã≤~Ô û— WO\˜ QÆ∞=∞‡O =^ŒÌ xÅ|_ç 'Z=~°<åfl L<åfl~å— Jx JiKå#∞.

P"≥∞ <å Ñ≤Å∞Ѩ٠qx |Ü«∞@‰õΩ =zÛ ™ê^Œ~°OQÍ Ö’xH˜ PǨfixOzOk. ##∞fl F
~°[`« Pã¨#OÃÑ· ‰õÄ~ÀÛɡ\ ˜ì, F |OQÍ~°∞áê„`«Ö’ HÍO`«∞b#∞`«∞#fl „^Œ"åxflzÛ
`åQÆ=∞#flk. <Õ#∞ `åy<åHõ `«# =∞O„`«^OŒ _»O`À ##∞fl `åH˜ ''Ѩ^!Œ h ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞Å`À
HÍňH∆ѨO KÕ^Œ∞Ì=ÙQÍx—— J#flk.
<Õ#O`«‰õΩ =ÚO^Õ '"≥∂e— (=∂O„_ÕH±) ¿ãqOz LO_»_»O =Å¡ <åÃÑ· P"≥∞
=∞O^Œ∞Å∞ ѨxKÕÜ«∞ÖË^Œ∞. "ÕQÆOQÍ <å Y_®æxfl X~°Ö’Oz |Ü«∞@‰õΩ ÖÏy P"≥∞
"≥∞_» #iH˜ K«O¿ÑO`« ѨxKÕ™ê#∞. ÉèíÜ«∞O`À P"≥∞ =}˜H˜áÈ`«∂, <å "≥∂HÍà◊√¡
Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx |u=∞ÖÏ_»™êyOk.
''Z=~°∞ h=Ù! Z=i ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çq h=Ù? <å =∞O^Œ∞Å∞ ¿ãqOz ‰õÄ_® <å
=∂Ü«∞ʼnõΩ =â◊√_çq H͉õΩ<åfl=Ù. <å =∞O„`«*ÏÖÏ<Õfl Z^Œ∞iOKÕ â◊HxΘ hÔH=iKåÛ~°∞?
WO`«=~°‰Äõ ZѨC_»∂ WÖÏ [~°QÖÆ ^Ë ∞Œ . YzÛ`«OQÍ h=Ù ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ K≥ÑÊ≤ #@∞¡ X_≥ãã≤ "π Õ
JÜ«ÚºO\Ï=Ù. h HõuÎx X~°Ö’ LOz <å`À â◊$OQÍ~åxH˜ ~å! =∞x^ŒÌi =∞^茺
„¿Ñ=∞#∞, „Ѩ}Ü«∂xfl ~°yeOz XHõiÃÑ· XHõiH˜ qâßfiã¨O, #=∞‡HõO HõÅQÆh——
–J#fl^•"≥∞.
<Õ#<åfl#∞– ''ã≤Ô~û! Wk „Ѩ}Ü«∂xH˜ J#∞"≥·# ã¨=∞Ü«∞=∂! XHõѨHõ¯ <å
q∞„`«∞efl ѨO^Œ∞Å∞QÍ =∂iÛ H˘@ìOÖ’H˜ <≥\ ˜ì<å=Ù. ##∞fl ‰õÄ_» <å J^Œ$+¨ìO
ÉÏQÆ∞ÖˉõΩO>Ë "åà◊¡Ö’ Hõe¿Ñã¨∞O_Õ^•xq. WѨC_»∞ x~åÜ«Ú^èŒ∞_»<≥·, #QÆflOQÍ h`À
L#flѨÙ_»∞ ##∞fl U^À =∞O„`«O`À<À =∂Ü«∞`À<À =keOK«∞HÀ=<Õ #=∞‡HõO Uq∞\˜?
h=Ù WOÔH@∞=O\˜ =∂Ü≥∂áêÜ«∂Å∞ Ѩ#fl#x, <å‰õΩ JáêÜ«∞O KÕÜ∞« #x „Ѩ=∂}O
KÕ¿ãÎQÍx x#∞fl <Õ#∞ qâ◊fiã≤OK«#∞.——
P"≥∞ JÖÏ „Ѩ=∂}O KÕ™êHõ <Õ#∞ P"≥∞`À ã¨OQÆq∞OKå#∞.
DÖ’QÍ P"≥∞ ѨiKåiHõÖˇ·# =#, [ÅHõ#ºÅ∞ #Å∞QÆ∞~°∞ P ~ÚO\˜x
ã¨~åfiOQÆ ã¨∞O^Œ~°OQÍ fiÛk^ŒÌ™êQÍ~°∞. XHõ`≥ Pã¨<åÅÃÑ· #∂Å∞ =¢™êÎefl, Ѩ~°∞ÊÖò
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T^•~°OQÆ∞ Lxfl^Œ∞ѨÊ@¡#∞ ѨizOk. ~Ô O_»= P"≥∞ "≥O_ç |Å¡ÅÃÑ· |OQÍ~°∞ áê„`«efl
J=∞~°ÛQÍ =¸_»= ÉÏeHõ =∞^èŒ∞~°"≥∞ÿ# „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Úx |OQÍ~°∞ "≥O_ç y<≥flÖ’¡
xOÑ≤Ok. <åÅæ= Hõ#º "Õ_çhà◊¡#∞ ã≤^ŒúO KÕã≤Ok.
<å‰õΩ "åà◊¡O`å Hõeã≤ ™êfl#O KÕ~ÚOz, =¢™êÎÅ∞ `˘_çQÍ~°∞. ##∞fl
Lz`åã¨#OÃÑ· ‰õÄ~ÀÛɡ\ ˜ì <å KÕ`«∞Å∞ â◊√„ÉèíO KÕã≤ ã≤^ŒúOQÍ LOz# PǨ~åxfl
Éèí∞lOK«=∞x HÀi<å~°∞.
<Õ<gÕ ∞ =Ú@ìHáõ È=_»O K«∂ã≤ 'ã≤~Ô û— J#flk– ''„Ñ≤Ü∞« `«=∂! WOHÍ J#∞=∂#
Ѩ_∞» <Î åfl"å? <Õ#∞ „Ѩ=∂}O KÕ™ê#∞. h q∞„`«∞Å QÆ∞iOz PÖ’zã¨∞<Î åfl=#∞‰õΩO\Ï!
"åà◊¡x WѨC_Õ =∂#=ÙÅ∞QÍ =∂~°∞™êÎ#∞—— Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê P"≥∞ ѨO^Œ∞ÅH˘@ìOÖ’H˜ "≥o¡
`«# =∞O„`«^ŒO_®xfl "åà◊¡‰õΩ `åH˜Oz "åiÃÑ· =∞~À =#=¸eHõÅ á⁄_çx K«e¡Ok.
`˘q∞‡^Õà◊¡ =Ü«∞ã¨∞ ѨO^Œ∞ÖÏ¡ L#fl "åà◊√¡ Hõ∆}OÖ’ =∞#∞+¨µÖˇ· =∞iO`« JO^ŒOQÍ
HõxÑ≤ã¨∂Î, ##∞fl QÆ∞iÎOz, Hõ$`«[˝`«`À <å Hõ~°KåÅ#O KÕã≤ P#O^ŒOQÍ ˆHiO`«Å∞
H˘\˜ì<å~°∞.
ã≤Ô~û ‰õÄ_» LkfiQÆ∞fl~åÖˇ· J#flk– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ! K«`«∞~ÀáêÜ«∞ xkèq h=Ù.
"≥O@<Õ h <ÒHõ#∞ f~åxH˜ KÕiÛ h q∞ye# q∞„`«∞Å#∞ fã¨∞‰õΩx WHõ¯_»‰õΩ ~å! <å
Pu^䕺xfl ã‘fiHõiOK«∞——
<Õ#∞ f~åxH˜ "≥o¡ <å q∞„`«∞Å#∞ fã¨∞‰õΩx 'ã≤Ô~û— QÆ$ǨxH˜ "≥à◊^•=∞x
K≥áêÊ#∞. Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ `«# JÉèºí O`«~åxfl "≥e|∞KåÛ_»∞. J`«#<åfl_»∞ ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å!
=∞#O =∞m¡ WOHÀ LK«∞ÛÖ’ z‰õΩ¯HÀ=^Œ∞Ì. WѨC_»∞ ã≤Ô~û WO\˜H˜ "≥àÏ¡=∂ P"≥∞
=∞#efl ѨO^Œ∞Å∞QÍ<À, ã≤OǨÅ∞QÍ<À, `À_Õà◊√¡QÍ<À =∂iÛ WO\˜H˜ HÍѨÖÏQÍ
LOK«∞‰õΩO@∞Ok. x#flQÍHõ"Ú≥ #fl ÃãH· Í¡Ñûπ =∞#"åà◊x¡ ѶŨ Ǩ~°O KÕã<≤ å_»∞. JѨC_»∞
X_≥ã≤ãπ "åà◊¡`À L<åfl_»∞. x#fl eãπ„>ˇÿQÀxÜ«∞#∞¡... JHõ¯_® X_≥ã≤ãπ L<åfl_»∞.
W`«QÍ_ç `˘O^Œ~°áê@∞ x~°‚Ü«∂Å=Å¡ =∞#O K«zÛáÈ`«∞<åflO——
<å‰õΩ HÀѨO =zÛOk. J`«_çfl <å Hõ~°"åÖÏxH˜ JHõ¯_Õ |eKÕ^•Ì=∞#∞
‰õΩ<åfl#∞. J`«_∞» <å‰õΩ |O^è∞Œ "Õ. HÍx WO`«Ö’ q∞ye# "åà◊√¡ ##∞fl âßO`«Ñi¨ Kå~°∞.
''W`«_çfl WHõ¯_Õ LO_»x^•ÌO. q∞QÆ`å "åà◊¡O P =∞O„`«QÆ`≥Î ã≤Ô~û WO\˜H˜ "≥o¡ P"≥∞
Pu^䕺xfl ã‘fiHõi^•ÌO—— J<åfl~°∞. ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_»¤ Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ ‰õÄ_» =∞=∞‡efl
J#∞ã¨iOKå_»∞.
'ã≤~Ô û— `«# Ju^è∞Œ ʼnõΩ J^Œ∞ƒù`"« ∞≥ #ÿ Q“~°= =∞~åº^ŒeflzÛ ã¨O`À+¨ÃÑ\˜Oì k.
JO^ŒiH˜ ™êfl<åÅ U~åÊ@∞¡ KÕã≤, =∞Oz =¢™êÎÅxzÛ J`«ºO`« ~°∞zHõ~°"≥∞ÿ#
=O@HÍÅ∞, áêhÜ«∂Å`À qO^Œ∞ Éè’[<åÅ#∞ =_ç¤OzOk. <åq‰õΩÅO^Œ~°∂
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XHõi<˘Hõ~°∞ HÍ=eOK«∞‰õΩx P#O^ŒO`À Hõhflà◊√¡ HÍ~åÛ~°∞. JO^Œih K«∂ã¨∂Î ã≤Ô~û
WÖÏ Ñ¨eH˜Ok. ''X_≥ã≤ãπ! K«`«∞~°HõàÏѨÜ≥∂xnè! WHõ Hõhflà◊√¡ HÍ~åÛeû# ѨxÖË^Œ∞.
h=Ù, h q∞„`«∞Å∞ Ѩ_#ç HõëêìÅ∞ <å‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞. D =∞^è∞Œ ~°"∞≥ #ÿ PǨ~° áêhÜ«∂Å#∞
ã‘fiHõiOK«O_ç. g∞ [=ã¨`åfiÅ∞ =∞~°ÖÏ Lá⁄ÊOy<åHõ g∞~°∞ g∞ W^ä•HÍ "ÕѨÙ
„Ѩܫ∂}O KÕ^Œ∞Ì~°∞QÍx. ~¸ nfiѨOÖ’ g∞~°∞ Ǩ~ÚQÍ q„âßOu fã¨∞HÀO_ç——
J#fl^•"≥∞.
XHõ ã¨O=`«û~°O áê@∞ P nfiѨOÖ’ Z@∞=O\˜ p‰õÄzO`å ÖˉõΩO_®
HÍÅO QÆ_çáê=Ú. <å q∞„`«∞ʼnõΩ =∞~°Å WO\˜ *Ï˝Ñ¨HÍÅ∞ Z‰õΩ¯"≥·<å~Ú. <å‰õÄ
WO\˜H˜ "≥o¡áÈ"åÅ#fl HÀiHõ q∞‰õΩ¯@O HÍ*ÁzÛOk. <Õ#∞ 'ã≤Ô~û— =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥àÏ¡#∞.
P"≥∞ HÍà◊√¡ Ѩ@∞ì‰Ωõ x „áêi÷OKå#∞– ''ã≤~Ô û! h "åQÍÌ<åxfl xÅɡ@∞ìHÀ! ##∞fl WO\˜H˜
"≥à◊¡h~Ú. <å q∞„`«∞ÅO^Œ~°∂ WO\˜ ɡOQÆ`À Hõ$OyáÈ`«∞<åfl~°∞. "≥o¡áÈ^•=∞x
##∞fl Ѩ^ÕѨ^Õ |Å=O`«O KÕã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. <å‰õΩ "≥à◊¡_®xH˜ J#∞=∞ux=Ùfi——
P"≥∞ J#flk– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ! <Õ#∞ x#∞fl |Å=O`«OQÍ XHõ¯Hõ∆}O ‰õÄ_®
WHõ¯_» LO_»x=fi#∞. HÍx h=Ù WOHÀ „ѨÜ∂« }O KÕÜ∂« eû L#flk. ¿ÇÏ_£û #QÆ~"° ∞≥ #ÿ
áê`åàÏxH˜ "≥o¡ JHõ¯_» ÃÑÔ~ûá¶È<£#∞ (Persephone) ^Œi≈OKåe. P `«~°∞"å`«
JHõ¯_»<Õ `«KåÛ_»∞`«∞#fl \˜~Ô ã≤Ü∂« ãπ HÍÅ*Ï˝x, JO^è∞Œ _≥#· ^ä|≥ <£ *’ã¨∞ºx ѨÅHõiOz
Éèíq+¨º`«∞Î `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀ! J`«xH˘Hõ¯_çˆH ÃÑiûá¶È<£ =∂\Ï¡_Õ â◊H˜ÎxzÛOk. q∞ye#
"åà◊¡O^Œ~°∂ =∞$`å`«‡ÖË!——
P"≥∞ =∂@Å∞ q#QÍ<Õ <å ǨÏ$^ŒÜ∞« O |^ŒÖÌ á·ˇ È~ÚOk. ^è~·≥ º° O KÕã≤ P"≥∞<Õ
J_çQÍ#∞– ''ã≤Ô~û! =∂#==∂„`«∞_»∞ ¿ÇÏ_£û (Hades) áê`åà◊QÆ$ǨxH˜ ZÖÏ
"≥à◊¡QÆÅ_»∞?——
ã≤Ô~û ѨeH˜Ok– ''J^è≥·~°ºÑ¨_®eû# J=ã¨~°O ÖË^Œ∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ. h=Ù h <ÒHõÖ’
ã≤÷q∞`«Ñ¨_»QÍ<Õ ÉÁiÜ«∂ãπ – L`«Î~°Ñ¨ÙQÍe g∞‰õΩ ^•i K«∂ѨÙ`«∞Ok. ã¨=Ú„^•x
Hõ=`«Å ÃÑiûá¶È<£ J~°}º=Ú#flk. JHõ¯_» áÈѨ~¡ ,ü qÖ’¡ =$H∆ÍÅ∞ qiqQÍ LO\Ï~Ú.
JHõ¯_» <ÒHõ#∞ PÑ≤ f~°O "≥O|_Õ HÍe#_»Hõ# h"˘Hõ¯_ç"Õ ¿ÇÏ_£û Éèí=<åxH˜ "≥à◊√¡.
JHõ¯_» ÃÑ·iÃѶ¡ÔQ^ä•<£, ã≤ìH±û #nH˜ LѨ#k J~Ú# HÍH˜@ãπ (Cocytus)`À Hõeã≤
Zd~å<£ (Acheron) #kÖ’ HõÅ∞™êÎ~Ú. P „u"Õ}© ã¨OQÆ=∞O =^ŒÌ XHõ tÅ h‰õΩ
HõxÊã¨∞ÎOk. JHõ¯_» XHõ ‰õĺa\ò Q˘~Úº fã≤ =∞$`å`«‡Å‰õΩ áêÅ∞, `Õ<≥, „^•Hõ∆
™ê~å~Úx, =∞Ozh\˜x =¸_»∞ ^Œá¶êÅ∞QÍ ã¨=∞iÊOK«∞. "å\˜ÃÑ· ÉÏs¡ Ñ≤O_çx
zÅHõiOK«∞. W^ä•HÍ "≥o<¡ åHõ =∞$`å`«‡Å‰õΩ Ѩâ√◊ =ÙÅ#∞ |e™êÎ#x „Ѩ=∂}O KÕ~Ú.
\˜Ô~ã≤Ü«∂ãπ‰õΩ „Ѩ`ÕºHõOQÍ #Å¡Q˘„Ô~#∞ |e™êÎ#x "≥Ú‰õΩ¯HÀ! =∞$`å`«‡Å∞ =zÛ<åHõ
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Q˘„Ô~áÈ`«∞#∞, #Å¡x Q˘„Ô~#∞ ZÔ~|ãπ (Erebus=Hades) "ÕѨ٠uÑ≤Ê h=Ù ã¨=Ú„^Œ
„Ѩ"åǨÅ"ÕѨ٠K«∂ã¨∂Î P [O`«∞=ÙÅ#∞ |e~Ú=Ùfi.
h =ÚO^Œ∞ J<ÕHõ g~°∞Å „¿Ñ`å`«‡Å∞ „Ѩ`º« Hõ=∆ ∞=Ù`å~Ú. h=Ù h ã≤|ƒOkH˜
K≥Ñ≤Ê J<ÕHõO Q˘„Ô~Å#∞ ¿ÇÏ_£û‰õΩ, ÃÑiûá¶È<£‰õΩ |e~Ú=Ùfi. P `«~°∞"å`« \Ỗ~ã≤Ü«∂ãπ
*Ï˝x`À K«iÛOz ZÖÏ „Ѩܫ∂}˜OKåÖ’ `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀ!—— J#fl^•"≥∞.
"Õ∞O "≥à◊√`«∞#fl ǨÏ_®=Ù_çH˜ J^è•@∞# ÖËz# 'ZÖˇÊ<å~ü— J<Õ <åq‰õΩ_»∞
`åy# =∞`«∞ÎÖ’ <ÕÅÃѷѨ_ç =∞~°}˜OKå_»∞. 'ã≤Ô~û—‰õΩ g_À¯Å∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê P"≥∞ WzÛ#
Q˘„Ô~Å#∞ fã¨∞‰õΩx "Õ∞O „Ѩܫ∂}=∞Ü«∂º=Ú.
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'ã≤Ô~û— ã¨Ç¨Ü«∞O`À J#∞‰õÄÅ"≥∞ÿ# QÍÅ∞Å∞ gK«QÍ =∂ <ÒHõ "ÕQÍxfl
ѨÙOA‰õΩ#flk. pHõ\ ˜ Ѩ_Õã¨iH˜ ã≤"≥∞‡iÜ«∞#∞¡O_Õ =∞ã¨Hõ pHõ\ ˜ „áêO`åxH˜
KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl=Ú. P ^ÕâßxH˜ "≥Å∞QÆ∞ˆ~_»∞ ~åÖË_»∞. pHõ\ ˜Ö’ x=ã≤OKÕ
qëê^Œ=¸~°∞ÎÖˇ·# =∂#=ÙÅ x"åã¨ã¨÷Åq∞k.
ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù z=iH˜ KÕ~°∞‰õΩx 'ã≤Ô~û— ^Õ=`« ã¨∂zOz# „Ѩ^ÕâßxH˜
"≥àÏ¡#∞. ÃÑi"≥∞_çãπ. Ü«¸iÖ’YãπÅ∞ |eH˜ ã≤^ŒúO KÕã≤# Q˘„Ô~Å#∞ fã¨∞‰õΩ
=KåÛ~°∞. <Õ#∞ <å Y_»æO`À XHõ ‰õĺa\ò Ö’`«∞, á⁄_»=Ù, "≥_»Å∞Ê#fl QÀux
`«qfi "≥Ú^Œ@ áêÅ∞, `Õ<≥, `«~°∞"å`« „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Úx, z=~°QÍ =∞Ozh\˜x
=∞$`å`«‡Å‰õΩ <≥·"Õ^ŒºOQÍ ã¨=∞iÊOKå#∞. "å\˜ÃÑ· ÉÏs¡ Ñ≤O_çx K«e¡, W^ä•HÍ
"≥o<¡ åHõ |eѨâ√◊ =Ù#∞ ã¨=∞iÊ™êÎ#x „Ѩ=∂}O KÕ™ê#∞. \˜~Ô ã≤Ü∂« ãπ HÍÅ*Ï˝x
HÀã¨O #Å¡\ ˜ Q˘„Ô~Ñ≤Å#¡ ∞ `≥zÛ =∞$`å`«‡Å‰õΩ „áê~°#÷ Å∞ ã¨eÑ≤ Q˘„Ô~Å Q˘O`«∞Å∞
HÀã≤ "≥Åfi_ç# #Å¡\ ˜ ~°HõÎO`À P QÆ∞O@#∞ xOáê#∞. ZÔ~|ãπ (áê`åà◊O)
#∞Oz Jã¨OMϺHõ"≥∞ÿ# „¿Ñ`å`«‡Å∞, ÉÏÅ, Ü«∞=fi#, =$^Œú, P_», =∞QÍ J<ÕHõO
=zÛ ##∞fl K«∞@∞ì=Ú\Ïì~Ú. Ü«Ú^ŒúOÖ’ =∞~°}˜Oz# g~°∞Å∞ WOHÍ ~°HõÎO`À
`«_çz L#fl ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÎÅ`À P QÆ∞O@ K«∞@∂ì~å =¸y P„HõO^Œ#Å∞ KÕÜ«∞™êQÍ~°∞.
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í ∞« O`À <å =à◊√¡ `≥Å|¡ _çáÈ~ÚOk. `Õ~∞° ‰õΩx ¿ÇÏ_£û, ÃÑiûá¶È<£Å‰õΩ
|Å∞efl, <≥·"Õ^•ºefl ã¨=∞iÊOKå#∞.
JO^ŒiHõO>ˇ =ÚO^Œ∞QÍ ZÖˇÊ<å~ü „¿Ñ`å`«‡ =zÛOk. J`«xfl K«∂ã≤
<å QÆ∞O_≥ `«~°∞‰õΩ¯áÈ~ÚOk. <Õ#<åfl#∞– ''JO^ŒiHõ<åfl "ÕQÆOQÍ Ñ¨~°∞ÔQ`«ÎQÆÅ
nè~°∞_çq. WHõ¯_çÔHÖÏ ~åQÆeQÍ=Ù?——
ZÖˇÊ<å~ü „¿Ñ`å`«‡ ѨeH˜Ok– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ! `åy# =∞`«∞ÎÖ’ JO`≥`«∞Î
#∞Oz <ÕÅÃÑ·H˜ ^Œ∂H˜ <å Kå=Ù <Õ<Õ H˘x`≥K«∞Û‰õΩ<åfl#∞. <å "≥∞_» qiyOk.
<å P`«‡ ¿ÇÏ_£û Ö’HÍxH˜ "≥o¡Ok. ^ÕǨÏO =∂„`«O 'ã≤Ô~û— WO\˜Ö’ q∞ye
L#flk. h ÉèÏ~åºa_»Å¤ P#QÍ <Õ#∞ x#∞fl HÀ~°∞`«∞<åfl#∞. <å â◊"åxfl ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑÙ¨
f~°OÖ’ zuÃÑ· HÍeÛ, <å PÜ«Ú^è•Å`À ã¨Ç¨ <å z`åÉèãí ‡¨ OÃÑ· ÃÑ^ŒÌ =∞\˜Qì ∞Æ @ì
ã¨=∂kèx xi‡OK«O_ç. ÃÑ·# <Õ#∞ѨÜ≥∂yOz# `≥_»∞¤Hõ„~°#∞ QÆ∞~°∞ÎQÍ LOK«O_ç——
P`«x P`«‡ x„+¨¯q∞OKåHõ <å `«e¡ P`«‡ <å Z^Œ∞@‰õΩ =zÛOk.
P"≥∞ P\ÁÖˇ·Hõãπ ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î UO\˜H˜¡Ü«∂ (Anticleia). <Õ#∞ „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~åxH˜
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"≥àı¡Ñ¨C_»∞ rqOz L#fl P"≥∞ <å HÀã¨O ^Œ∞ódOz, ^Œ∞ódOz =∞~°}˜OzOk HÍx
<Õ#∞ P"≥∞ P`«‡#∞ ~°HõÎO`À xO_ç# QÆ∞O@=^ŒÌ‰õΩ áÈx=fiÖË^Œ∞.
\˜Ô~ã≤Ü«∂ãπ P`«‡ JѨC_»∞ <å =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ =zÛOk. `«# |OQÍ~°∞
~å[^ŒO_®xfl KÕ|∂x P`«_Öç Ï J<åfl_»∞– ''X_≥ãã≤ !π K«`∞« ~°Hàõ ÏѨÜ∂≥ xnè! ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ
hg pHõ\ ˜ ™ê„=∂*ϺxH˜ =zÛ<å=Ù? J_»¤OÖË! <Õ#∞ P ~°HÍÎxfl ã‘fiHõiOz h‰õΩ
Ü«∞^•~°÷ q+¨Ü«∂Å∞ K≥|∞`å#∞——
JѨÊ\˜=~°‰õÄ HõuÎ^Œ∂ã≤ JO^Œih xÅ∞=iOz# <Õ#∞ <å HõuÎx X~°Ö’
ÃÑ\Ïì#∞. \˜Ô~ã≤Ü«∂ãπ P`«‡ P ~°HÍÎxfl „QÀe WÖÏ Ñ¨eHÍ_»∞– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ! h=Ù
Ǩ~ÚQÍ WO\˜H˜ "≥àÏ¡Åx `«ÅáÈã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù. HÍx ^Õ=`«Å PÖ’K«# =∞~À~°HõOQÍ
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QÍqOz# x#∞fl P ^Õ=Ù_»∞ JO`« `ÕeHõQÍ =^ŒÅ_»∞. J~Ú<å kä~åflã≤Ü«∂
(Thirnacia) ^•\˜<åHõ h q∞„`«∞efl J^Œ∞ѨÙÖ’ ÃÑ@∞ìHÀQÆey`Õ h=Ù h ~ÚO\˜H˜
KÕ~∞° HÀQÆÅ∞QÆ∞`å=Ù. J^˘Hõ¯>Ë h‰õΩ#fl UÔHH· õ =∂~°Oæ . JHõ¯_» Ç≤ÏeÜ«∂ãπ (Helios)‰õΩ
K≥Ok# Ѩq„`« QÀQÆ}ÏÅ∞ L<åfl~Ú. "å\˜ˆH"≥∞ÿ<å H©_»∞ [iyO^• h „Ѩܫ∂}O
=∞iO`« n~°…"≥∞ÿ WO\˜H˜ KÕ~°∞HÀ=_»O PÅ㨺=∞=Ù`«∞Ok. h q∞„`«∞Å∞ =∞~°}ÏÅ
áêÅ=Ù`å~°∞. h=Ù h‰õΩ K≥O^Œx <ÒHõÖ’ „Ѩܫ∂}˜Oz h WO\˜H˜ KÕ~°∞‰õΩx, h
ÉèÏ~°º#∞ HÍq∞ã¨∞Î#fl Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ<≥^Œ∞~˘¯x ~°HõÎáê`åxfl ã¨$+≤ì™êÎ=Ù. P `«~°∞"å`« LѨC
q∞~°Ñ¨HÍÜ«∞ `≥bx ^ÕâßÅh, Ѩ_»=O>Ë `≥bx „Ѩ^ÕâßÅ∞ K«∂™êÎ=Ù. <Õ#∞ hH˘Hõ
|O_»QÆ∞~°∞Î#∞ K≥|∞`å#∞. U<å_≥·`Õ hÔH^Œ∞Ô~·# JѨiz`«∞_»∞ h Éèí∞[O g∞k `≥_»∞¤#∞
K«∂ã≤ ^è•<åºxfl qã≤ˆ~ KÕ@QÍ „Éèíq∞™êÎ_À P „áêO`«OÖ’ h=Ù P `≥_»∞¤#∞ áêuÃÑ@∞ì.
JO`«\ ˜`À h ã¨=Ú„^Œ „Ѩܫ∂}O JO`«=∞=Ù`«∞Ok. JHõ¯_» áêl_®<£ ^Õ=Ù_çH˜
Q˘„Ô~, =~åǨÏO, Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ [O@Å#∞ |e=Ùfi. W^ä•H͉õΩ uiy=zÛ ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ
#∂~°∞ Ѩâ◊√=Ùefl (ÃÇÏHõ\ÏOÉòû – Hecatombs) |e WzÛ "åix ã¨O`«$Ñ≤ÎѨ~°K«∞.
h‰õΩ ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ =∞~°}O ~åã≤ÃÑ\˜ì ÖË^Œ∞. =$^•úѨºOÖ’ Éè’QÆÉèÏQͺŠ=∞^茺 h‰õΩ
ã¨∞<åÜ«∂㨠=∞~°}O Åaèã¨∞ÎOk——
<Õ#∞ \˜Ô~ã≤Ü«∂ãπ#∞ J_çQÍ#∞– ''\˜Ô~ã≤Ü«∂ãπ! ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ <å `«e¡ <å"ÕѨÙ
K«∂_»@O ÖË^Œ∞. <å`À Hõhã¨O =∂\Ï¡_»_»O ÖË^Œ∞. ##∞fl QÆ∞iÎOK«ÖË^•?——
P`«_»<åfl_»∞– ''h=Ù Z=i#~Ú`Õ P ~°HõÎѨ٠QÆ∞O@ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ áÈx=fiÖË^À
"å~°∞ =∂\Ï¡_»ÖË~°∞—— Jx J`«_»∞ ¿ÇÏ_£û Éèí=<åxH˜ "≥o¡áÈÜ«∂_»∞.
<å `«e¡ P`«‡=zÛ ~°HÍÎxfl `åy ##∞fl QÆ∞~°∞ÎѨ\ ˜ìOk– ''Ѩل`«∞_®! ZÖÏ
WHõ¯_çH˜ ~åQÆey<å=Ù. |uH˜ L#fl "åà◊√¡ ~åÖËx „Ѩ^Õâ◊O Hõ^•~Úk? „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~°O
#∞Oz ã¨=Ú„^Œ =∂~åæ# <ÒHõÅ`À WHõ¯_»‰õΩ =KåÛ"å? WO`«H© W^ä•HÍ "≥àÏ¡"å,
ÖË^•? h ÉèÏ~°º#∞ Hõeã≤<å"å?——
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<Õ#<åfl#∞– ''J=∂‡! ##∞fl qkè, J=ã¨~°O WHõ¯_»‰õΩ ÖωõΩ¯x=KåÛ~Ú.
<Õ#∞ \˜~Ô ã≤Ü∂« ãπ HÍÅ*Ï˝x K≥¿ÑÊ *’™êºxfl q#_®xH˜ WO`«^∂Œ ~°O ~å=Åã≤ =zÛOk.
WO\˜H˜ WO`«=~°‰õΩ áÈÖËHõáÈ~Ú<å#∞. W<åflà◊¥¡ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù `«∞á¶ê#∞Å ÉÏi#Ѩ_ç
T~°∞HÍx T~°∞¡ u~°∞QÆ∞`«∂<Õ L<åfl#∞. 㨈~! h"≥ÖÏ =∞$`«∞º=Ù ÉÏi# Ѩ_ç<å=Ù?
PÔ~ìq∞ãπ ÉÏ}ÏÅ∞ x#∞fl <ÕʼnõÄeÛ<åÜ«∂? <å `«O„_ç, ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞ ZÖÏ L<åfl~°∞?
"åà◊¡x „Ѩ[Å∞ „ѨÉèí∞=Ù Ü≥ÚHõ¯ "å~°ã¨∞Å∞QÍ =∞xflã¨∞Î<åfl~å? ~å[^ŒO_»O
=∞Ô~=iKÕuÔH·<å zH˜¯O^•? <å ÉèÏ~°º WOHÍ <å ‰õΩ=∂~°∞x PÅ<å áêÅ<å
K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO@∞#fl^•! ÖËHõ <å =∞~°}O `«^ºŒä =∞x ÉèÏqOz WOÔH=i<≥<· å ÃÑO_®¡_#ç ^•!——
P"≥∞ WÖÏ ["åazÛOk– ''‰õΩ=∂~å! P"≥∞ x<Õfl `«ÅK«∞‰õΩO@∂ h WO\’¡<Õ
L#flk. P"≥∞ ^Œ∞ódOK«x Hõ∆}O ÖË^Œ∞. h Pã≤÷áêã¨∞÷Å∞ Éè’QÆÉèÏQͺÅ∞ h ¿Ñ~°∞g∞^Œ<Õ
L<åfl~Ú. h Ѩ Ù „`« ∞ _» ∞ >ˇ e =∂Yãπ ~å[^Œ O _®xfl ^è Œ i Oz L`« û "å^Œ ∞ Ö’¡
áêÖÁæO@∞<åfl_»∞. P`«xH˜ ~åK«=∞~åº^ŒÅ∞ Åaèã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú. h `«O„_ç `«# ˆH∆„`«OÖ’<Õ
x=ã≤ã∂¨ Î `«# ¿ã=‰õΩÅ∞ ^èiŒ OKÕ ^Œ∞ã¨∞eÎ fl ^èiŒ ã¨∂Î "åà◊√¡ u<Õ uO_ç uO@∂ "åà◊Ö¡ Ï<Õ
rq`åxfl "≥à◊¡nã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. P‰õΩ~åÅ∞ HÍÅOÖ’ x<Õfl `«Å∞K«∞‰õΩO@∂ ^Œ∞ódã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞.
=∂‰õΩ =$^•úѺ¨ O =zÛOk. <Õ#∞ x#∞fl `«ÅK«∞‰õΩO@∂ U_çÛ U_çÛ x#∞fl áÈQ˘@∞ì‰Ωõ #fl
â’HõO`À =∞~°}˜OKå#∞.——
P"≥∞#∞ ã¨Ê $tOKåÅx <å =∞#ã¨∞ `åѨ„`«Ü∞« Ѩ_Oç k. =¸_»∞™ê~°∞¡ P"≥∞#∞
`åHõÉ’Ü«∂#∞. =¸_»∞™ê~°∂¡ P"≥∞ <å‰õΩ HõÅÖ’x =ºH˜ÎÖÏ HõxÑ≤OK«‰õΩO_®
`«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩ#flk.
P~å\Ïxfl ÉèíiOK«ÖËHõ <Õ#∞ P"≥∞#∞ J_çQÍ#∞– ''ZO^Œ∞Hõ=∂‡! <å‰õΩ
^Œ∂~°OQÍ [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl=Ù. x#∞fl ã¨Ê $tOKÕ J^Œ$+¨ìO ‰õÄ_® <å‰õΩ ÖË^•! h=Ù <å
`«e¡"Õ<å ÖËHõ ÃÑiûá¶È<£ ѨOÑ≤# =∂Ü«∂=¸iÎ"å?WOHÍ <å‰õΩ q∞ye# HÍã≤x
Hõhflà◊¡#∂ Y~°∞ÛKÕÜ«∞QÆÅ∞K«∞‰õΩ<åfl~å ^Õ=`«Å∞?——
P"≥∞ "≥O@<Õ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛOk– ''‰õΩ=∂~å! ÃÑiûá¶È<£ ^Õ=`« x#∞fl
"≥∂ã¨O KÕÜ«∞_»O ÖË^Œ∞. =∂#=ÙÅ∞ =∞~°}˜Oz P`«‡Å∞QÍ =∂i<åHõ JO`å HõÅÖÏ
JxÑ≤ã¨∞ÎOk. U<å_≥·`Õ „áê}O Z=ÚHõefl =ke J#O`«"åÜ«Ú=ÙÖ’¡ HõÅ∞ã¨∞ÎO^À,
P<å_Õ H©à√◊ ¡ K«K∞« Û|_»`å~Ú. Z=ÚHõʼnõΩ =∂Oã¨O JO\˜ LO_»^∞Œ . r=â◊HΘ #tOz
P`«‡ QÍeÖÏ ZyiáÈ`«∞Ok. J@∂ ~Ú@∂ u~°∞QÆ∞`«∂ z=~°‰Ωõ JO`«∞ÖËx Ö’HÍʼnõΩ
`«~°eáÈ`«∞Ok—— Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê P"≥∞ J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞ÿOk.
"≥#∞"≥O@<Õ J<ÕHõ=∞Ok „ѨÉèí∞=ÙÅ ÉèÏ~°ºÅ∞, ‰õΩ=∂Ô~ÎÅ∞ =¸‰õΩ=∞‡_çQÍ
~°HõÎѨÙQÆ∞O@ =^ŒÌ‰õΩ =KåÛ~°∞. <Õ#∞ <å Hõ~°"åÖÏxfl ~°≠oÑ≤Oz XH˘¯Hõ¯i<Õ ~°HÍÎxfl
~°∞z K«∂_»xzÛ "åi qâıëêefl J_çy `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞.
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Z~ÚFÅãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ „ÔHkäÜ∞« ãπ ÉèÏ~°º. P"≥∞ z#fl`«#OÖ’ ZxÑ≤Ü∞« ãπ (Enipeus)
J<Õ JO^Œ"≥∞ÿ# #n ^Õ=Ù}˜‚ =ÅzOk. áêl_®<£ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ P"≥∞#∞ HÍq∞Oz =∂Ü«∂
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(Pelias, Neleus)Å∞ [x‡OKå~° ∞ . ÃÑeÜ« ∞ ãπ JÜ≥ ∂ ůãπ Ö ’#∂, <≥ e Ü« ∞ ãπ
ÃÑÖ· ÏãπÖ’#∂ ã≤~÷ Ñ° _¨ ®¤~∞° . „ÔHkäÜ∞« ãπ ^•fi~å >ÿ̌~À‰õΩ Z~Úã¨<,£ ÃÑ~Ô¶ ãπ, Zq∞^è"Œ å<£Å∞
HõeQÍ~°∞. P q+¨Ü«∂Å∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê >ˇÿ~À J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞ÿOk.
P `«~∞° "å`« Z™ÈѨãπ ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î UO\˜ÜÚ≥ ÃÑ (Antiope) =zÛOk. P"≥∞‰õΩ
Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx =Å# W^Œ~Ì ∞° ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞ UOÑ¶Ü ≤ ∂« <£, *ˇ^ãŒä Åπ ∞ HõeQÍ~°∞ (Amphion,
Zethus). "å~°∞ xi‡Oz# #QÆ~°"Õ∞ qâßÅ"≥∞ÿ# U_»∞ ^•fi~åÅ ^ä≥ɡãπ (Thebes).

P"≥∞ `«~°∞"å`« UOѶ≤„@Ü«∂<£ ÉèÏ~°º Pů"≥∞<≥ (Alcmene) (P"≥∞‰õΩ

Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx =Å¡ Hõey# ã¨O`å#O ÃÇÏ~åH˜ã¡ )π ÃÇÏ~åH˜ã¡ π ÉèÏ~°º "≥∞QÍ~å (Megara),
W_çѨãπ `«e¡ ZÑ≤HÍÃãì (Epicaste or Jocasta) HõxÑ≤OKå~°∞.
`«~∞° "å`« UOÑ¶Ü ≤ ∂« <£ ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î H˘¡iãπ (Cloris) =zÛOk. P"≥∞ <≥eÜ«∞ãπ#∞
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'ÃÑ~˘— (Pero) ѨÙ\˜ìOk. P"≥∞ ~°∂ѨÖÏ=}ϺÅ∞ [QÆ„`«Êã≤^ŒúO HÍQÍ J<ÕHõ=∞Ok
=~°∞Å∞ P"≥∞#∞ ÃÑO_®¡__» ®xH˜ `«ÇϨ `«ÇϨ ÖÏ_®~°∞. P"≥∞ `«O„_ç XHõ +¨~`° ∞« qkèOKå_»∞.
Z=Ô~·`Õ ÃÑeÜ«∞ãπ `«e¡ >ˇÿ~˘ (Tyro) #∞Oz WѶ≤H˜¡ãπ ^˘OyeOz# Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ#∞
`ÀÅ∞‰õΩ=zÛ JѨÊy™êÎ~À "åiH˜ 'ÃÑ~˘— (Pero) xzÛ q"åǨÏO KÕ™êÎ=∞<åfl_»∞.
g~°∞_≥#· "≥∞ÖÏOѨãπ P ѨxH˜ ѨÓ#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞ HÍx Ѩâ√◊ =ÙÅ HÍѨ~∞° ¡ P`«xx Ѩ@∞ì‰Ωõ x
U_Õà◊¡áê@∞ ã¨OÔHà◊√¡"Õã≤ Mˇ·^Œ∞ KÕ™ê~°∞. WѶ≤H˜¡ãπ "≥∞ÖÏOѨãπ *’™êºefl qx ã¨O`«$Ñ≤Î
K≥Ok P`«xx q_»∞^ŒÅ KÕ™ê_»∞.—— HÀ¡iãπ `«# QÍ^èŒ#∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê "≥o¡áÈÜ«∂Hõ Öˇ_®
(Leda) =zÛOk. P"≥∞‰õΩ Éèí~°Î \˜O_®iÜ«∞ãπ (Tyndareus) =Å# HÍã¨ì~ü (Cas-
tor), áêe_»∂ºã≤Ü«∞ãπ (Polydeuceus)Å∞ Hõey<å~°∞. "å~°∞ <ÕÅQÆ~°ƒùOÖ’
Hõeã≤áÈ~Ú<å Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx ^ŒÜ«∞=Å¡ XHõ~ÀA XHõ~°∞, =∞~À ~ÀA WOH˘Hõ~°∞
|uH˜ LO\Ï~°∞.
`«~°∞"å`« =zÛ# WѶ≤"≥∞_çÜ«∂‰õΩ áêl_®<£ =Å# Hõey# ã¨O`å#O
JÖÏÊÜ«Ú+¨µ¯Öˇ·# ZѶ≤Ü«∂Åìãπ, F@ãπÅ∞. "åà◊√¡ =∞ǨHÍÜ«ÚÅ∞. `˘q∞‡k ‰õĺa@¡
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¿Ñ~°∂¡ QÆ∞~°∞ΉõΩ ~å=_»O ÖË^Œ∞——
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ã¨`«¯i^•ÌO!——
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X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''g∞iKÕÛ |Ǩï=∞`«∞Å∞ <å ^Õâ◊OÖ’ <å qÅ∞=#∞
ÃÑOK«∞`å~Ú. Hõ#∞Hõ g∞ =∂@#∞ <Õ#∞ t~°™ê=Ç≤Ï™êÎ#∞——
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WO\˜H˜ =∞~°e<å_»∞—— J<åfl#∞.
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ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ, Z^ä≥<åÅ∞ ™êÜ«∞O KÕ™ê~°∞——
<å`À =∂\Ï¡_ç ÃÇÏ~åH˜ã¡ π "≥oá¡ È~Ú<åHõ <Õ#∞ WOH˘O`«=∞Ok <å‰õΩ `≥eã≤#
g~°∞Å`À ã¨OÉèÏ+≤OK«∞^•=∞x `«eKå#∞. HÍx P „¿Ñ`å`«‡Å #∞Oz XHõ¯™êi
"≥Åfi_ç# ˆHHõÅ`À P „áêO`«=∞O`å =∂~À‡QÆQÍ <å‰õΩ ÉèíÜ«∞O "Õã≤Ok. ÃÑiûá¶È<£
JHõ¯_»‰õΩ =zÛ QÍ~åæ<£ `«Å`À #<Õfl=∞<åfl tÅQÍ =∂~°∞ã¨∞ÎO^Œx ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_®¤#∞.
"≥O@<Õ JHõ¯_» #∞Oz |Ü«∞@Ѩ_ç <ÒHõ#∞ KÕ~°∞‰õΩx =∞~°Å ã¨=Ú„^Œ
„Ѩܫ∂}Ïxfl „áê~°OaèOKå=Ú. HÍ¿ãѨ\ ˜H˜ J#∞‰õÄÅ"≥∞ÿ# QÍe ~åQÍ <ÒHõ "ÕQÍxfl
JO^ΰ䛽#flk.
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L^ŒÜ∞« ã¨O^蕺 H˜~}° ÏÅ∞ "≥Ú@ì"Ú≥ ^Œ@ `åˆH Z~Ú~¸ (Aeaea) nfiáêxfl
"Õ∞O KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl=Ú. f~åxfl KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<ÕѨÊ\˜H˜ pHõ\ ˜ Ѩ_çOk. P ~å„uH˜ JHõ¯_Õ
q„â◊q∞OKå=Ú.
ã¨O^蕺^Õ=`« L^ŒÜ«∞ H˜~°}ÏÅ∞ J~°∞}~åQÆ~°Ol`«OQÍ PHÍâßxfl
JÅ∞=ÚHÀQÍ<Õ <Õ#∞ <å q∞„`«∞efl 'ã≤Ô~û— QÆ$ǨxH˜ ѨOÑ≤ ZÖˇÊ<å~ü (Alpenor)
â◊"åxfl f~åxH˜ `≥Ñ≤ÊOKå#∞. K≥Hõ¯Å`À zux U~°Ê~°z P`«x â◊"åxH˜ ^ŒÇ¨Ï#
ã¨O™ê¯~åÅ∞ [iÑ≤ PÜ«Ú^è•Å`À ã¨Ç¨ z`åÉèí㨇OÃÑ· ÃÑ^ŒÌ =∞\˜ìQÆ∞@ì#∞ xi‡Oz
ã¨=∂kèÃÑ·# P`«x `≥_»∞¤Hõ„~°#∞, D>ˇ#∞ QÆ∞~°∞ÎQÍ LOKå=Ú.
"Õ∞O ¿ÇÏ_£û #QÆ~åxH˜ "≥o¡=KåÛ=∞#fl ã¨OQÆu `≥eÜ«∞QÍ<Õ 'ã≤Ô~û—`«#
ѨiKåiHõÅ`À qO^Œ∞ U~åÊ@∞ QÍqOzOk. ''X_≥ã≤ãπ! ¿ÇÏ_£û #QÆ~åxH˜ "≥o¡
uiy=zÛ Ô~O_»∞ [#‡Å∞#fl =∞x+≤"≥·<å=Ù. D~ÀA <å Pu^䕺xfl ã‘fiHõiOz
ˆ~Ѩ@∞flOz =∞~°Å ã¨=Ú„^Œ Ü«∂<åxfl ™êy^Œ∞Ì=ÙQÍx. h=Ù "≥àÏ¡eû# ^•~°∞efl,
„Ѩ=∂^•Å#∞, `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩ<Õ LáêÜ«∂Å#∞ <Õ#∞ K≥|∞`å#∞——
JO^Œ~°∂ Éè’[<åÅ#∞ ã¨O`«$Ñ≤ÎQÍ =ÚyOKå~°∞. ##∞fl ã≤Ô~û ^Œ∂~°OQÍ
fã¨∞‰õΩáÈ~Ú <Õ#∞ ¿ÇÏ_£û #QÆ~°OÖ’ K«∂ã≤# qâıëêefl `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩ#flk. ''X_≥ã≤ãπ!
WѨC_»∞ <Õ#∞ K≥¿ÑÊk q#∞. h=Ù "≥à◊¡É’ÜÕ∞ ^•i =∞iO`« H˜¡+¨ì"≥∞ÿ#k. =ÚO^Œ∞QÍ
h=Ù Ãã·Ô~#∞¡ (Sirens) LO_Õ „áêO`åxfl KÕ~°∞‰õΩO\Ï=Ù. XHõ¯™êi "åi Q˘O`«∞efl
QÍ<åxfl q<åfl"å h=Ù h ÉèÏ~°º#∞, Ñ≤Å¡efl, ‰õΩ@∞OÉÏxfl =∞~°záÈ`å=Ù. *Ï„QÆ`«Î!
"åà◊¡ nfiѨO P QÍ<åxH˜ Ѩ~°=tOz #tOz#"åà◊¡ Z=ÚHõÅ`À, ‰õΩo¡ #tã¨∞Î#fl
=∂Oã¨ÉèÏQÍÅ`À ^Œ∞~°æO^èŒÉèí∂~Ú+¨ì"≥∞ÿ LO@∞Ok. h=Ù P nfiáêxfl ^•\˜ "≥àı¡Ñ¨C_»∞
K≥=ÙÅ∞ xO_® H˘=ÙfixOѨÙHÀ! h q∞„`«∞bfl JÖψQ KÕÜ«∞=∞x P*Ï˝Ñ≤OK«∞. "åà◊¡
áê@efl q<åÅx HÀiHõ h‰õΩO>Ë `≥~°KåѨ H˘Ü«∞º‰õΩ x#∞fl Hõ>ËìÜ«∞=∞x h ã≤|ƒOkH˜
K≥Ñ≤Ê P `«~°∞"å`Õ "åà◊¡ JuÖ’Hõ =∞<ÀǨÏ~°"≥∞ÿ# QÍ<åxfl q<ÕO^Œ∞‰õΩ „Ѩܫ∞uflOK«∞.
h q∞„`«∞ʼnõΩ K≥ѨC, P QÍ# =∂^èŒ∞~åºxH˜ =â◊√_»"≥· h=Ù |O^èŒ<åÅ#∞
q_»nÜ«∞=∞#flѨC_»ÖÏ¡ "åà◊√¡ =∞ixfl `åà◊¡`À x#∞fl Hõ\ ˜ì |OkèOKåe.
"åà◊¡#∞ ^•\˜<åHõ h‰õΩ Ô~O_»∞ =∂~åæÅ∞ HÍ#=™êÎ~Ú. "å\˜Ö’ XHõ^•xx
=∞#ã¨∂ÊùiÎQÍ Z#∞flHÀ. XHõ^•i ÃÑ^ŒÌÃÑ^ŒÌ H˘O_»K«iÜ«∞Å =∞^茺QÍ áÈ`«∞Ok. #_çKÕ
tÅÅ∞QÍ „Ѩã≤kúÔHH˜¯# P H˘O_»K«iÜ«∞Å∞ "å\˜ =∞^茺QÍ U rq áÈ~Ú<å Jq
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^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ KÕ~°∞‰õΩx #eÑ≤"Õ™êÎ~Ú. Jq <å `«O„_ç Eºãπ ^Õ=ÙxH˜ UO„ÉÁã≤Ü«∂
fã¨∞‰õΩ"≥àı¡ áê=Ù~åefl ‰õÄ_® J@HÍ~Úã¨∞Î#flq.
"å\˜x ^•\˜ WO`«=~°‰õÄ U Ѩ_»"å, <ÒHÍ áÈ~Ú# ^•YÖÏÅ∞ ÖË=Ù.
XHõ¯ 'P~åæãπ— *Ëã¨<£ <ÒHõ=∂„`«O K«iOKÕ P H˘O_»K«iÜ«∞Å#∞ ^•\˜ Z~Ú>ˇãπ
f~åxH˜ KÕ~°∞HÀQÆeyOk. Jn ÃÇÏ~å ^ŒÜ«∞=Å¡.
Ô~O_»= ^•i ‰õÄ_» H˜¡+¨ì"≥∞ÿ#^Õ! JHõ¯_» PHÍâ◊=∞O`« Z`«∞Î#fl tY~åxfl
ZšѨC_»∂ F =∞|∞ƒÅ =Úã¨∞QÆ∞ HõÑ≤Ê LO@∞Ok. P H˘O_» =∞^茺֒ ÉÏ}ÏÅ
HõO^Œ#O`« Z`«∞ÎÖ’ XHõ QÆ∞Ç¨Ï L#flk. P QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ ã≤¯ÖÏ¡ (Scylla) J#|_Õ ~åHÍã≤
=∞$QÆO Ѩ<≥flO_»∞ HÍà◊√¡, P~°∞ á⁄_»"≥·# "≥∞_»Å`À L#fl t~°ã¨∞ûÅÖ’ =¸_Õã≤ =~°ã¨Å
HÀ~°Å∞, ^ŒO`åÅ∞O_ç #Å¡x =∞$`«∞º~°∂ѨOQÍ P ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~° â◊√#HõO ^Õ=`«ÅˆH cèu
H˘Å∞Ê`«∞Ok. P ~åHÍã≤ ã¨QÆO ^ÕǨÏO QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ LO_»QÍ q∞ye# ÉèÏQÆO `«#
á⁄_»"#·≥ "≥∞_»Å`À H˘O_»~åà◊Ö¡ ’, ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ "≥^‰Œ Ωõ `«∂ ^˘iH˜# „áê}˜x ^˘iH˜#@∞¡
q∞Oy"Õã¨∂Î LO@∞Ok. UOѶ≤„>ˇÿ\ò ã¨O`å#"≥∞ÿ# _®eÊù<£Å∞, ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù ã‘Öò
[O`«∞=Ùefl q∞OˆQã¨∂Î P"≥∞‰õΩ ^Œ∞óMÏxfl HõeyOKÕ ~åHÍã≤ [O`«∞=Ù Jk. ^•xx
`«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩ#fl <ÒHõ ÖË^Œx „Ѩfu. XH˘¯Hõ¯ <À\˜`À XH˘¯Hõ¯ =∞x+≤x q∞OˆQã¨∂Î
<ÒHõÅ#∞ cèÉèí`«ûO KÕã≤ =keÃÑ>Ëì 'ã≤¯ÖÏ¡— JO>Ë ^Õ=`«ÖË ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_Õ"å~°∞.
~Ô O_»= H˘O_» =^ŒÌ XHõ ÃÑ^ŒÌ =∞„iK≥@∞ì, QÆ∞|∞~°∞QÍ L#fl P‰õΩÅ`À ^Œ@"ì ∞≥ #ÿ
h_»`À ѨQÆÖËfl pHõ\ ˜QÍ =∂iÛ# KÀ@∞# F ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~°"≥∞ÿ# ã¨∞_çQÆ∞O_»O L#flk.
^•xx Kèåia¤ãπ (Charybdis)QÍ [#∞Å∞ Ñ≤Å∞™êÎ~°∞. ~ÀA‰õΩ =¸_»∞™ê~°∞¡ h\˜x
q∞OˆQã¨∂,Î =¸_»∞™ê~°∞¡ |Ü«∞@‰õΩ HõHˆ ¯ ^•x ÉÏi#Ѩ_ç J<ÕHõ <ÒHõÅ∞ ^èfiŒ Oã¨"∞≥ <ÿ å~Ú.
^•xÖ’ zH˜¯# "åà◊¡#∞ ã¨=Ú„^Œ^Õ=`« áêl_®<£ ‰õÄ_® ~°H˜∆OK«ÖË_»∞.
h=Ù =∂„`«O 'ã≤¯ÖÏ¡— ^ŒQÆæ~°QÍ áÈ! "≥Ú`«ÎO <ÒHõ#∞, „Ѩܫ∂}©‰õΩÅ#∞
HÀÖ’Ê=_»O Hõ<åfl, P~°∞QÆ∞ifl áÈQ˘@∞ì‰õΩx U_»fi_»O ã¨∞Å∞"≥·# Ѩx—— J#flk ã≤Ô~û.
WOˆH^Œ<åfl =∂~°æ=ÚO^• Jx <Õ#_çy#^•xH˜ ã≤Ô~û ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛOk.
''WOHÍ HõëêìÅ∞ Ѩ_®Å<Õ^Õ h HÀiHÍ! 'ã≤¯ÖÏ¡— J<Õk =∞$`«∞ºÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~°
~åHÍã≤, ^•xH˜ JѨ[Ü«∞O ÖË^Œ∞. "≥#H˜¯ áêiáÈ=_»O XHõ¯>Ë =∂~°æO. ^•x
^Œi^•Ñ¨ÙÖ’¡ PQÍ"å `«_»= `«_»=‰õΩ P~°∞æi K˘Ñ¨C# q∞Oy"Õã¨∞ÎOk. JO^Œ∞Hõ<Õ
PQƉõΩO_® „Ѩܫ∂}˜OK«∞. =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ "≥o¡ P ~åHÍã≤ `«e¡ „Hõ\ ˜Ü«∞ãπ (Crataeis)#∞
Ѩ@∞ìHÀ! P"≥∞ ã≤¯ÖÏ¡#∞ PѨQÆÅ^Œ∞.
P `«~°∞"å`« =KÕÛ nfiѨO käÔ~flã≤Ü«∂ (Thirnacia). JHõ¯_» ÃÇÏeÜ«∂ãπ‰õΩ
K≥Ok# U_»∞ QÀ=ÙÅ =∞O^ŒÅ∞, U_»∞ Q˘„Ô~Å =∞O^ŒÅ∞ L<åfl~Ú. XHÀ¯ =∞O^ŒÖ’
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Ü«∂Éèˇ· r"åÅ∞<åfl~Ú. "å\˜H˜ =∞~°}O ÖË^Œ∞. Ñ≤Å¡efl Hõ#=Ù. "å\˜H˜ HÍѨÖÏQÍ
ÃÇÏeÜ«∂ãπ, x~Ú~åÅ Ñ≤ÅÅ¡ ∞ Ñ¶Ü ≤ ∞« ^è∂Œ ™ê, ÖÏOÃÑ\© (Phaethusa, Lampetie)Å∞
"Õ~ÚHõà◊¡`À HõxÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩx LO\Ï~°∞. "å\˜x =Ú@∞ìHÀ‰õΩO_® g∞~°∞ „Ѩܫ∂}˜¿ãÎ
W^ä•H͉õΩ KÕ~°∞HÀQÆÅ~°∞. ÖˉõΩO>Ë g∞‰õΩ [iˆQ J#~å÷ʼnõΩ g∞ˆ~ HÍ~°}=∞=Ù`å~°∞——
J#flk ã≤Ô~û.
Pq^èOŒ QÍ <å‰õΩ Hõ~=ΰ ºÉ’^èŒ KÕã,≤ `«∂~°∞Ê PHÍâß# |OQÍ~°∞ ã≤OǨã¨#OÃÑ·
ã¨O^蕺^Õq ~åQÍ<Õ 'ã≤Ô~û— `«# ~ÚO\˜H˜ "≥o¡áÈ~ÚOk. <Õ#∞ <å q∞„`«∞Å#∞
ÃÇÏK«ÛiOz "≥O@<Õ „Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ LѨ„Hõq∞OKå#∞.
''ã≤Ô~û WzÛ# ã¨ÅǨ <å XHõ¯_çˆH ã¨O|OkèOz#k HÍ^Œ∞. =∞#O^Œi
*Ï„QÆ`«ÎHÀã¨"Õ∞ P"≥∞ D q+¨Ü«∂Åhfl `≥eÜ«∞Ѩ~°zOk. =ÚO^Œ∞ =∞#O Ãã·~°#¡ ÉÏi
#∞Oz `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞HÀ"åe. g∞~°∞ g∞ K≥=ÙÅÖ’ H˘=Ùfi#∞ xOÑ≤ `å`å¯eHõOQÍ K≥=Ù_»∞
`≥K«∞ÛHÀO_ç. ##∞fl `≥~°KåѨH˘Ü«∞º‰õΩ QÆ\ ˜ìQÍHõ\ ˜ì, <Õ<≥O`« Ji÷Oz<å =^ŒÅ‰õΩO_®
=∞ixfl `åà◊¡`À Hõ>ËìÜ«∞O_ç. <Õ#∞ "åà◊¡ áê@Å#∞ q#^ŒÅ∞K«∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞——
PQƉõΩO_® ™êy# =∂ <ÒHõ Ãã·~°#¡ nfiáêxH˜ ^ŒQÆæ~°QÍ =KÕÛѨÊ\˜H˜ 'ã≤Ô~û—
^ŒÜ«∞`À gz# QÍe PyáÈ~ÚOk. ã¨=Ú„^ŒO „ѨâßO`«OQÍ =∂iOk. `≥~°KåѨ#∞
kOz <åq‰õΩÅ∞ `≥_»¡#∞ Hõ_»∞`«∞<åfl~°∞. <Õ#∞ H˘=Ùfi#∞ z#flz#fl =ÚHõ¯Å∞QÍ `«iy,
ZO_»Ö’ HõiyOz "≥∞`«Î\ ˜ "≥∞ÿ<åxfl <å q∞„`«∞Å K≥qÖ’ ‰õÄ~å#∞. WѨC_»∞ "åà◊¡‰õΩ
U =∂\Ï, áê\Ï q#Ѩ_»^Œ∞. "åà◊√¡ <Õ K≥Ñ≤Ê# q^èŒOQÍ<Õ ##∞fl `≥~°KåѨH˘Ü«∞º‰õΩ
`åà◊¡`À Hõ\ ˜ì Ñ‘@=Ú_»∞Å∞ ayOKå~°∞. JO^Œ~°∂ Hõeã≤ Ѩ_»=#∞ Ãã·~°#¡ nfiáêxfl
^•\˜ "ÕQÆOQÍ "≥àı¡ÖÏ #_»Ñ¨™êy<å~°∞. JÅ¡O`«^Œ∂~°O #∞Oz Åe`« =∞OAÅOQÍ,
=∞$^Œ∞=∞^èŒ∞~°OQÍ Ãã·~°#¡ áê@ =∞=∞‡efl Hõ=Ú‡‰õΩ#flk. ''Ѷ¨∞#∞_»"≥·# X_≥ã≤ãπ!
"Õ∞q∞^ŒÌ~°O áê_Õ D áê@#∞ q#∞ ã¨∞=∂! =∂ QÍ<åxfl q#‰õΩO_® =∂#=
=∂„`«∞_≥=_»∂ D nfiáêxfl ^•\˜ áÈÖË_»∞. P áê@Ö’x Páê`«=∂^èŒ∞~åºxfl
K«qK«∂™êHõ Z<Àfl q+¨Ü«∂Å∞ `≥Å∞™êÎ~Ú. =∂‰õΩ Psæ=ÙÅ∞, „\’[#¡ Hõ_»QÆO_»∞¡
`≥Å∞ã¨∞#∞. D Éèí∂ „ѨѨOK«OÖ’ [iˆQ qO`«Å∂ q_»∂¤~åÅ∂ qâıëêÅ∂ =∂‰õΩ
Hõ~°`«ÖÏ=∞ÅHÍÖË!——
"åi Q˘O`«∞Å #∞O_ç *ÏÅ∞"åi# áê@ ##∞fl =∞O„`«=ÚQÆ∞}ú ‚˜ KÕãO≤ k.
=∞m¡=∞m¡ q<åÅx <å ǨÏ$^ŒÜ∞« O Ѩ^ÑÕ ^¨ Õ HÀ~°_O» `À ##∞fl |O^èqŒ =Ú‰õΩ_Î xç KÕÜ∞« =∞x
<å q∞„`«∞Å#∞ ZO`«QÍ<À Ji÷OKå#∞. "åà◊√¡ <å „áê~°#÷ Å#∞ Ѩ\ Oì̃ K«∞HÀ‰õΩO_®
<ÒHõ#∞ "ÕQOÆ QÍ #_»∞ѨÙ`«∂<Õ L<åfl~°∞. Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ, ÃÑi"≥∞_çãÅπ ∞ <Õ#∞ „áê^èÜ Õ ∞«
Ѩ_#ç ѨC_»ÖÏ¡ `åà◊`¡ À =∞iO`« QÆ\ Qì̃ Í ##∞fl Hõ\ "ì̃ Ü Õ ∞« ™êy<å~°∞. Ãã~· #° ¡ nfiѨO
^•\˜<åHõ "åà◊√¡ `«=∞ K≥qÖ’x "≥∞<ÿ åxfl fã≤ ##∞fl |O^èqŒ =Ú‰õΩ}Î ‚˜ KÕ™ê~°∞.
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HÍx ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ìO =∞=∞‡efl "≥<åfl_»∞`«∂<Õ L#flk. JHõ™ê‡`«∞ÎQÍ =∂‰õΩ
^Œ@ì"≥∞ÿ# á⁄QÆ, ÃÑ^ŒÌ JÅ, Ǩϟ~°∞â◊|ÌO q#|_ç KÕ`«∞Ö’¡x `≥_»∞¡ *ÏiáÈQÍ <ÒHõ
L#flKÀ@ xÅ|_çáÈ~ÚOk. <Õ#∞ q∞„`«∞ÅO^ŒiH© ^è≥·~åºxfl K≥Ñ≤Ê– ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å!
=∞#O Ãã·HÍ¡ÑπûÖÏO\˜ =∞ǨHÍÜ«ÚÅ ÉÏi#∞Oz `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞HÀQÆeQÍ=Ú. D qѨ`«∞Î
#∞Oz ‰õÄ_» QÆ>Hìˇ ¯õ QÆÅO! <ÒHõ#∞ xѨC, á⁄QÆʼnõΩ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ LOK«O_ç, H˘O_»ÑH¨ ¯õ QÍ
*Ï„QÆ`«ÎQÍ <ÒHõ#∞ #_»∞ѨÙ`«∂, ~åà◊¡#∞ `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩO@∂ "ÕQÆOQÍ =∞#O áÈ"åe——
J~Ú`Õ <Õ#∞ 'ã≤~Ô û— K≥ÑÊ≤ # =∂@#∞ =∞iÛáÈ~Ú <å PÜ«Ú^è•efl, Hõ=Kåxfl
^èŒiOz, á⁄_»"≥·# D>ˇ#∞ KÕ`«|\˜ì <ÒHõ =ÚO^Œ∞ÉèÏQÆOÖ’ xÅ|_®¤#∞. ZO`«¿ãѨÙ
K«∂ã≤<å 'ã≤¯ÖÏ¡— *Ï_» HÍ#~åÖË^Œ∞. "Õ∞O WOHÍã¨Î =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ áÈÜÕ∞ã¨iH˜
=∂Hõ~=÷° ∞~ÚºOk "Õ∞O ã≤¯ÖÏ¡‰Ωõ , Kèåia¤ã‰π Ωõ =∞^躌 L<åfl=∞x. Kèåia¤ãπ (Charybdis)
ã¨∞_çQ∞Æ O_»O JѨC_Õ LѨCh\˜x q∞OQÆ∞`«∞#flk. P h\˜x |Ü«∞@‰õΩ Hõ‰Ωõ ¯`«∞#flѨC_»∞
„|Ǩ‡O_»"≥∞ÿ# ã¨∞_ç U~°Ê_ç ^•x J_»∞QÆ∞# L#fl Wã¨∞Hõ <ÕÅ |Ü«∞@Ѩ_»™êyOk.<å
q∞„`«∞Å∞ ÉèíÜ«∞O`À =}˜H˜áÈÜ«∂~°∞. =∂ JO^Œi K«∂ѨÙÅ∂ 'Kèåia¤ãπ—ÃÑ· L#fl
Hõ∆}OÖ’ 'ã≤¯ÖÏ¡— <å q∞„`«∞Å∞ P~°∞QÆ∞ifl `«# <À\˜`À Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx q∞Oy"Õã≤Ok. <Õ#∞
ÃÑ·H˜ K«∂¿ãã¨iH˜ P P~°∞ =ÚMÏÅ ~åHÍã≤ <À\˜Ö’ q∞OQÆ|_»∞`«∞#fl <å q∞„`«∞Å
HÍà◊√,¡ KÕ`∞« Å∞ HõxÑ≤OKå~Ú. "åà◊√¡ ##∞fl ¿Ñ~°∞`À Ñ≤Å∞ã¨∂Î ~°HO∆˜ K«=∞x P„HõO^Œ#Å∞
KÕã¨∂Î<Õ L<åfl~°∞. HÍx P ~åHÍã≤ "åà◊¡#∞ QÍeÖ’H˜ ZQÆ~°"Õã≤ ~åà◊¡‰õΩ H˘_»∞`«∂
QÆ∞Ç¨Ï =ÚY^•fi~°O =^ŒÌ "åà◊¡#∞ q∞Oy"Õã≤Ok. K«xáÈ`«∂‰õÄ_® "åà◊√¡ <å
™êÜ«∞OHÀã¨O Ji÷ã¨∂Î<Õ L<åfl~°∞. D ^Œ$â◊ºO <Õ#∞ <å „Ñ¨Ü«∂}OÖ’ J#∞ÉèíqOz#
"å@xfl\˜Ö’HõÖÏ¡ ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ìHõ~°"≥∞ÿ#k, qëê^ŒÑ¨Ói`«"≥∞ÿ#k.
|~°∞"≥H˜¯# ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂Å`À, hà◊√¡ xO_ç# Hõà◊¡`À =∂ „Ѩܫ∂}Ïxfl
H˘#™êyOKå=Ú. käÔ~flã≤Ü«∂ nfiáêxfl ã¨g∞Ñ≤OK«QÍ<Õ JHõ¯_» Ç‘ÏeÜ«∂ãπ ^Õ=Ùx
QÀQÆ}ÏÅ∞, Q˘„Ô~Å =∞O^ŒÅ∞ xsƒùuQÍ ã¨OK«iã¨∂Î =∂ <åq‰õΩÅ HõO@|_®¤~Ú.
<å‰õΩ >ˇÔ~ã≤Ü«∂ãπ, ã≤Ô~ûÅ∞ KÕã≤# Ç≤Ï`«É’^èŒÅ∞ QÆ∞~°∞ΉõΩ =zÛ <å q∞„`«∞ʼnõΩ P
nfiѨO "ÕѨ٠"≥à◊¡_»O PѨ^ŒÅ#∞ H˘x`≥K«∞ÛHÀ=_»"Õ∞ Jx ÃÇÏK«ÛiOKå#∞.
Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ <å =∂@Å∞ ÃÑ_»K≥q# ÃÑ\˜ì WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ!
Wxfl HõëêìÅ∞ Ѩ_ç# h q∞„`«∞efl f~°O"ÕѨ٠áÈ=^ŒÌx ÃÇÏK«ÛiOK«_»O J<åºÜ«∞O.
pHõ\ ˜ Ѩ_»É’`ÀOk. <ÒHõefl ZÖÏ #_»Ñ¨QÆÅO? ZHõ¯_çH˜ áÈ`«∞<åfl"≥∂ ZÖÏ
`≥Å∞ã¨∞ÎOk? U"≥·<å „Ñ¨K«O_» QÍ_»∞ÊÅ∞ g¿ãÎ =∞#‰õΩ kˆH¯q\˜? D ѨÓ@‰õΩ D
nfiѨO f~å# q„âßOu fã¨∞‰õΩx `≥Å¡"å~°QÍ<Õ =∞~°Å „Ѩܫ∂}O „áê~°Oaè^•ÌO.——
P`«x =∂@Å#∞ q∞QÆ`å"åà◊¡O^Œ~°∂ ã¨=∞i÷OKå~°∞. <å "å^Œ# J~°}º~À^Œ#
J~ÚºOk.
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<Õ#<åfl#∞– ''Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ! <å =∂@ WѨC_»∞ K≥Å¡_»O ÖË^Œ∞. J~Ú`Õ
g∞~˘Hõ „Ѩ=∂}O K≥Ü∂« ºe. U XHõ¯ Ѩâ√◊ =Ùh, Q˘„Ô~#∂ K«OѨ=^Œ∞.Ì Jq Ç≤ÏeÜ«∂ãπ
^Õ=Ùx Ѩq„`« r"åÅ∞. 'ã≤Ô~û— =∞#‰õΩ WzÛ# PǨ~°O`À `«$Ñ≤ÎѨ_»^•O——
"åà◊√¡ JÖψQ Jx `«ÅÅ∂Ñ≤<å~°∞. f~åxfl KÕ~°∞‰õΩx <ÒHõ‰õΩ ÅOQÆ~°∞ "Õã≤
JO^Œ~°∂ ^ŒQÆæ~À¡ L#fl =∞Ozh\˜ „Ѩ"åǨÏOÖ’ hà◊√¡ `åy, q∞„`«∞Å∞ `«Ü«∂~°∞KÕã≤#
™êÜ«∞OHÍÅѨ٠Éè’[<åxfl P~°yOz, ã≤¯ÖÏ¡ ~åHÍã≤ PHõeH˜ |Öˇ·# q∞„`«∞Å QÆ∞iOz
^Œ∞ódã¨∂Î x„^ŒáÈÜ«∂=Ú.
`≥Å"¡ åˆ~ã¨iH˜ `«∞á¶ê#∞ =∞|∞ƒÅ∞ =∞=∞‡efl K«∞@∞ì=Ú\Ïì~Ú. <å=#∞ ã¨∞~°H`∆˜ «
™ê÷#OÖ’ xeÑ≤ "Õ∞=Ú Ñ¨H¯õ <Õ L#fl QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’H˜ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl=Ú. <Õ#∞ =∞~°ÖÏ q∞„`«∞Å`À
K≥áêÊ#∞– `«∞á¶ê#∞ ~åh, cèÉ`íè û« O [~°QhÆ Ç≤ÏeÜ«∂ãπ Ѩq„`«r"åÅ#∞ =Ú@∞ìHÀ=^Œ∞Ì
– JO^Œ~°∂ JOwHõiOKå~°∞.
`«∞á¶ê#∞ QÍÅ∞Å∞ q[$OaèOKå~Ú. "≥Ú^Œ@ <À@ãπ (Notus - South
wind) XHõ <≥Åáê@∞ ^è•\˜QÍ gzOk. `«~°∞"å`« Ü«Ú~°ãπ (Eurus - East wind)
q[$OaèOzOk. =∂ <ÒHõÖ’x PǨ~°áêhÜ«∂Å∞ J~ÚáÈ~Ú<åHõ JO^Œ~∂° Ѩ‰Ω∆õ efl,
KÕѨefl "Õ\Ï_ç u#™êy<å~°∞. <Õ#∞ q∞„`«∞ÅO^Œih XHõ ã¨∞~°H˜∆`«"≥∞ÿ# QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’
=ke J_»q֒ѨŠXO@iQÍ xÅ|_ç ^Õ=`«Å#∞ „áêi÷OKå#∞. JÖÏ LO_»QÍ<Õ
<å‰õΩ x„^ŒÑ¨\ ˜ìOk.
Ü«¸iÖ’Yãπ <Õ#∞ ÖËx ã¨=∞Ü«∂xfl K«∂ã≤ <åq‰õΩÅO^Œsfl ã¨=∂"Õâ◊
Ѩ~°z<å_»∞– ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! =∞x+¨<åflHõ Kå=Hõ `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞. Kå=Ù „|`«∞‰õΩÅ∞ =∞#
KÕuÖ’ ÖË=Ù. =∞#O D QÆO_»O QÆ_çz WO\˜H˜ W^ä•H͉õΩ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åflHõ JHõ¯_»
Ç≤ÏeÜ«∂ãπ ^Õ=ÙxH˜ „|Ǩ‡O_»"≥∞ÿ# |eÑ‘~îåxfl xi‡Oz JO`«∞ÖËx HÍ#∞HõÅx^•ÌO.
=∞#O P`«x Ѩâ◊√=Ùefl =â◊O KÕã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl=∞x P„QÆÇ≤ÏOz =∞#efl ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’H˜
<≥_`ç Õ P LѨChà◊√¡ `åy "≥O@<Õ K«™êÎ#∞ QÍx, HõO\˜=ÚO^Œ∞ WO`«=∞Oz PǨ~åxfl
=^Œ∞Å∞‰õΩx Ñ≤@ìefl, KÕѨefl uO@∂ ‰õΩHõ¯Kå=Ù Kå=^ŒÅ∞K«∞HÀÖË^Œ∞—— J<åfl_»`«_»∞.
q∞QÆ`å "åà◊¡‰õΩ J^Õ ã¨||x `ÀzOk HÍÉ’Å∞ JO^Œ~°∂ Hõeã≤ Ѩq„`«
QÀQÆ}OÃÑ·|_ç "å\˜x |OkèOz ^Õ=Ùà◊¡‰õΩ „áê~°÷#Å∞ KÕã≤ P QÀ=ÙÅ Q˘O`«∞Å∞
HÀã≤, ÉÏs¡, „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Ú ÖË#O^Œ∞=¡ FH± P‰õΩÅ#∞, hà◊¡#∞ ^Õ=`«ÅHõiÊOz P
Ѩâ◊√=∂Oã¨O`À PHõe f~°∞Û‰õΩ<åfl~°∞.
<Õ#∞ uiy =KÕÛã¨iH˜ [~°QÍeû# Ѷ∞¨ ’~°O [iyáÈ~ÚOk. <Õ#∞ ^Õ=`«Å#∞
Hõ∆q∞OK«=∞x "Õ_»∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞– ''Eºãπ^Õ"å! <åÔHO^Œ∞‰õΩ D tHõ∆! WѨC_Õ <å‰õΩ
x„^Œ=KÕÛ@∞¡ ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ KÕâß=Ù? <å q∞„`«∞Å∞ ZO`« Ѷ¨∂`«∞HÍxH˜ X_çQÆ\Ïì~°∞?
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nxH˜ „áêÜ«∞tÛ`«"Î ∞≥ \Ï¡ KÕã∞¨ HÀ"åe?—— DÖ’QÍ ÖÏOÃÑ\© [iy# ã¨OQÆu ÃÇÏeÜ«∂ãπ‰Ωõ
K≥Ñ≤ÊOk. P`«_»∞ Eºãπ ^Õ=ÙxH˜ q=iOz áêѨÙʼnõΩ `«QÆ∞ tHõ∆ qkèOK«=∞x
„áêi÷OKå_»∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ ^•xHõOwHõiOz =∂ <ÒHõ#∞ =∂~°æ =∞^茺OÖ’
^èŒfiOã¨OKÕ¿ã ~°K«#‰õΩ ѨÓ#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
D ã¨OQÆu <å‰õΩ HÍeá⁄û `≥eÜ«∞Ѩ~z° Ok. P"≥∞‰õΩ ^Õ=`«Å "å~åÎÇϨ ~°∞_»∞
ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ (Hermes) P "å~°Î#O^Œ*Ë™ê_»∞.
<Õ#∞ <ÒHõÖ’H˜ "≥o¡ JO^Œih u\˜áì È™ê#∞. HÍx ÖÏÉè"í ∞Õ =Ú#flk. ^Õ=`«Å∞
ѨOÑ≤# ^Œ∞â◊fi‰õΩ<åÅ∞ HõxÑ≤OK«™êQÍ~Ú. Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ K«~°‡O #_»=™êyOk. =∂Oã¨Ñ¨Ù
=ÚHõ¯Å∞ J~°=_»O "≥Ú^ŒÖˇ\Ïì~Ú. ZHõ¯_À Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ∞ =¸Å∞QÆ∞`«∞#fl K«Ñ¨C_»∞. <å
q∞„`«∞Å∞ P~°∞~ÀAÅáê@∞ â◊√„ÉèíOQÍ Ñ¨â◊√=∂O™êxfl ux „`ÕxÛ P#OkOKå~°∞.
U_»=~ÀA <å\˜H˜ QÍe q[$OÉèí} `«yæ, ã¨=Ú„^ŒO „ѨâßO`«O HÍQÍ "Õ∞=Ú
„Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ <ÒHõ#∞ ã≤^ŒúO KÕ™ê=Ú.
"Õ∞O |Ü«∞ÖËÌi# HÍ¿ãûѨ\ ˜ˆH Éèí∂q∞ Hõke (Éèí∂HõOѨO) =zÛ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù
`«∞á¶ê#∞ "≥Ú^ŒÖˇ·Ok. J`«ºO`« "ÕQÆOQÍ gã¨∞Î#fl ѨtÛ=∞ QÍe `åH˜_çH˜ `≥~°KåѨ
H˘Ü«∞º qiy ã¨~°OQÆ∞ <≥uÎg∞^Œ Ѩ_»QÍ `«Å Ѩye P`«_»∞ Ѩ~°Ö’HõQÆ`«∞_≥·<å_»∞.
Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx Ñ≤_»∞QÆ∞Å ^è•\˜H˜ <ÒHõ ^èŒfiOã¨O HÍQÍ QÆO^èŒHõѨ٠á⁄QÆÅ∞ Jxflk‰õΩ¯ÖÏ
JÅ∞=Ú‰õΩ<åfl~Ú. <åq‰õΩÅO^Œ~∂° ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ Ѩ_áç ÈÜ«∂~°∞. U ^Õ=Ù_»∂ ~°HO∆˜ K«Hõ
áÈ=_»O`À "åix JHÍÅ =∞$`«∞º=Ù =iOzOk.
=∞m¡ <Õ#∞ Kèåia¤ãπ, ã≤¯ÖÏ¡Å =∞^茺QÍ "≥à◊¡=Åã≤ LO_»_»O`À <å =∞#ã¨∞
JÅ¡HõÖ’¡Å"≥∞ÿOk. ^Œ∂~°O #∞Oz ã≤¯ÖÏ¡, Kèåia¤ãπÅ#∞ ѨijeOKå#∞. <≥=∞‡kQÍ
Kèåia¤ãπ#∞ `«# h_»Ö’ ^•ã¨∞Î#fl =∞„iK≥@∞ì HÍO_®xfl Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl#∞. Kèåia¤ãπ
LѨCh\˜`À áê@∞ WO`«‰õΩ =ÚO^Œ∞ q∞Oy# <å <ÒHõ "≥#∞HõÉèÏQÍxfl, `≥~°KåѨ
H˘Ü«∞º#∞ |Ü«∞@‰õΩ HõH˜¯Ok. <Õ#∞ `≥~°KåѨH˘Ü«∞º#∞ Ѩ_»=QÍ LѨÜ≥∂yOK«∞‰õΩx
„áê}ÏÅ`À |Ü«∞@Ѩ_®¤#∞. P `«~°∞"å`« `˘q∞‡k~ÀAÅ∞ „Ѩܫ∂}˜Oz, Ѩ^Œ=~ÀA
L^ŒÜ∂« xH˜ XyyÜ«∂ f~åxH˜ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl#∞. D nfiѨOÖ’ 'HÍeá⁄û— J<Õ =#^Õ=`«
x=ã≤ã¨∞Î#flk. JHõ¯_» UO [iyO^À WO`«‰õΩ=ÚO^Õ g∞‰õΩ q=iOKå#∞. K≥Ñ≤ÊO^Õ
K≥ѨÊ_»O JO`« q#™⁄OѨÙQÍ LO_»^Œ∞ Hõ^•! Wn <å Hõ^äŒ!—— J<åfl_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ.
„\ÏÜü∞#QÆ~°O #∞Oz HÍeá⁄û nqH˜ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<ÕO`«=~°‰õÄ `«# „Ѩܫ∂}Ïxfl
Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞#¡‰õΩ Hõ_»∞~°=∞ºOQÍ =i‚Oz<å_»∞. JO^Œ~°∂ P Hõ^äŒ qx ã¨O„Éèí=∂
â◊Û~åºÅÖ’ =ÚxyáÈÜ«∂~°∞
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X_≥ãã≤ π Hõ^Œä qx ѶÜ
≤ ∂« ã≤Ü∞« #∞¡ =∞O„`«=ÚQÆ∞Öú <·ˇ å~°∞. Pâ◊Û~°ºK«H`˜ ∞« _≥#·
Peû<Òãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ! <å ~ÚO\˜H˜ h=Ù ~å=_»"Õ∞ YzÛ`«OQÍ h=Ù
h QÆ$Ǩxfl KÕ~°`å=#_®xH˜ |∞∞A=Ù. =∂ <åq‰õΩÅ <Õ~°Êi`«#O x#∞fl
ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ PѨ^ŒÅáêÅ∞ H͉õΩO_® HÍáê_»∞`«∞Ok. Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞<£ „ѨÉèí∞=ÙÅ∞
h‰õΩ HÍ#∞HõQÍ WzÛ# |OQÍ~°∞ PÉèí~°}ÏÅ∞, =¢™êÎÅ∞ ÃÑ>ˇìÖ’ ã¨iÌ LOKå=Ú.
"å\˜H˜ `À_»∞ H͢Ť<£ áê„`«Å#∞, =ÚHͯeÑ‘@Å#∞ h‰õΩ Wã¨∞Î<åfl=Ú. "å\˜
Y~°∞Û =∂ „Ѩ[Å∞ Éèíi™êÎ~°∞——
JO^Œ~°∂ Peû<Òãπ ^ŒQÆæ~° g_À¯Å∞ fã¨∞‰õΩx Z=ià◊¡‰õΩ "åà◊√¡
"≥oá¡ ÈÜ«∂~°∞. `≥Å"¡ åi<åHõ HÍ#∞HõÅhfl <ÒHõÖ’H˜ KÕ~ˆ ÛÖÏ Peû<Òãπ ã¨fiÜ«∞OQÍ
Ѩ~°º"ÕH˜∆OKå_»∞. JO^Œ~°∂ =∞~°ÖÏ Peû<Òãπ Éèí=#OÖ’ ã¨=∂"Õâ◊O HÍQÍ
Eºãπ ^Õ=ÙxH˜ XHõ Z^Œ∞Ì#∞ |e~ÚzÛ =∞O@ÅÖ’ "ÕeÛ# `˘_»ÉèÏQÍefl
<≥·"Õ^ŒºOQÍ ã¨=∞iÊOKå_»∞. "åà◊√¡ Éè’[<åÅ∞ KÕã¨∞Î#flO`«¿ãÑ¨Ó X_≥ã≤ãπ ^Œ$+≤ì
JO`å ™êÜ«∞OHÍÅѨ٠ã¨∂~°∞º_çÃÑ·<Õ L#flk. P`«_»∞ Peû<Òãπ`À ѨeHÍ_»∞–
''q∞„`«=∂! Eºãπ ^Õ=ÙxH˜ =∞^èŒ∞Ѩ~å¯Å#∞ ã¨=∞iÊOz <å‰õΩ "≥à◊¡_®xH˜
J#∞=∞ux=Ùfi. h‰õÄ h „Ѩ[ʼnõΩ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ ã¨~°fiã¨OѨ^ŒÅ#∞ Éè’QÆÉèÏQͺÅ#∂
WK«∞ÛQÍHõ!——
Peû<Òãπ `«# „Ѩ^è•#^Œ∂`« áêO\Á<Òãπ (Pontonous)`À =∞^èŒ∞=Ù
xOÑ≤# |OQÍ~°∞ HõÅâßxfl `≥Ñ≤ÊOK«QÍ JO^Œ~°∂ XHõ¯~˘Hõ¯ˆ~ ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ =∞^èŒ∞=Ù
K«∞Hõ¯Å#∞ JiÊOKå~°∞. `«#=O`«∞ ~åQÍ<Õ xÅ|_ç# X_≥ã≤ãπ P |OQÍ~°∞áê„`«#∞
JÔ~\˜ (Arete) KÕ`∞« Ö’¡ LOz WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞– ''=∞Ǩ~å}©! h‰õΩ â◊√ÉèOí HõÅ∞QÆ∞QÍHõ!
<å‰õΩ "≥à◊¡_®xH˜ J#∞=∞u W=fiO_ç——
JÖÏ P"≥∞ ÃãÅ=Ù fã¨∞‰õΩx, Peû<Òãπ ^Œ∂`« "≥O@~åQÍ JÔ~\˜ ѨiKåiHõÅ∞
XHõ~°∞ =¢™êÎefl, XHõ~°∞ HÍ#∞HõÅ∞#fl =∞O^Œ™êxfl, =¸_»= P"≥∞ =∞^èŒ∞=∂O™êÅ
=¸@h fã¨∞‰õΩx `«#x J#∞ã¨iOK«QÍ `«# <ÒHõ#∞ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ. P`«_»∞
Ѩ_∞» HÀ=_®xH˜ <ÒHõÖ’ â◊Ü∞« º<Õ~Ê° ~°z HÍ#∞Hõefl <ÒHõÖ’ LOz "åà◊√¡ x„+¨¯q∞OKå~°∞.
Hõ∆}ÏÖ’¡ P`«xH˜ x„^ŒÑ¨\ ˜ìOk. ~°^ä•x‰õΩ#fl <åÅ∞QÆ∞ JâßfiÅ∞ "≥∞ÿ^•#OÖ’ JkeOK«
|_»Ñ¤ C¨ _»∞ ѨiQÔ `ÕÎ q^èOŒ QÍ, "åÜ«Ú"ÕQOÆ QÍ áÈÜÕ∞ _ÕQHÆ <õ åfl "ÕQOÆ QÍ <ÒHõ ã¨=Ú„^•xfl
pÅ∞Û‰õΩO@∂ K«`«∞~°HõàÏѨÜ≥∂xkè, Z<Àfl HõëêìÅ#∞, ^Œ∞óMÏÅ#∞ J#∞ÉèíqOz#
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^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=O`«∞_»∞, J<ÕHõ Ü«Ú^•úÅÖ’, ѨO^ÕÅÖ’ q[Ü«∂xfl ™êkèOz# g~°∞_»∞
J~Ú# X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ fã¨∞‰õΩx P`«x ã¨fiO`« ^Õâ◊O "ÕѨ٠Ѩܫ∞#O ™êyOzOk.
W^ä•HÍ f~°OÖ’ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù „ѨÉèí∞"≥·# á¶⁄~üã≤ãπ (Phorcys)‰õΩ W+¨ì"≥∞ÿ#
ˆ~=Ù ã¨∞~°H˜∆`«"≥∞ÿ, Ô~O_»∞ QÆ∞@ìÅ =∞^茺 L#flk. XHõ ÃÑ^ŒÌ Pe"£K≥@∞ì, ^•x P‰õΩÅ
=∂@∞# ^•y=Ù#fl F QÆ∞ǨÏ, ^•xÖ’H˜ <≥Ü · ∂« _£ûQÍ (Naiads) Ñ≤Å∞=|_Õ =#Hõ#ºÅ∞
=zÛáÈ`«∞O\Ï~°∞. P QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ ~åu`À =∞ÅK«|_ç# =∞^èŒ∞áê„`«Å∞, ÃÑ·HõѨC‰õΩ
"ÕÖÏ_»∞`«∞#fl `Õ<Ñ≥ @ ¨ ∞¡, ~åu=∞QÍæÅ∞ L<åfl~Ú. ZѨC_»∂ ZO_çáÈx h\˜ „Ѩ"åǨÅ∞
P QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’H˜ „Ѩ=Ç≤Ï™êÎ~Ú. P QÆ∞ǨωõΩ Ô~O_»∞ ^•fi~åÅ∞ L`«Î~°O"ÕѨÙ#fl ^•fi~°O
^•fi~å =∞#∞+¨µÅ∞ áÈQÆÅ~°∞. ^ŒH˜∆}^•fi~°O QÆ∞O_® ˆH=ÅO ^Õ=`«Å∞ =∂„`«"Õ∞
„Ѩ"ÕtOK«QÆÅ~°∞. <ÒHõ P F_»ˆ~=Ù#∞ KÕ~°∞HÀQÍ<Õ Ñ¶≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞#∞¡ x„^ŒáÈ`«∞#fl
X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞, J`«xH˜zÛ# HÍ#∞HõÅ ÃÑ>ˇìÅ#∞ <ÒHõ #∞Oz kOz Pe"£K≥@∞ì „H˜O^Œ
LOz J`«_»∞ x„^ŒÖË=Hõ =Ú#∞¿Ñ JHõ¯_ç #∞Oz "≥o¡áÈÜ«∂~°∞.
J~Ú`Õ D q+¨Ü∂« xfl Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞, áêl_®<£Å∞ QÆ=∞xOKå~°∞. ã≤¯iÜ«∂
(Scheria) nfiáêxfl <ÒHõ uiy KÕ~°∞‰õΩO@∞#fl ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞#¡O^Œ~°∂
K«∂ã¨∞ÎO_»QÍ<Õ áêl_®<£ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ P <ÒHõ#∞ tÅQÍ =∂iÛ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù J_»∞QÆ∞‰õΩ
<≥\ ˜ì"Õ™ê_»∞. Peû<Òãπ‰õΩ `«# `«O„_ç K≥Ñ≤Ê# =∂@Å∞ QÆ∞~°∞ΉõΩ=KåÛ~Ú. áêl_®<£
P„QÆǨxH˜ QÆ∞Ô~· =∞# <ÒHõÅÖ’ XHõ\ ˜ u~°∞QÆ∞„Ѩܫ∂}OÖ’ tÅQÍ =∂~°∞`«∞O^Œx–
J`«_»∞ Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞#¡`À J<åfl_»∞– ''=∂ `«O„_ç J#fl =∂@Å∞ x[=∞Ü«∂º~Ú.
WHõ=ÚO^Œ∞ =∞#O U Jukèh Q“~°qOz ™êÜ«∞O KÕÜ«∞=^Œ∞Ì. Jk áêl_®<£‰õΩ
HÀѨO `≥ÑÊ≤ ã¨∞OÎ k. "≥O@<Õ Ñ¨<fl≥ O_»∞ y`«ÅÎ #∞ áêl_®<£‰Ωõ |e~ÚzÛ =∞# #QÆ~åxfl
Ѩ~fi° `åÅ`À HõÑÊ≤ "ÕÜ∞« ‰õΩO_® HÍáê_»∞‰õΩO^•O—— "å~°∞ J^Õq^èOŒ QÍ áêl_®<£ ^Õ=Ù}˜‚
„Ѩã¨#flOKÕ¿ã U~åÊ@¡Ö’ `«Å=Ú#HõÅÜ«∂º~°∞.
Z^ä≥<å =∞Ç≤Ï=∞=Å¡ =∞OK«∞ =∞|∞ƒÖ’ L#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ Z=~°∂
QÆ=∞xOK«ÖË^Œ∞. "≥∞ʼnõΩ= ~åQÍ<Õ P`«xH˜ `å#∞ ZHõ¯_» L<åfl_À J~°÷O HÍÖË^Œ∞.
=∞m¡ J`«xH˜ ^Œ∞óYO á⁄OQÆ∞‰õΩ=zÛOk. ''Uq∞\©Y~°‡ <å‰õΩ! W^Õ ~å[ºO! =∞m¡
Z=~°∞ ##∞fl UO uѨÊÅ∞ ÃÑ_»`å~À! <å`À =zÛ# <ÒHõ Uk? <åq‰õΩÖË=∞Ü«∂º~°∞?
HÍ#∞HõÅ ÃÑ>ˇìÅg WHõ¯_Õ L<åflÜÕ∞! g\˜<≥Hõ¯_» ^•Kåe? Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞#∞¡ ##∞fl
"≥ ∂ 㨠O KÕ ™ ê~å? HÍ#∞Hõ Å hfl Éè í „ ^Œ O QÍ L<åflÜ« ∂ ? Z=~° < åfl U=∞<åfl
^˘OyeOKå~å? Uq∞\© qѨ`¯« ~° Ѩiã≤u÷ ?—— J#∞‰õΩO@∂ Jxfl =ã¨∞=Î ÙÅ#∞ ÖˇH¯õ "Õã≤
ã¨iK«∂™ê_»∞. Jhfl L<åfl~Ú. Ug∞ áÈÖË^Œx x~åú~°} JÜ«∂ºHõ f~°O "≥O|_Õ
ѨKå~°∞¡ ™êyOKå_»∞. WO`«Ö’ Z^ä≥<å F Q˘„Ô~ÅHÍѨi "Õ+¨OÖ’ X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞
ã¨g∞Ñ≤OzOk. X_≥ã≤ãπ ã¨O`À+¨O Ѩ@ìÖËHõ P =ºH˜Îx J_çQÍ_»∞– ''Jaè"å^Œ=ÚÅ∞!
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q∞„`«=∂! <Õ#∞ f~åxH˜ =zÛ<åHõ HõxÊOz# "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜ =∞x+≤q h=Ù. h HÍà◊√¡
Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx |u=∞ÖÏ_»∞Î<åfl#∞. ##∞fl <å =ã¨∞Î=ÙÅ#∞ HÍáê_Õ =∂~°æO K≥ѨC. W^Õ
~å[ºO? U „Ѩ[Å∞ x=ã≤ã¨∞Î<åfliHõ¯_»? Wk nfiѨ=∂ ÖËHõ nfiѨHõÅÊ=∂?——
Z^ä≥<å ѨeH˜Ok– ''h=Ù `≥eq `«‰õΩ¯="å_ç"≥·<å ÖË^• Ѩ~°^Õt"≥·<å J~Ú
=ÙO_®e. D „áêO`«O QÆ∞iOz <åQÆi‰õΩÅO^ŒiH˜ `≥Å∞ã¨∞. D H˘O_»„áêO`«OÖ’
~°^ä•Å‰õΩ KÀ@∞ÖË^Œ∞. QÀ^èŒ∞=∞Å∞, „^•Hõ∆ `À@Å`À ÉèÏQƺ=O`«"≥∞ÿ# ^Õâ◊O Wk.
"Õ∞HõÅ∞, Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ∞ q™êÎ~°OQÍ L#fl D „áêO`«Ñ¨Ù J_»=ÙÅÖ’ Jxfl~°HÍÅ K≥@∂¡
L<åfl~Ú. D ~å[ºÑ¨Ù H©iÎ „\ÏÜü∞#QÆ~°O =~°‰õÄ "åºÑ≤OzOk——
X_≥ã≤ãπ P#O^•xH˜ Ѩ@ìѨQÍæÅ∞ ÖË=Ù. `«# ã¨fiO`« ^Õâ◊OÖ’ L<åfl##fl
ã¨O`À+¨O`À P`«_»∞ Laƒ`«aƒ|ƒÜ«∂º_»∞– ''J=Ù#∞! „ÔH>ˇ nfiѨOÖ’ ‰õÄ_® <Õ#∞
W^ä•HÍ QÆ∞iOz q<åfl#∞. W_˘"≥∞xãπ (Idomeneus) ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ XiûÖ’Hõãπ
(Orsilochus)#∞ K«OѨ_O » =Å# <Õ#∞ „ÔH>ˇ nfiáêxfl =ke áêiáÈ"åeû =zÛOk.
J`«_»∞ <Õ#∞ „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~°OÖ’ ã¨OáêkOz# ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ#∞ H˘Å¡Q˘\ÏìÅx „Ѩܫ∞`«flO
KÕ™ê_»∞. JO`ÕH͉õΩO_® J`«x `«O„_ç=^ŒÌ ѨxKÕÜ«∞‰õΩO_® ã¨fiO`« |ÅQÍÅ`À
„\ÏÜü∞Ü«Ú^ŒúOÖ’ áêÖÁæ<åfl=x xOkOKå_»∞. <å‰õΩ P„QÆǨÏO =zÛOk. á⁄ÅO
#∞Oz =ã¨∞Î#fl P`«xx ^•iHÍz <å |Öˇ¡O`À á⁄_çz K«OÑ≤ P nfiѨO #∞Oz
á¶⁄<≥ã≤Ü«∞#¡ (Phoenicians) <ÒHõÖ’ áêiáÈÜ«∂#∞. HÍx qkè=âß`«∞Î `«∞á¶ê#∞
=zÛ =∂ <ÒHõ WHõ¯_ç f~åxH˜ H˘@∞ì‰õΩ=zÛOk. <Õ#∞ Xà◊√¡ `≥eÜ«∞‰õΩO_®
x„^ŒáÈÜ«∂#∞. P <ÒHõÖ’x "åà◊√¡ <å =ã¨∞Î=Ùefl <å ѨHõ¯<Õ LOz "åà◊¡ ^•i#
"åà◊√¡ áÈÜ«∂~°∞——– Jx F Hõ^äŒ K≥áêÊ_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ.
Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=Hõ#ºQÍ =∂i X_≥ã≤ãπ`À ѨeH˜Ok. ''Hõ^äŒÅ∞ HõeÊOK«_»OÖ’
x#∞fl q∞Oz#"å~°∞<åfl~°x <Õ##∞HÀ#∞. ZO`« K«Hõ¯x Hõ^äŒ, Zxfl =∞Å∞ѨÙÅ∞,
J^Œ∞ƒù`«"≥∞ÿ# =~°‚#! â◊ÉèÏ+π! h‰õΩ h"Õ™ê\˜! J@∞=O\˜ h=Ù ##∞fl QÆ∞~°∞ÎѨ@ìÖËHõ
áÈÜ«∂"Õ? Ü«Ú‰õΩÅÎ ‰õΩ, ‰õΩÜ«Ú‰õΩÅÎ ‰õΩ Jaè=∂xx <Õ#∞. ^Õ=`«ÅÖ’ <å‰õΩ ™ê\˜Ö#Ë @∞¡
=∂#=ÙÖ’ h=Ù J™ê^èŒ∞º_çq. W<åflà◊¥¡ h HõëêìÅÖ’ x#∞fl ~°H˜∆ã¨∂Î =zÛOk <Õ<Õ
Hõ^•! WѨC_»∞ h‰õΩ WOHÀ LáêÜ«∂xfl K≥|∞`å#∞. =ÚO^Œ∞ =∞#O D HÍ#∞Hõefl
Éèí„^ŒÑ¨~°Kåe. P `«~°∞"å`« h WO\˜=^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥o¡ Z=iH© J#∞=∂#O ~å‰õΩO_®
"≥∞ÅQÆ∞`«∂ JHõ¯_ç q+¨Ü«∂efl „QÆÇ≤ÏOKåe—— J#fl^•"≥∞.
X_≥ã≤ãπ |^Œ∞eKåÛ_»∞– ''ZO`« `≥eqQÆÅ"å_≥·<å =∂#=Ù_»∞ ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ
™ê\˜HÍÖË_»∞. Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`å! W<åflà◊¥¡ <åHõO_»QÍ xeKå=Ù. „\ÏÜü∞ Ü«Ú^ŒúOÖ’,
u~°∞QÆ∞ „Ѩܫ∂}ÏÅÖ’, Ѷ≤Ü«∂ã≤Ü«∞#¡ Éèí=#OÖ’ <å‰õΩ h=Ù K«∂Ñ≤Oz# Hõ~°∞}=ÖË¡
<Õ#∞ |uH˜ |@ìHõ\Ïì#∞. HÍx x[O K≥ѨC `«b¡! Wk W^ä•HÍÜÕ∞<å?——
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Z^ä≥<å ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛOk– ''h =∂`«$Éèí∂q∞ h =∞#ã¨∞Ö’ ZšѨC_»∂
LO_»|>Ëì <Õ#∞ h‰õΩ WO\˜H˜ ~å=_»OÖ’ ™êÜ«∞Ѩ_®¤#∞. h=ÙHÍHõ Z=Ô~·<å Kå<åflà◊¡
`«~åfi`« WO\˜"Ú≥ ǨÏO K«∂ã≤#@¡~Ú`Õ "≥O@<Õ ÉèÏ~åºa_»Å¤ #∞ Hõeã≤ P#O^ŒÑ_¨ "Õ åà◊√.¡
h=Ù =ÚO^Œ∞ h ~ÚO\˜ Ѩiã≤÷`«∞Å QÆ∞iOz, ÉèÏ~°º QÆ∞iOz q=~°OQÍ `≥Å∞ã¨∞
HÀ"åÅ#∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl=Ù. h=Ù#fl „Ѩ^Õâ◊O á¶⁄iûãπ (Phorcys) ˆ~=Ù. D Pe"£
K≥@∞ì ѨHõ¯<Õ L#fl QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ h HÍ#∞Hõefl Éèí„^ŒÑ¨~°∞^•ÌO—— JO@∂ P"≥∞ P`«xx
K«∞@∞ì=Ú\˜ì# =∞|∞ƒ`≥~°Å#∞ `˘ÅyOzOk. `«# ^Õâ◊"≥∞ÿ# W^ä•HÍ#∞ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#fl
P#O^ŒO`À X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ =∂@ ~åÖË^∞Œ . W^Œ~Ì ∂° Hõeã≤ QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’Ñ¨Å Ñ¶Ü ≤ ∂« ã≤Ü∞« x¡zÛ#
|OQÍ~°∞, HõOK«∞ áê„`«efl, J=¸Åº =¢™êÎefl ^•z ÃÑ^ŒÌ~åu`À QÆ∞ǨÏ^•fi~åxfl
=¸ã≤ `«~åfi`« HÍ~åºK«~°}‰õΩ Ѩ^äŒHÍxfl ~°zOK«_»OÖ’ x=∞QÆfl"≥∞ÿ<å~°∞.
X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''h =∂@Å∞ q#‰õΩO_® <Õ#∞ ã¨~åã¨i WO\˜H˜
"≥o¡#@¡~Ú`Õ <å‰õÄ PQÆ"≥∞=∂fl<£ QÆu Ѩ\ ˜ì LO_Õ^Õ"≥∂! h=Ù <å‰õΩ ^è≥·~åºxfl¿ãÎ
=¸_»∞ =O^ŒÅ =∞Ok<≥·<å Z^Œ∞~˘¯x F_çOK«QÆÅ#∞——
Z^ä<≥ å J#flk– ''x#∞fl Z=~°∂ QÆ∞~°∞ÑÎ @¨ ‰ì Ωõ O_® h ~°∂ѨÙ~ˆ Yefl =∂~°∞™êÎ#∞.
J~Ú`Õ =ÚO^Œ∞ h ѨO^Œ∞ÅHÍѨix HõÅ∞=Ù. J`«_çH˜ h ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»<åfl, h ÉèÏ~°º
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ J<åfl Jq∞`«"≥∞ÿ# Q“~°=O. J`«_»∞ H͉õΩÅH˘O_» (Raven's Rock) =^ŒÌ
ѨO^Œ∞efl "Õ∞ѨÙ`«∂ LO\Ï_»∞. <Õ#∞ ™êÊ~åìÖ’x "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ WO\˜H˜ "≥o¡ >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰Ωõ
h=Ù „|uˆH L<åfl=#fl "å~°Î#Ok™êÎ#∞. HÍx P`«x ~åHõÔH· Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂ã¨∂Î P
á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ H˘O^Œ~°∞ P`«xx K«OáêÅx á⁄Oz=Ù<åfl~°∞. HÍx P`«_»∞
Hˆ =∆ ∞OQÍ uiy=™êÎ_∞» . h WO@Ѩ_ç ^ÀK«∞‰õΩuO@∞#fl PHõ`å~Ú "≥^=Œè Å∞ Éè∂í QÆ~ƒ° Où Ö’
Hõe¿ã ~ÀA ^ŒQÆæ~°Ñ¨_çOk——
Z^ä≥<å `«# ^ŒQÆæ~° L#fl =∞O„`«^ŒO_»O`À X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ `åHõQÍ<Õ P`«_»∞
=Ú_»`«Å∞ Ѩ_ç# â◊s~°O`À, =}∞‰õΩ`«∞#fl HÍà◊¡`À, `«yæ# HõO\˜K«∂ѨÙ`À, =Ú^Œ∞ã¨e
aK«ÛQÍ_çQÍ ~°∂ѨÙ=∂i<å_»∞. ziyáÈ~Ú# |@ìÅ∞ á⁄QÆK∂« i, ^Œ∞=Ú‡H˘@∞ì‰Ωõ áÈ~Ú
Ñ‘eHõÖ#·ˇ ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÅÎ ∞ "ÕÖÏ_»∞`«∞O_»QÍ KÕuÖ’ F Hõ„~° Pã¨~åQÍ P =Ú^Œ∞ã¨e aK«ÛQÍ_»∞
ѨO^Œ∞ÅHÍѨi L#fl"ÕѨ٠"≥àÏ¡_»∞. Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« ÖËãπ_ç=∂<£ (Lacedaemon)Ö’
=Ù#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞}˜‚ fã¨∞‰õΩ~å=_®xH˜ "ÕQÆOQÍ |Ü«∞Å∞^ÕiOk.
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14. ѨO^Œ∞ÅHÍѨi Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ#∞ Hõeã≤#

X_≥ã≤ãπ
X_≥ã≤ãπ JHõ¯_ç #∞Oz |Ü«∞ÖËÌi H͉õΩÅH˘O_» (Reven's Rock) =^ŒÌ
L#fl ѨO^Œ∞ÅHÍѨi =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥o¡<å_»∞. J`«ºO`« #=∞‡Hõã¨∞Î_≥·# P`«_»∞ ѨO^Œ∞Å
H˘\Ïìxfl K«Hõ¯QÍ xi‡Oz<å_»∞. K«∞@∂ì~å ~åà◊¡`À QÀ_»Hõ\ ˜ì ÃÑ·# =Úà◊¡HõOѨ #∞Oz,
Z=~°∂ ZH˜¯ ^˘OQÆ`«<åʼnõΩ áêÅÊ_»‰õΩO_® *Ï„QÆ`«ÎѨ_ç<å_»∞. ֒ѨŠѨO^Œ∞Å∞
Ǩ~ÚQÍ Ñ¨_∞» HÀ_®xH˜ gÅ∞QÍ FH±=$HõÑ∆ Ù¨ k=∞‡Å`À <ÕÅ#∞ Ѩ\ +˜ Oª̈ KÕã,≤ Ѩ<fl≥ O_»∞
QÆ^Œ∞efl Hõ\ ˜ì<å_»∞. XHÀ¯QÆkÖ’ Ü«∂Éèˇ· P_»Ñ¨O^Œ∞Å∞O_»QÍ =∞QÆ"å\˜x "Õˆ~ ^˘_»¡Ö’
LOz<å_»∞. ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∞ PHÍOH˜∆ã¨∞Î#fl Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ „Ѩu~ÀE XHõ r"åxfl
ѨOѨ_O» `À =∞QÆr"åÅ ã¨OYº ZѨC_»∂ `«‰Ωõ ¯=QÍ<Õ LO_»QÍ „Ѩã∞¨ `Î O« =¸_»∞=O^ŒÅ
J~°"‰·≥ Ωõ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ#flk. ѨO^Œ∞ʼnõΩ HÍѨÖÏQÍ L#fl <åÅ∞QÆ∞ "Õ@‰õΩHõ¯Å∂ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ
(Eumeus) ѨO^Œ∞ÅHÍѨi KÕ`«∞Ö’¡ ÃÑiy#"Õ!

J`«x „H˜O^Œ #Å∞QÆ∞~°∞ Ѩx"åà◊√¡<åfl~°∞. =ÚQÆ∞æ~°∞ ѨO^Œ∞efl `ÀÅ∞‰õΩx

J_»qÖ’H˜ "≥à◊¡QÍ <åÅæ="å_»∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ qO^Œ∞Éè’[<åʼnõΩ F ѨOkx
"≥∂ã¨∞‰õΩáÈ~Ú<å_»∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ K«∂_»QÍ<Õ ‰õΩHõ¯Å∞ ^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩO@∂ =zÛ g∞^Œ
Ѩ_»É’~Ú<å~Ú. `«# KÕuÖ’ L#fl Hõ„~°#∞ H˜O^ŒÑ¨_Õã≤ =Úã¨e aK«ÛQÍ_ç "Õ+¨OÖ’
L#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ <ÕÅÃÑ· Hõ^ŒÅ‰õΩO_® ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. K≥ѨCÅ∞ ‰õΩ_»∞Î#fl Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ
"≥O@<Õ =zÛ ‰õΩHõ¯efl JkeOK«Háõ È~Ú#fl@¡~Ú`Õ `«# H˘@ìO ^ŒQ~ˆæÆ X_≥ãã≤ π QÍÜ«∂Å
áêÅÜÕ∞º"å_»∞.
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''=$^Œ∞ú_®! XHõ¯Hõ∆}O PÅ㨺"≥∞ÿ`Õ D ‰õΩHõ¯Å∞
x#∞fl Ñ‘‰õΩ¯ux LO_Õq. <å‰õΩ J==∂#=∞ÜÕ∞ºk. <åH˜Ñ¨Ê\˜ˆH ^Õ=Ù_»∞ F ÃÑ^ŒÌ ^Œ∞ó
MÏxfl ~åã≤ÃÑ\Ïì_»∞. ^Õ=Ù_çÖÏO\˜ =∂ Ü«∞[=∂x ZHõ¯_»∞<åfl_À Uq∞ uO@∞<åfl_À
`≥b^Œ∞ HÍx PÜ«∞# ã¨OѨ^Œefl, r"åefl WHõ¯_ç á⁄QÆ~°∞"≥∂`«∞ "≥^èŒ=Å∞ P|QÍ
P~°yã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. =ÚO^Œ∞ h=Ù <å Pu^䕺xfl ã‘fiHõiOK«∞. h =O`«∞ HõëêìÅ∞ x#∞fl
Ñ‘_çã¨∞Î#fl>Ë¡ L<åfl~Ú——
=Úã¨e aK«ÛQÍ_ç ~°∂ѨOÖ’ =Ù#fl X_≥ãã≤ π `«# ¿ã=‰õΩ_ç qâßfiã¨ÑÓ¨ i`«"∞≥ #ÿ
„Ѩ=~°#Î ‰õΩ P#OkOKå_»∞. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ J<åfl_»∞– Ju^è∞Œ ʼnõΩ =∞~åº^ŒÅ∞ KÕÜ∞« _®xfl
Eºãπ^Õ=Ù_»∞ „Ѩâ◊Oã≤™êÎ_»∞. =∂ Ü«∞[=∂x ZHõ¯_»∞<åfl_À `≥b^Œ∞ HÍx P`«_»∞
Jukè JÉèϺQÆ`«∞Å#∞ Q“~°qOKÕ"å_»∞. ¿ã=‰õΩÅ#∞ q∞„`«∞Å∞QÍ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩ<Õ"å_»∞.
PÜ«∞# L#fl@¡~Ú`Õ <åHÀ ~ÚÅ∞¡, WO`« Éèí∂q∞, =∞Oz ÉèÏ~°º ã¨=∞‰õĈ~q. P`«_»∞
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P =∂@Å∞ JO@∂<Õ P`«_»∞ ѨO^Œ∞Å H˘@ìOÖ’H˜ "≥o¡ Ô~O_»∞ ѨOk
Ñ≤ÅÅ¡ #∞ K«OÑ≤ "å\˜ =∂Oã¨O`À "Õ_"ç _Õ ç PǨ~åxfl =_çO¤ z uÜ«∞º\˜ „^•Hõ™∆ ê~å~Úx
^•~°∞HõÅâ◊OÖ’ xOÑ≤ JukèH˜ Z^Œ∞~°∞QÍ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞.
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=zÛ# uO_ç uO@∂ WOHÍ WOHÍ `≥=∞‡x x~°ƒùOkèã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. J~Ú<å =∂
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ã¨OYºQÆÅ Q˘„Ô~Å =∞O^ŒÅ∂ L<åfl~Ú. =∞O^Œ #∞Oz XHÀ¯ r"åxfl „Ѩu~ÀE D
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ `«=∞ uO_çHÀã¨O ~°Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl~°∞—— – Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ K≥|∞`«∞#fl
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Ü«∞[=∂x? <Õ#∂ J<ÕHõ ^ÕâßÅ∞ uiQÍ#∞. <å‰õΩ `≥e¿ãÎ P`«x q+¨Ü«∂Å∞ h‰õΩ
K≥ѨÊQÆÅ#∞—— X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞.
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞KåÛ_»∞– ''^•i#áÈÜÕ∞ ^•#Ü«∞ºÅ∞ K≥¿ÑÊ
q+¨Ü«∂Å#∞ <å Ü«∞[=∂#∞~åÅ∞ QÍx, z#fl Ü«∞[=∂xQÍx qâ◊fiã≤OK«~°∞.
ZO^Œ∞HõO>Ë "åà◊√¡ XHõѨÓ@ uO_çHÀã¨O Zxfl J|^•úÖˇ·<å P_»QÆÅ~°∞. Z=~°∞ D
„áêO`åxH˜ H˘`«ÎQÍ =zÛ<å =∂ Ü«∞[=∂#∞~åÅ∞ "åiH˜ Pu^䌺q∞zÛ `«# Éèí~°Î
QÆ∞iOz q=~åÅ∞ U"≥∞ÿ<å `≥Å∞™êÎÜÕ∞"≥∂#x Pâ◊Ѩ_Õk. HÍx WO`«=~°‰õΩ ux
„`ÕxÛáÈ~Ú#"åàı¡ QÍx X_≥ãã≤ π *Ï_» K≥ÑÊ≤ #"åà◊√¡ ÖË~∞° . P`«_∞» Éè∂í g∞‡^Œ [O`«∞=ÙʼnõΩ
Éè’[#"≥∞ÿ<å_À, PHÍâ◊OÖ’ Ѩ‰õ∆ΩʼnõΩ PǨ~°"≥∞ÿ<å_À ÖËHõ ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’x KÕѨʼnõΩ
Jâ◊#"≥∞<ÿ å_À Z=iH© `≥b^Œ∞. P WO\˜xO_® qëê^ŒO JÅ∞=Ú‰õΩ#flk. =∂ JO^Œih
JO`«∞ÖËx ^Œ∞óYO P=iOzOk. =∂ Ü«∞[=∂x JO`« ™œ=Úº_»∞, ã¨Ç¨Ï#je,
ZHõ¯_® HÍ#~å~°∞. <å‰õΩ <å ‰õΩ@∞O|O, `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Å QÆ∞iOz# ɡOQÆHõ<åfl <å
Ü«∞[=∂x QÆ∞iOz# PÖ’K«<Õ Z‰õΩ¯=. X_≥ã≤ãπ WHõ¯_» ÖˉõΩ<åfl ZѨÊ\˜H© P`«_»∞
=∂ „ѨÉèí∞"Õ!——
X_≥ã≤ãπ =∞iO`« =ÚQÆ∞ú_»Ü«∂º_»∞– ''q∞„`«∞_®! h=Ù <å =∂@Å∞ #"Õ∞‡
ã≤÷uÖ’ ÖË=Ù. <Õ#∞ „Ѩ=∂}O KÕã≤ K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ =ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. P`«_»∞
=zÛ<åHõ <å‰õΩ h=Ù =∞Oz |@ìÅ∂, Jg W^Œ∞Ì=Ù QÍx. <Õ#∞ ‰õÄ_® Hõ@∞ìHõ^äŒÅ∞
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â◊„`«∞=ÙÅ#∞ <åâ◊#O KÕ™êÎ_»∞——
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=∞^èŒ∞=Ù#∞ ¿ãqOz `«$Ñ≤ÎѨ_»∞. =∂ Ü«∞[=∂x HÀã¨O "Õz K«∂ã≤K«∂ã‘ =∂ Hõà◊√¡
HÍÜ«∞Å∞ QÍz<å~Ú. WѨC_»∞ =∂ PO^Àà◊#O`å z#fl Ü«∞[=∂x >ˇe=∂Yãπ
HÀã¨O! JHõ™ê‡`«∞QÎ Í P`«_xç U ^Õ=Ù_»∞ „¿Ñ~ˆ Ñ≤OKå_À `≥b^Œ∞, `«O„_çx "≥^HŒ _õ ®xHõx
=∂‰õΩ K≥áêÊ K≥Ü∞« º‰õΩO_® ÃÑÖ· Ïãπ (Pylos)‰õΩ "≥oá¡ ÈÜ«∂_»∞. J`«}‚˜ uiy =KÕÛѨC_»∞
=∞@∞ìÃÑ_»^•=∞x P á⁄QÆ~°∞"≥∂`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ á⁄Oz L<åfl~°∞. J^Õ [iy`Õ
W^ä•HÍÖ’ Jiû+≤Ü«∞ãπ (Arcesius) =Oâ◊O JO`«iOzáÈ`«∞Ok. =∂ ã¨OQÆu P
^Õ=Ù_»∞ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO\Ï_»∞. hQÆ∞iOz K≥ѨC! Z=~°∞ h=Ù? h `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Öˇ=~°∞? U
#QÆ~O° g∞k? U <ÒHõ xxflHõ¯_»‰Ωõ fã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛOk? U ^ÕâO◊ "åà◊√¡ "å~°∞? xxflHõ¯_»
=kÖËã≤ JO`« `˘O^Œ~°QÍ "åà‹¡@∞áÈÜ«∂~°∞?——
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K≥|∞`å#∞. <Õ#∞ Ѩ_»¤ HõëêìÅhfl K≥áêÊÅO>Ë XHõ ã¨O=`«û~°O – =∞#O U Ѩh
KÕÜ«∞‰õΩO_® ~å„uO|QÆà◊¥¡ <Õ#∞ K≥|∞`å#∞ h=Ù q#=K«∞Û – Ѩ_»∞`«∞Ok. „ÔH>ˇ
nfiѨOÖ’x F ÉèÏQƺ=O`«∞_ç LOѨÙ_»∞QÆ`≥Î ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çx <Õ#∞. ÃÇ·ÏÖÏH±û ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞
HÍã¨ì~ü (Castor) <å `«O„_ç. PÜ«∞# QÆuOz<åHõ P`«x ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞ <å‰õΩ XHõ
z#fl WÅ∞¡ WzÛ `«i"Õ∞âß~°∞. <Õ#∞ ÉèÏ~°º=¸ÅOQÍ =∞Oz Pã≤ÎѨ~°∞}‚Ü«∂º#∞.
WѨC_çÖÏ L<åfl#∞ HÍx <Õ#∞ U~üû, Z^ä≥<åÅ â◊‰õΩÎÅ∞ <å‰õΩO_Õq. <Õ#∞ Ãã·x‰õΩ_çQÍ
J<ÕHõ Ü«Ú^•úÅÖ’ áêÖÁæx ¿Ñ~°∞QÍOKå#∞. „\ÏÜü∞ Ü«Ú^•úxH˜ =ÚO^Õ <Õ#∞ <å
J#∞K«~°∞Å`À `˘q∞‡k™ê~°∞¡ W`«~° #QÆ~åÅÃÑ· ^ŒO_»Ü«∂„`«Å∞ KÕã≤ KåÖÏ ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ∞
QÆ_çOKå#∞. `«~°∞"å`« W_˘"≥∞xãπ`À Hõeã≤ „\ÏÜü∞ Ü«Ú^ŒúOÖ’ áêÖÁæ<åfl#∞.
`˘q∞‡k^Õà◊√¡ =Ú@ì_ç J#O`«~°O Ѩ^ÀU@ „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~åxfl ^èŒfiOã¨OKÕã≤
ã¨HõÅ ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ`À WO\˜H˜ u~°∞QÆ∞ "≥àÏ¡=Ú. XHõ<≥Å WO\˜Ö’ QÆ_çÑ≤ DlѨÙì‰õΩ
`˘q∞‡k <ÒHõÅÖ’ „Ѩܫ∂}=∞Ü«∂º#∞. P~°∞~ÀAÅ∞ P#O^ŒOQÍ<Õ QÆ_çKå~Ú.
^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ |Å∞eKåÛ=Ú. qO^Œ∞ q<À^•ÅÖ’ HÍÅO QÆ_çáê=Ú. U_»=~ÀA#
„ÔH>ˇ #∞Oz |Ü«∞ÖËiÌ J~Ú^Œ∞~ÀAÖ’¡ <≥Å· ∞#n „áêO`åxH˜ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl=Ú. f~åxH˜
"≥o¡# =∂"åà◊√¡ H˘O`«=∞Ok JHõ¯_» Tà◊¡ÃÑ· ^•_»∞Å∞ [iÑ≤ =∞QÆ"åà◊¡#∞ K«OÑ≤
¢ãÅΑ #∞ Ñ≤ÅÅ¡ #∞ Z`«∞‰Î Ωõ =KåÛ~°∞. P ã¨OQÆu `≥eã≤ DlѨÙì Ããx· ‰õΩÅ∞ Jã¨OMϺHõOQÍ
=zÛ =∂"åà◊¡Ö’ J<ÕHõ=∞Okx K«OÑ≤ =∞=∞‡efl ÉÏxã¨Å∞QÍ Ñ¨@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. <Õ#∞
ã¨=∞Ü«∞O K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩx DlѨÙì ~åA HÍà◊√¡ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx „áê}ÏÅ∞ ^ŒH˜¯OK«∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞.
U_Õà◊√¡ QÆ_çKå~Ú. DlѨÙì q∞„`«∞ezÛ# HÍ#∞HõÅ∞ fã¨∞‰õΩx Zxq∞^Œ= U@ XHõ
á¶⁄x+≤Ü«∞<£ "åºáêi`À Hõeã≤ P`«x WO\˜H˜ "≥o¡ ã¨O=`«û~°O HÍÅO QÆ_çáê#∞.
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^˘iH˜Ok.
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ã≤^ŒúOQÍ L#fl^Œx `≥eáê_»∞.
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<Õ#∞ WÖÏ =KåÛ#∞.
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''h Hõ^äŒ#O ÉÏQÆ∞#flk HÍx, X_≥ã≤ãπ QÆ∞iOz
K≥Ñ≤Ê#k #=∞‡â◊HõºOQÍ ÖË^Œ∞. =∂ Ü«∞[=∂xx ^Õ=`«ÖˇO`« ^Õfi+≤OKå~À `≥b^Œ∞
HÍx P`«_»∞ Ü«Ú^ŒúOÖ’ =∞~°}˜OK«ÖË^Œ∞. WO\˜H© KÕ~°ÖË^Œ∞. J`«_»∞ Ü«Ú^ŒúOÖ’
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Q˘Ñ¨Ê ã¨=∂kèx xi‡OKÕ"å~°∞. HÍx ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ J<å=∞Hõ =∞~°}O P`«x H©iÎH˜
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KÕã≤Ok h ¿Ñ^ŒiHõOÃÑ· *ÏeѨ_ç, JO`ÕQÍx D Hõ|∞~°∞¡ q#_®xH˜ HÍ^Œ∞——
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J=Ù`«∞Ok——
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q∞ye# =∂O™êxfl U_»∞ ã¨=∞ÉèÏQÍefl KÕã≤ XHõ ÉèÏQÍxfl ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ‰õΩ P"åǨÏ#
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`«# Hõ$`«[˝`«Å#∞ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ‰õΩ `≥eáê_»∞.
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ ã¨fiO`« ¿ã=‰õΩ_≥#· "≥∞™êeÜ«∞ãπ (Mesaulies) „^•Hõ™∆ ê~å~Úx
`≥zÛ áê„`«ÅÖ’ xOѨQÍ JO^Œ~°∂ HÍ=Åã≤#O`« `åy P#OkOKå~°∞. JHõ™ê‡`«∞ÎQÍ
=zÛ# =~°¬O`À JO^Œ~°∂ `«_»∞ã¨∂ÎO_»QÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ HÍ"åÅx Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ#∞
HõkeOKå_»∞ ''Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ! q#∞! <Õ<˘Hõ Hõ^äŒ K≥|∞`å#∞. =∞^èŒ∞=Ù ZO`«\ ˜"åi<≥·<å
L^ÕfiQÆѨ~°∞ã¨∞ÎOk. J#=ã¨~°Ñ¨Ù #=Ùfiefl, „¿ÑÖÏѨ#Å#∞ „¿Ñˆ~Ñ≤ã¨∞ÎOk. `«∂QÆ∞`«∂
#$`åºxfl KÕÜ«∂ÅxÑ≤OKÕ@∞¡ „áÈ`«ûÇ≤Ïã¨∞ÎOk. Z@∞=O\˜ =∂@Öˇ·fl<å =∂\Ï¡_Õ@∞¡
KÕÜ«∞QÆÅn =∞^èŒ∞=Ù.
„\ÏÜü∞ HÀ@ QÀ_»Å ^ŒQÆæ~° "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ, X_≥ã≤ãπ, <Õ#∂ Hõeã≤ á⁄^ŒÖ’¡
=∂@∞"Õ™ê=Ú. ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=âß`«∞Î =∞OK«∞‰õΩ~°=_»O`À "åà◊√¡ `«=∞ ÃÑ·=¢™êÎefl
(Cloaks) HõÑC ¨ ‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. <Õ#∞ `≥K∞« ÛHÀHõáÈ=_»O`À X_≥ãã≤ ,π ^ä˘Ü«∂ãπ#∞ ta~åxH˜
ѨOѨÙ`«∂ J`«x ÃÑ·=¢™êÎxfl <å‰õΩ HõÑ≤Ê<å_»∞——
X_≥ã≤ãπ =∂@Å∞ qx Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ J`«xHÀ JOwx `≥Ñ≤ÊOz ~ÚKåÛ_»∞.
P`«xH˜ QÍ_çá⁄~Úº =^ŒÌ â◊Ü∞« º<Õ~Ê° ~°z F HõO|ox=fiQÍ X_≥ãã≤ π P ~å„u Ǩ~ÚQÍ
x„^ŒáÈÜ«∂_»∞. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ `«# HõuÎx Éèí∞*ÏxH˜ "Õã¨∞‰õΩx, K«eH˜ `«@∞ìHÀQÆÅ
JOwx HõÑC¨ ‰õΩx, KÕuÖ’ Ѩ^∞Œ <≥#· D>ˇ#∞ Ѩ@∞ì‰Ωõ x ѨO^Œ∞ʼnõΩ HÍѨÖÏQÍ LO@∂
ѨHõ¯<Õ L#fl ~åà◊¡ MÏmÖ’, L`«Î~°Ñ¨ÙQÍeH˜ JO^Œ‰õΩO_® "≥K«ÛQÍ L#fl „Ѩ^Õâ◊OÖ’
q„â◊q∞OKå_»∞.
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Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« ™êÊ~åì (Sparta) "≥àı¡ã¨iH˜ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ (Menelaus) Éè=í #
P=~°}Ö’ <≥ãì̈~ü ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ Ñ‘ã≤¢™êì@ãπ x^Œ∞iã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰õΩ `«# `«O„_ç
X_≥ã≤ãπ QÆ∞iOz# PÖ’K«#Å`À ZO`«H© x„^Œ Ѩ@ì_»OÖË^Œ∞. Z^ä≥<å WÖÏ J#flk–
''>ˇe=∂Yãπ! h WO\˜ P=~°}Ö’ JO`«=∞Ok u~°∞QÆ∞É’`«∞Å∞O_»QÍ WÖÏ h=Ù
Tà◊√Ñ¡ @¨ ∞ì‰Ωõ u~°Q_Æ O» Lz`«O HÍ^Œ∞. "åà◊√¡ h=Ù JHõ¯_çH˜ "≥àÑ¡ı ʨ \˜H˜ h ã¨~fi° ã¨OѨ^ÅŒ #∂
Éè’OKÕ¿ãÎ D „Ѩܫ∂}ÏÅhfl ^ŒO_»QÆ J=Ù`å~Ú. "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ „ѨÉèí∞=Ù ^ŒQÆæ~° g_À¯Å∞
fã¨∞‰õΩx `«H}∆õ O |Ü«∞ÖË~Ì ∞° . ÖˉΩõ O>Ë ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ `«# `«O„_ç WO\˜H˜ "≥oá¡ È`Õ ™È^Œ~∞° Å∞,
`«O„_ç P"≥∞#∞ Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ (Eurymachus)#∞ q"åǨÏO KÕã¨∞HÀ=∞x
„áÈ`«ûÇ≤Ï™êÎ~∞° . P Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ h `«eH¡ ˜ J<ÕHõ |Ǩï=∞`«∞ezÛ P"≥∞ Jaè=∂<åxfl
á⁄O^Œ_®xH˜ „Ѩܫ∞`«flO KÕã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞ ã¨∞=∂! U"≥∞ÿ<å P"≥∞ =∞#ã¨∞ =∂iO^Œ#∞HÀ
h‰õΩ "å~°ã¨`«fiOQÍ =zÛ# ã¨OѨ^ŒÅÖ’ ÉèÏQÍxfl ÔQ·H˘x P"≥∞ WOH˘Hõix ÃÑO_®¡_ç`Õ
h‰õΩ #+¨"ì ∞Õ Hõ^•! ¢ã|Α ∞kú K«OK«Å=∞xQÆ^• qA˝Å∞ K≥ÑÊ≤ Ok. XHõ"àÕ ◊ P"≥∞ WOH˘Hõix
ÃÑO_®¡_ç`Õ P`«xH˜ J#∞‰õÄÅOQÍ „Ѩ=iÎã¨∂Î "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜Éèí~°Î =Å# Hõey# ã¨O`å<åxfl
=∞~°záÈ`«∞Ok Hõ^•! JO^Œ∞Hõx WO\˜H˜ "≥à◊¡QÍ<Õ h‰õΩ qâßfiã¨áê„`«∞~åÖˇ·#
ѨiKåiHõ‰õΩ ã¨OѨ^Œefl XHõ HõO@ HõxÃÑ>Ëì ÉÏ^茺`« JѨÊyOK«∞. WOHÀ q+¨Ü«∞O –
x#∞fl K«OѨ_®xH˜ h â◊„`«∞=ÙÅ∞ ™ê"≥∂ãπ (Samos), W^ä•HÍ (ithaca)Å =∞^茺
L#fl „Ѩ^Õâ◊OÖ’ á⁄Oz L<åfl~°∞ *Ï„QÆ`«Î ã¨∞=∂! JO^Œ∞KÕ`« h=Ù <ÒHõ#∞ f~åxH˜
^Œ∂~°OQÍ #_»∞ѨÙ`«∂ =ÚYºOQÍ ~å„uà◊√¡ „Ѩܫ∂}O KÕ~Ú. W^ä•HÍ KÕi# "≥O@<Õ
g∞ ‰õΩ@∞OÉÏxH˜ qâßfiã¨áê„`«∞_≥·# ѨO^Œ∞Å HÍѨi Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ (Eumeus)#∞ h
=∂`«$=¸iÎ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ =^ŒÌ‰õΩ ѨOÑ≤ h=Ù =zÛ# q+¨Ü«∂xfl `≥eÜ«∞*Ë~Ú—— – D
=∂@Å∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê Z^ä≥<å J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞ÿOk.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ "≥O@<Õ Ñ‘ã¢≤ ™êì@ãπ#∞ x^Œ∞~°ÖÑË ,≤ ''~°^•ä xfl ã≤^OúŒ KÕ~Ú—— WO\˜H˜
áÈ"åÅ<åfl_»∞. Ñ‘ã≤¢™êì@ãπ ã¨ÅǨ "Õ∞~°‰õΩ L^ŒÜ«∂<Õfl "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ#∞ Hõeã≤ WO\˜H˜
áÈÜÕ∞O^Œ∞‰õΩ J#∞=∞u HÀ~°QÍ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ! WO\˜H˜ áÈ"åÅ#fl
h `«Ñ¨##∞ <Õ#∞ „QÆÇ≤ÏOKå#∞. Ju^èŒ∞Å#∞ Z‰õΩ¯=HÍÅO LOK«∞HÀ=_»O ÖË^•
"≥O@<Õ Ñ¨OÑ≤"ÕÜ«∞_»O Ô~O_»∂ J#∞z`« HÍ~åºÖË! <ÕxKÕÛ HÍ#∞Hõefl ~°^äŒOÖ’ ã¨~°Ìh,
DÖ’QÍ L^ŒÜ«∞Éè’[<åÅ∞ ã≤^ŒúO J=Ù`å~Ú. n~°…„Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ PǨ~°áêhÜ«∂Å
xÅfi J=ã¨~°O ã¨∞=∂!—— Jx ѨeH˜ ÉÁÜ≥∞^äŒãπ (Boethus) ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞
Z\˜Ü≥ÚxÜ«∞ãπ (Eteoneus)‰õΩ PǨ~åxfl ã≤^ŒúO KÕÜ«∞=∞x ѨÙ~°=∂~ÚOz, `å#∞
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"≥O_çáê„`«#∞, ÃÇÏÖˇ<£ ã¨fiÜ«∞OQÍ <Õã≤, Je¡HõÅ∞ fiÛkkÌ# =¢™êÎxfl fã¨∞‰õΩx
"å\˜x >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰õΩ JѨÊyOz<å_»∞. "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ WzÛ# Ô~O_»∞ K≥=ÙÅ |OQÍ~°∞
HõÅâ◊O ã≤_®<£~åA á¶ê_ç=∞ãπ (Phaedimus) J`«xH˜ ã¨=∞iÊOz# HÍ#∞Hõ. Jk
~ÚѨC_»∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰õΩ HÍ#∞HõQÍ W=fi|_çOk. ÃÇÏÖˇ<£ `å#∞ ã¨fiÜ«∞OQÍ <Õã≤#
J=¸Åº =¢™êÎxfl >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰õΩ ~Úã¨∂Î q"åÇ¨Ï ã¨O^Œ~°ƒùOQÍ =^èŒ∞=Ù‰õΩ W=∞‡x
HÀiOk. JO^Œ~∂° Hõeã≤ L^ŒÜ∞« Éè’[<åÅ∞ =ÚyOKåHõ Ñ‘ã¢≤ ™êì@ãπ, >ˇe=∂YãπÅ∞
"≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ, ÃÇÏÖˇ<£ `«k`«~°∞ʼnõΩ g_À¯Å∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê `«=∞ ~°^äŒOÖ’ WO\˜H˜ |Ü«∞ÖËÌ~å~°∞.
"≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ =∞^èŒ∞=Ù#∞ <≥·"Õ^ŒºOQÍ Wã¨∂Î Ju^èŒ∞Å „Ѩܫ∂}O
Hˆ =∆ ∞OQÍ [~°QÍÅx „áêi÷ã∞¨ #Î fl ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’<Õ PHÍâ◊OÖ’ F QÆ~∞° _»ÑH¨ ∆˜ `«# HÍeQÀà◊¡
=∞^茺 `≥Å¡\ ˜ ÉÏ`«∞#∞ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩáÈ`«∂ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ ‰õΩ_çѨHõ¯QÍ ZQÆ∞~°∞‰õΩO@∂ ~°^ä•xH˜
‰õΩ_çѨHõ¯QÍ `«# QÆ∂\˜"ÕѨىõΩ áÈ~ÚOk. JO^Œ~°∂ P â◊√Éèíâ◊‰õΩ<åxfl K«∂ã≤
ǨÏ~°¬^è•fi<åÅ∞ KÕ™ê~°∞.
X_≥ã≤ãπ Dã¨iˆH WO\˜H˜KÕi `«# â◊„`«∞=Ùefl =∞@∞ìÃÑ>Ëì Ü«∞`åflÅÖ’
L#fl@∞ì<åfl_»∞ Jx "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ K≥áêÊ_»∞. "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ K≥Ñ≤Ê# q=~°}‰õΩ ã¨O`À+≤Oz#
>ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# q∞„`«∞_ç`À Hõeã≤ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ‰õΩ Hõ$`«[˝`«Å∞ `≥Å∞ѨÙ`«∂ PѶ¨∞"Õ∞Ѷ¨∂Å
=∞^茺 ~°^ä•xfl ™êÊ~åì #QÆ~åxfl ^•\˜OKå_»∞. pHõ\ ˜Ñ¨_Õã¨iH˜ ÃѶ~å (Pherae)
#QÆ~°O KÕ~°∞‰õΩx _»Ü≥ÚH˜¡ãπ‰õΩ Ju^èŒ∞Å∞QÍ P ~å„u QÆ_çáê~°∞.
ã¨O^蕺^Õ=`« `«# J~°∞}H˜~°}ÏÅ`À `«∂~°∞Ê =^Œ<åxfl JÅOHõiOK«QÍ<Õ
_»Ü≥ÚH˜¡ãπ =^ŒÌ ÃãÅ=Ù fã¨∞‰õΩx "ÕQÆOQÍ „Ѩܫ∂}˜ã¨∂Î ÃÑ·ÖÏãπ #QÆ~° ã¨g∞áêxH˜
KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. <≥ã¨ì~ü WO\˜H˜ "≥o`Õ PÜ«∞# "≥O@<Õ „Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ XѨCHÀ_»x
ÉèÏqOz# >ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# q∞„`«∞_»∞ Ñ‘ã≤¢™êì@ãπ#∞ |u=∞ÖÏ_ç ~°^ä•xfl ã¨~åã¨i
`«# <ÒHõ =^ŒÌ‰õΩ fã¨∞‰õΩ"≥o¡ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ WzÛ# HÍ#∞HõÅ#∞ <ÒHõÖ’H˜ KÕ~åÛ_»∞.
`«O„_ç HÀáêxfl `å<Õ Éèíi™êÎ#x Ñ‘ã≤¢™êì@ãπ `«# q∞„`«∞xH˜ g_À¯Å∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê `«#
WO\˜"ÕѨ٠"≥o¡áÈÜ«∂_»∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ ‰õÄ_» `«# <ÒHõ#∞ "≥O@<Õ ã≤^ŒúO KÕÜ«∞=∞x
<åq‰õΩʼnõΩ K≥Ñ≤Ê `«# â◊~°}∞ HÀi# käÜ≥∂ÔH¡Â"≥∞#ãπ (Theoclymenus) J<Õ
HÍÅ*Ï˝xH˜ P„â◊Ü«∞q∞KåÛ_»∞. Z^ä≥<å ^ŒÜ«∞=Å¡ =∞Oz QÍegK«QÍ <ÒHõ "ÕQÍxfl
ѨÙOA‰õΩ#flk.
käÜ≥ÚÔH¡Â"≥∞#ãπ =OâßxH˜ =¸ÅѨÙ~°∞+¨µ_»∞ "≥∞ÖÏOѨãπ (Melampus)
¿Ñ~°∞QÍOz# *Ï˝x Éèíq+¨º`«∞Î `≥eã≤# „^Œ+¨ì. XHõѨC_»∞ ÃÑ·ÖÏãπÖ’ LO_ç `«~°∞"å`«
ÃÑÖ·¶ Ïãπ #∞Oz =Åã¨áÈ~Ú<å_»∞. ÃÑÖ·¶ Ïãπ ~åA ÃÑÖ·¶ ÏHõã.π P`«x ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ WѶH≤ 㡘 π
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(Iphicles). D`«_»∞ <≥eÜ«∞ãπ `«e¡ >ˇÿ~À (Tyro)‰õΩ K≥Ok# Ѩâ◊√=Ùefl
^˘OyeOKå_»∞. P Ѩâ◊√=Ùefl fã¨∞‰õΩx=zÛ# "åà◊¡‰õΩ <≥eÜ«∞ãπ `«# ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î ÃÑ~˘
(Pero) xzÛ q"åǨÏO KÕ™êÎ#x „ѨHõ\ ˜OKå_»∞. áêl_®<£, >ˇÿ~˘Å ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞
<≥eÜ«∞ãπ. D`«_»∞ ÃÑeÜ«∂ãπ Hõ=ÅÅ∞. <≥eÜ«∞ãπ ÉèÏ~°º HÀ¡iãπ. ã¨O`å#O <≥ã¨ì~ü,
„H˘q∞Ü«∞ãπ, ÃÑiÔHq¡ ∞#ãπ. ÃÑ~˘ ÃÑÖ· Ïãπ „ѨÉ∞íè =ÙQÍ P #QÆ~åxfl ÉèÏQƺ=O`«O KÕã<≤ å_»∞.
`«# ™È^Œ~°∞_»∞ |Ü«∂ãπ (Bias) HÀã¨O ™êǨÏã¨O KÕã≤ "≥∞ÖÏOѨãπ WѶ≤H˜¡ãπ
^ŒQÆæ~°∞#fl >ˇÿ~À Ѩâ◊√=Ùefl QÀ„QÆǨÏ}O KÕã¨∂ΠѨ@∞ì|_ç WѶ≤H˜¡ãπ‰õΩ |On J~Ú<å_»∞.
Kå=Ù#∞Oz `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩx Ѩâ◊√=Ùefl >ÿ̌~˘‰õΩ JѨÊyOz ÃÑ~˘ (Pero) ~å‰õΩ=∂i`À
`«# ™È^Œ~°∞_»∞ |Ü«∂ãπ‰õΩ q"åǨÏO QÍqOKå_»∞. P`«~°∞"å`« `«#∂ q"åǨÏO
KÕã∞¨ HÀQÍ W^Œ~Ì ∞° Ñ≤ÅÅ¡ ∞ HõeQÍ~°∞. "åà◊√¡ UO\˜¿Ñ@¶ ãπ, =∂O\˜Ü∞« ãπÅ∞. UO\˜¿Ñ@¶ ãπ
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ X~ÚH˜ã¡ .π X~ÚH˜ã¡ π ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ UOÑ¶Ü ≤ ∂« ~°ã.π UOÑ¶Ü ≤ ∂« ~°ãπ ã¨O`å#O
Půq∞Ü«∂<£, UOѶ≤Ö’HõãπÅ∞.
=∂O\˜Ü«∞ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞ H©¡@ãπ, áêeÃѶ_»ãπÅ∞. JuÖ’Hõã¨∞O^Œ~°∞_≥·#
H©¡@ãπ#∞ ã¨O^蕺^Õ=`« Ѩi}Ü«∞=∂_çOk. UOѶ≤Ü«∂~°ãπ K«xáÈ~Ú<åHõ JáÈÖ’
^Õ=Ù_»∞ áêeÃѶ_çãπ‰õΩ Éèíq+¨º"å}˜x K≥¿ÑÊ =∞Ç≤Ï=∞xKåÛ_»∞. J`«_»∞ ÃÇ·ÏѨiã≤Ü«∂‰õΩ
"≥o¡ HÍÅ*Ï˝xQÍ ¿Ñ~°∞ á⁄Ok<å_»∞. D áêeÃѶ_çãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_Õ WѨC_»∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ
â◊~°}∞HÀi# käÜ≥ÚÔH¡Â"≥∞#ãπ (Theoclymenus).
<ÒHõ "ÕQÆOQÍ ™êQÆ∞`«∂ „H“x, KåeÛãπ (Crouni, Chalchis), ÃѶ~Ú
(Pheae), Zeãπ (Elis)Å#∞ ^•\˜Ok. >ˇe=∂Yãπ J`«ºO`« *ÏQÆ~°∂Hõ`«Ö’ LO_ç,
`«#ÔH· =∂@∞"Õã≤# â◊„`«∞=ÙʼnõΩ ^˘~°Hõ‰õΩO_® W^ä•HÍ (Ithaca) KÕˆ~ „Ѩܫ∞`«flOÖ’
L<åfl_»∞.
WHõ¯_» X_≥ãã≤ ,π Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπÅ∞ `«=∞ q∞„`«∞Å`À Hõeã≤ ™êÜ«∞OHÍÅ Éè’[#O
=ÚyOKå~°∞. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ#∞ ѨsH˜∆OK«_®xH˜ X_≥ã≤ãπ =∞~À LáêÜ«∂xfl
PÖ’zOKå_»∞– ''Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ! ~ˆ ѨÙ^ŒÜ∞« "Õ∞ <Õ#∞ #QÆ~O° Ö’H˜ "≥o¡ aèHÍ∆ @# KÕ™êÎ#∞.
<å‰õΩ H˘xfl H˘O_»Q∞Æ ~°∞ÅÎ ∞ K≥a`Õ HÍã¨Î ^ŒÜ∂« ¢~ÇÌ° Ϩ $^ŒÜÚ« Öˇ#· „ѨÉ∞íè =ÙÅ WO\˜HᘠÈ~Ú
F ~˘>ˇì=ÚHõ¯, F QÆ∞_»¤Ñ‘eHõ J_çy ^•#O ѨÙK«∞Û‰õΩO\Ï#∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ WO\˜H˜ ^•i
K≥a`Õ <Õ#∞ P =∞Ǩ~å}˜ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∞ Hõeã≤ <Õ#∞ g∞‰õΩ K≥Ñ≤Ê# q+¨Ü«∂efl K≥Ñ≤Ê,
P Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ`À Hõeã≤ HÍã¨Î Lz`«Éè’[#O ^˘~°∞‰õΩ`«∞O^Õ"≥∂ „Ѩܫ∞ufl™êÎ#∞. <Õ#∞
g∞H˜OHÍ ÉèÏ~°O HÍ^ŒÅ∞K«∞HÀÖË^Œ∞. Jukè JÉèϺQÆ`«∞Å#∞ P^ŒiOKÕ hÖÏO\˜ =ºH˜Î
^˘~°H_õ O» J~°∞^Œ∞. J`«º=ã¨~° ã¨=∞Ü«∂Ö’¡ hÖÏO\˜ =º‰õΩÅÎ Pã¨~å#∞ LѨÜ∂≥ yOK«∞
HÀ"åe. ÃÇÏÔ~‡ãπ ^Õ=Ùx ^ŒÜ«∞=Å¡ <å‰õΩ Hõ>ˇìÅ#∞ H˘@ì_»O, =O@K≥~°‰õΩ
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`«QÆ∞áêà◊¡Ö’ HõeÑ≤ Ju^èŒ∞ʼnõΩ JO^Œ*ËÜ«∞_»O ÖÏO\˜ q^ŒºÅ∞ `≥Å∞ã¨∞. Hõ#∞Hõ <å
„áêg}ºO`À P PHõ`å~Ú Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl "≥∞Ñ≤ÊOz "åà◊¡ PÖ’K«#efl ‰õÄ_® „QÆÇÏ≤ ™êÎ#∞——
J<åfl_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ.
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ "≥O@<Õ |^Œ∞eKåÛ_»∞– ''Junä! h‰õΩ WÖÏO\˜ PÖ’K«#
ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ =zÛOk? P á⁄QÆ~°∞"≥∂`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ *’eH˜ áÈÜ«∂"À W^Õ h Hõ_»™êi
K«∂Ѩ٠HÍQÆÅ^Œ∞. "åà◊√¡ QÆifi+¨µªÅ∞. K«OѨ_»O "åà◊¡‰õΩ Ju ã¨∞Å∞"≥·# Ѩx. "åà◊¡
¿ã=‰õΩÅ∞ hÖÏ =Úã¨e"åà◊√¡ HÍ^Œ∞. |e+¨µªÖˇ·# Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞. P Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ u<Õ
uO_çH˜ Éè’[#Ѩ٠|Å¡Å∞ =OyáÈ`å~Ú. J~Ú<å h=Ù =∂‰õΩ Jukèq. "Õ∞=∞O^Œ~O°
h ¿ãflǨxfl "åOzèã¨∞Î<åfl=Ú. X_≥ã≤ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ ~åQÍ<Õ h‰õΩ =∞Oz =¢™êÎefl,
JOwx WzÛ x#∞fl h #QÆ~åxH˜ "≥àı¡ U~åÊ@∞¡ KÕ™êÎ#∞. ##∞fl #=Ú‡!——
X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''h =∞Oz`«<åxH˜ Hõ$`«[˝`«Å∞ ZÖÏ K≥áêÊÖ’ <å‰õΩ
`≥b_»O ÖË^∞Œ . *Ï<≥_∞» á⁄@ì xOѨ_O» HÀã¨O WO\˜O\˜H˜ "≥o¡ aK«Û"≥∞`«_Î O» ÃÇÏ· #º"Õ∞.
HÍx =∞Oz~ÀAÅ∞ ZѨÊ\˜ÔH·<å =™êÎÜ«∞#fl Pâ◊ <åÖÏO\˜"åà◊¡x |uH˜ã¨∞ÎOk.
HÍx <åg∞^Œ ^ŒÜ∞« Ü«ÚOz g∞ Ü«∞[=∂x X_≥ãã≤ π =$`åÎO`åxfl P`«x `«e^¡ OŒ „_»∞Å∞,
ÉèÏ~°º, ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å QÆ∞iOz q=iOK«∞ q∞„`«=∂!——
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞KåÛ_»∞– ''X_≥ãã≤ π `«O„_ç eÜ«∂~Ô ãì π `«# á⁄ÅOÖ’
LO_ç H˘_»∞‰õΩHÀã¨O ^Œ∞ódã¨∂Î „Ѩu~ÀE Eºãπ^Õ=ÙxH˜ „áê~°÷#Å∞ KÕã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞.
P`«x ÉèÏ~°º, X_≥ã≤ãπ `«e¡ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞xÃÑ· ɡOQÆ`À HÍÅO KÕã≤Ok. P"≥∞ ##∞fl P"≥∞
‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î \˜"≥∞<≥ (Ctimene)`À ã¨=∂#OQÍ ÃÑOzOk. P"≥∞#∞ ã¨"≥∂ãπ nfiáêxH˜
=^èŒ∞=ÙQÍ Ñ¨OÑ≤ <å‰õΩ <Õ#∞ ~Ú+¨ìѨ_»¤ =$uÎx JѨÊyOzOk. <Õ#∞ nxÖ’
xÅ^˘‰õΩ¯‰õΩx XHõ ~ÚO\˜"å_çx JÜÕ∞ºÖ’ѨÙQÍ<Õ =∂‰õΩ D ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ìHõ~°"≥∞ÿ#
HõëêìÅ∞ ã¨O„áêѨÎ"≥∞ÿ<å~Ú. =∂ Ü«∞[=∂#∞~åex K«∞@∞ì=Ú\˜ì P ^Œ∞+¨ì„QÆǨÅ∞
Ñ‘_çã¨∞ÎO_»QÍ =∂‰õΩ P"≥∞ ^Œ~°≈#O, =∂@Å∞ Hõ~°∞"≥·<å~Ú.
X_≥ã≤ãπ J_»QÆQÍ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ `«# QÆ∞iOz K≥Ѩʙêy<å_»∞– ''XÔ~ìlÜ«∂
(Ortygia)‰õΩ L`«Î~å# ã≤iÜ«∂ (Syria) ^Õâ◊OÖ’ <Õ#∞ ѨÙ\Ïì#∞. JHõ¯_» „Ѩ[ʼnõΩ
Z@∞=O\˜ "åº^èŒ∞Å∞ ~å=Ù. =$^•úѨºOÖ’ "åà◊√¡ Já⁄Ö’, PÔ~ìq∞ãπ ÉÏ}ÏÅ`À
`«#∞=Ù Kåe™êÎ~°∞. P ^Õâ◊OÖ’x Ô~O_»∞ Ѩ@ì}ÏʼnõΩ XÔ~‡#ãπ (Ormenus)
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ >ˇã≤Ü«∞ãπ (Ctesius) „ѨÉèí∞=Ù. P`«_Õ <å `«O„_ç. F<å_»∞ =~°ÎHõO
<≥ÑO¨ Ö’ =zÛ# á¶⁄x+≤Ü∞« #∞¡ =∂ ^ÕâO◊ Ö’ kQÍ~°∞. =∂ `«O„_ç WO\’¡ F á¶⁄h+≤Ü∞« <£
*ÏuH˜ K≥Ok# ÉÏx㨠¿ã=‰õΩ~åÅ∞ LO_Õk. ~°∂ѨÖÏ=}ϺÅÖ’, Je¡Hõ ‰õΩ@∞ìÑ#¨ ∞ÅÖ’
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P"≥∞ MϺuQÍOz#k. P"≥∞ ã¨=Ú„^Œf~åxH˜ "≥o#¡ ѨÙ_»∞ XHõ á¶⁄x+≤Ü∞« <£ <åq‰õΩx`À
¿ãflǨÏã¨O|O^è•Å∞ U~°Ê_»QÍ, P`«xH˜ =∂ ~ÚO\˜ ~°Ç¨Ï™êºÅ∞ "≥Å¡_çOzOk.
U_®káê@∞ á¶⁄x+≤Ü«∞#∞¡ =∂ ^Õâ◊OÖ’ =~°ÎHõO KÕã≤ ÉÏQÍ QÆ_çOKå~°∞. P"≥∞ `«#
„Ñ≤Ü«Úx`À `å#∞ ã≤_®<£ ^Õâ◊Ѩ٠Zi|ãπ (Arybas) ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î#x, `«##∞
ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù^˘OQÆÅ∞ JѨǨÏiOz eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπ‰õΩ ÉÏxã¨QÍ J=∂‡~°x "≥Å¡_çOzOk.
P`«_»∞ P"≥∞#∞ P"≥∞ `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Å =^ŒÌ‰õΩ fã¨∞‰õΩ "≥àı¡O^Œ∞‰õΩ JOwHõiOK«QÍ P"≥∞
F ‰õΩÜ«ÚH˜Îx Ѩxfl `«# ^•i Y~°∞ÛʼnõΩ QÍ#∞ XHõ ÉÏÅ∞}˜‚ `≥zÛ JѨÊyOKÕ@∞¡
J`«_çx ÉÏxã¨QÍ J=Ú‡HÀ=K«∞Û Jx Pâ◊K«∂Ñ≤Ok.
á¶⁄x+≤Ü«∞#∞¡ `«=∞ ^ÕâßxH˜ "≥àı¡~ÀA# P"≥∞ ##∞fl fã¨∞‰õΩx ~°Ç¨Ï㨺OQÍ
<ÒHõÖ’ „Ѩ"ÕtOzOk. P <ÒHõ "ÕQÆOQÍ P~°∞~ÀAÅ∞ „Ѩܫ∂}˜OKåHõ U_»=~ÀA#
PÔ~ìq∞ãπ ÉÏ}ÏÅ ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ P"≥∞ =∞~°}˜OK«QÍ P"≥∞ â◊"åxfl ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ KÕѨʼnõΩ
PǨ~°OQÍ áê~°"Õâß~°∞. W^ä•HÍ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åflHõ ##∞fl eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπ `«QÆ∞ ÃÑ·HÍxfl "åà◊¡‰õΩ
=Ú@ìK≥Ñ≤Ê ##∞fl ÉÏxã¨QÍ H˘#∞‰õΩ¯<åfl_»∞. eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπ ÉèÏ~°º ##∞fl Ѩل`«ã¨=∂#OQÍ
ÃÑOzOk—— Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ Hõhflà◊√¡ ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞O
K«eOzáÈ~ÚOk.
DÖ’QÍ >ˇe=∂Yãπ „Ѩܫ∂}˜ã¨∞Î#fl <ÒHõ W^ä•HÍ f~åxH˜ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#flk.
käÜ≥ÚÔH¡Â"≥∞#ãπ, >ˇe=∂YãπÅ∞ K«∂ã¨∞ÎO_»QÍ<Õ PHÍâ◊OÖ’ F _ÕQÆѨH˜∆ ZQÆ∞~°∞`«∂
`«# HÍà◊¡Ö’ z‰õΩ¯‰õΩ#fl áê=Ù~°Ñ¨Ù DHõÅ∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰õΩ <ÒHõ‰õΩ =∞^茺 q~°l"Õ∞‡ÖÏ
KÕã¨∂Î ‰õΩ_çѨHõ¯QÍ Zyi J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞ÿOk.
HÍÅ*Ï˝x J~Ú# käÜÚ≥ HÔ "¡ ∞≥ #ãπ P â◊√Éèâí ‰◊ Ωõ <åxfl q=iã¨∂Î >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰Ωõ
Éèíq+¨º`«∞ÎÖ’ JO`Õ =∞Oz [~°∞QÆ#∞#fl^Œx K≥áêÊ_»∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# q∞„`«∞_»∞
Ñ≤iÜ«∞ãπ (Peiraeus)‰õΩ käÜ≥ÚÔH¡Â"≥∞#ãπ ã¨O~°Hõ∆} ÉÏ^茺`«#ѨÊyOz<å_»∞.
`≥Å¡"åi<åHõ <ÒHõ #∞Oz ky# >ˇe=∂Yãπ KÕuÖ’ `«# |ÖË¡xfl QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ
Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx =_ç=_çQÍ #_»∞ã¨∂Î `«=∞ ѨO^Œ∞ÅH˘@ìO "ÕѨ٠|Ü«∞ÖËÌi<å_»∞. JHõ¯_»
Jã¨OMϺHõ"∞≥ #ÿ ѨO^Œ∞efl ã¨O~°Hã∆˜ ∂¨ Î X_≥ãã≤ π ‰õΩ@∞OÉÏxH˜ J`«ºO`« qâßfiã¨áê„`«∞_»∞,
=∞Oz ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞O HõÅ"å_»∞ J~Ú# Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ x„kã¨∞Î#fl ã¨÷ÖÏxH˜ >ˇe=∂Yãπ
KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
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16. `«O„_ô H˘_»∞‰õΩÅ HõÅ~ÚHõ

`≥Å"¡ å~°QÍ<Õ X_≥ãã≤ ,π Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπÅ∞ x„^ŒÖzË K«ÖÏ¡i# QÍ_çá⁄~Úºx
"≥eyOz L^ŒÜ«∞Ѩ٠Éè’[<åʼnõΩ U~åÊ@∞¡ KÕÜ«∞™êQÍ~°∞. q∞QÆ`å ¿ã=‰õΩÅ∞
`«=∞`«=∞ r"åefl `ÀÅ∞‰õΩx |Ü«∞@‰õΩ "≥à◊¡QÍ, Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Úx
áê„`«ÅÖ’ áÈã¨∞<Î åfl_»∞. |Ü«∞@ Z=~À =ã¨∞#Î fl JeH˜_.ç HÍx ‰õΩHõ¯Å J~°∞ѨÙÅ∞
q#|_»ÖË^Œ∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ P q+¨Ü«∂xfl K≥|∞`«∞O_»QÍ<Õ ^•fi~°O ^ŒQÆæ~° xÅ|_ç#
Ü«Ú=‰õΩ}˜‚ K«∂ã≤ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ `«# KÕuÖ’x áê„`«efl JHõ¯_Õ =kÖËã≤ P`«_çx
֒ѨʼnõΩ ™ê^Œ~°OQÍ PǨfixOz P`«x #∞^Œ∞\˜x, Hõà◊¡#∞, KÕ`«∞efl
=Ú^•Ì_ç<å_»∞. ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ! =∂ HõO\˜ nѨ=∂! "≥#H˜¯ uiy=KåÛ=Ù! =∂‰õΩ
P#O^•xfl HõeyOKå=Ù! h=Ù ÃÑ·ÖÏãπ "≥àÏ¡=x `≥eã≤ "Õ∞=∞O^Œ~°O zO`å
„HÍO`«∞Å"≥∞ÿ<å=Ú. h=Ù WHõ¯_çH˜ ~å=_»O <å J^Œ$+¨ìO——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''h QÆ∞iOKÕ <Õ#∞ "≥^Œ∞‰õΩ¯O@∂ =KåÛ#∞
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ! =ÚO^Œ∞ <å „Ñ¨âfl◊ ʼnõΩ ã¨=∂^è•#O K≥ÑC¨ . WOHÍ <å =∂`«$=¸iÎ
`«# Éèí~°ÎHÀã¨O Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂ã¨∂Î<Õ L#fl^•? ÖËHõ Z=~À XHõ W^ä•HÍ Ü«Ú=‰õΩ}˜‚
ÃÑàÏ¡_ç X_≥ã≤ãπ â◊Ü«∂ºQÆ$Ǩxfl ™êÖˇQÆ∂à◊¡‰õΩ =ke"≥o¡O^•!——
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''P"≥∞ ~å„uO|=à◊√¡ ^Œ∞óYO`À `«# Éè~í ΰ ~åHõHÔ ·
Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂ã¨∞Î#flk. P WO\˜Ö’ P"≥∞ Ѩ_»∞`«∞#fl ÉÏ^èŒ =~°‚<åf`«O——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ ֒ѨeH˜ "≥à◊¡QÍ<Õ aK«ÛQÍ_ç "Õ+¨OÖ’ L#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ `«#∞
‰õÄ~°∞Û#fl KÀ@∞ #∞Oz ÖË=É’Ü«∂_»∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ J`«xx "åiOz "Õˆ~
Pã¨#OÃÑ· ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. JO^Œ~°∂ PHõe^ŒÑ¨CÅ∞ f~°∞Û‰õΩ<åflHõ >ˇe=∂Yãπ,
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ#∞ Jukè QÆ∞iOz J_çQÍ_»∞. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ K≥áêÊ_»∞– ''W`«_»∞
„ÔH>ˇ nfiѨ"åã≤. J<ÕHõ ^ÕâßÅ∞ uiy =∞# W^ä•H͉õΩ =KåÛ_»@. =∞# â◊~}° ∞HÀi
=KåÛ_»∞——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''„Ѩã¨∞Î`«O <å =∞#ã¨O`å <å ~ÚO\˜Ö’x
Ѩiã≤÷ux K«Hõ¯k^ŒÌ_»OÃÑ· L#flk. h=Ù D`«x ã¨O~°Hõ∆} fã¨∞HÀ! <Õ#∞ W`«_çH˜
=¢™êÎxfl, JOwx ѨOÑ≤™êÎ#∞. W`«_»∞ =∞# WO\˜H˜ "≥o¡ P á⁄QÆ~°∞"≥∂`«∞
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ KÕu֒Ѩ_ç J==∂<åÅáêÖˇ`· Õ <å ^Œ∞óYO =∞iO`« Z‰õΩ¯==Ù`«∞Ok.
"åà◊√¡ J<Õ‰õΩÅ∞ <Õ#∞ XHõ¯}Ë‚ Hõ^•!——
X_≥ã≤ãπ <≥=∞‡kQÍ J<åfl_»∞– ''g∞~°∞ Ju^èŒ∞ÅH˜KÕÛ Q“~°=O
J™ê=∂#º"≥∞ÿ#k. HÍx g∞ ~ÚO\˜Ö’ =¸y# P ^Œ∞+¨ì„QÆǨÅ =∂@
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ZuÎ#ѨC_»ÖÏ¡ <å ~°HõÎO "Õ_≥‰õΩ¯`«∞#flk. W^Õ <Õ#∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_çQÍ LO>Ë "åà◊¡#∞
<å |ÖˇO¡ `À á⁄_çzá⁄_çz K«O¿Ñ"å}˜.‚ P „Hõ=∞OÖ’ <Õ#∞ K«zÛ<å ÖˇH¯õ KÕÜ∞« #∞——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''W^ä•HÍ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜#∞Oz <å‰õΩ
â◊„`«∞=ÙÅ∞ HÍ^Œ∞. =∂ ~ÚO\˜H˜ "å~°ã¨∞_»∞ <Õ<˘Hõ¯}Ë‚. Jk =∂ =Oâ◊OÖ’
P#"å~Úf. X_≥ãã≤ π „\ÏÜü∞ Ü«Ú^•úxH˜ "≥àÑ¡ı ʨ \˜H˜ <Õ#∞ Ѩã"≤ å_çx. W^ä•HÍÖ’x
â◊H˜Î=O`«∞Öˇ·# Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO`å, X_≥ã≤ãπ Z<åflà◊¡~Ú<å ~åHõáÈÜÕ∞ ã¨iH˜ P`«_»∞
K«xáÈÜ«∂_»x ÉèÏqOz <å `«e¡ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∞ `«=∞Ö’ XHõ¯_çx Éèí~°ÎQÍ
ã‘fiHõiOK«=∞x |Å=O`«O KÕã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. P"≥∞ J@∞ =ºuˆ~H˜OK«Hõ W@∞
XѨCHÀ‰õΩO_® `å`åû~°O KÕã¨∂Î HÍÅO QÆ_»∞ѨÙ`«∞#flk. P"≥∞‰õΩ X_≥ã≤ãπ |uˆH
L<åfl_»x Pâ◊. D Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ P"≥∞‰õΩ |Ǩï=∞`«∞eã¨∂Î, =∂ ~ÚO\˜g∞^Œ
Ѩ_ç "Õ∞ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞.
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ! h=Ù "≥O@<Õ =∞# WO\˜H˜"≥o¡ J=∞‡‰õΩ <Õ#∞ uiy
=KåÛ#x `≥eÜ«∞*Ë~Ú. WOÔH=iH© D ã¨OQÆu `≥eÜ«∞~å^Œ∞ã¨∞=∂! z=~°‰õΩ
`å`«QÍÔ~·# eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπ (Laertes)‰õΩ ‰õÄ_®!—— – P =∂@Å∞ q#QÍ<Õ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ
"≥O@<Õ X_≥ã≤ãπ WO\˜H˜ |Ü«∞ÖËÌi "≥àÏ¡_»∞.
Z^ä<≥ å Z=fiiH© Hõ#|_»‰Ωõ O_® X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ =∂„`«"∞Õ „Ѩ`º« Hõ"∆ ∞≥ ÿ >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰Ωõ
x*Ïxfl K≥ѨÊ=∞x ѨÙ~°=∂~ÚOz `«# =∞O„`«^ŒO_»O`À X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ `åH˜Ok. P`«x
=O\˜ÃÑ· â◊√„Éèí"≥∞ÿ# =¢™êÎÅ∞, JOw LO_ÕÖÏ KÕã≤, =ÚMÏ# =Ú_»`«Å∞ áÈQ˘\˜ì
Ü«∞^è•~°∂áêxflzÛOk. >ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# JukèÖ’x =∂~°∞Ê#∞ K«∂ã≤ Pâ◊Û~°ºáÈÜ«∂_»∞.
<À@ =∂@~åÖË^∞Œ . z=~°‰Ωõ J<åfl_»∞– ''Junè! Z=~°∞h=Ù? WO`« =∂~°∞Ê Hõ} ∆ OÖ’
ZÖÏ =zÛOk. YzÛ`«OQÍ h=Ù Z=~À ^Õ=`«"Õ!——
X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''<Õ<Õg∞ ^Õ=`«#∞ HÍ#∞! Z=i QÆ∞iOK«~Ú`Õ h=Ù
WO`« qKå~åxfl, =∞#™êÎáêxfl á⁄O^Œ∞`«∞<åfl"À J`«_Õ <Õ#∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞—— Jx `«#
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çx =Ú^•Ì_®_»∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ #=∞‡ÖË^Œ∞.
''h=Ù X_≥ã≤ãπ=Ù HÍ^Œ∞. P`«x ~°∂ѨOÖ’ =zÛ# =∂Ü«∞QÍ_ç"Õ
JÜ«ÚºO\Ï=Ù. U =∂#=Ù_»∂ Hõ∆}OÖ’ =Ú^Œ∞ã¨e ~°∂ѨO #∞Oz Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_çQÍ
=∂~°ÖË_»∞——
X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ! WO^Œ∞Ö’ Pâ◊Û~°º"Õ∞g∞ ÖË^Œ∞. W~°"≥·
Uà◊√¡ J<ÕHõ ^ÕâßÅ∞ uiy, z=~°‰õΩ <å ^Õâ◊O KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« <å‰õΩ
Hõ∆}ÏÖ’¡ ~°∂ѨO=∂ˆ~Û â◊H˜Îx „Ѩ™êkOzOk——
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W^ŒÌ~°∂ XHõi<˘Hõ~°∞ H“QÆeOK«∞‰õΩx aQÆæ~°QÍ U_»fi™êQÍ~°∞. "åi ˆHHõÅ∞
Ѩ‰Ω∆õ Å J~°∞ѨÙÅHõ<åfl q∞‰õΩ¯@OQÍ L<åfl~Ú. ZÖÏ WHõ¯_»‰Ωõ ~åQÆeQÍ=#fl >ˇe=∂Yãπ
„Ѩâfl◊ ‰õΩ X_≥ãã≤ π ã¨=∂^è•#q∞KåÛ_»∞– ''ѶÜ
≤ ∂« ã≤Ü∞« #∞¡ ##∞fl W^ä•HÍ f~åxH˜ KÕ~åÛ~°∞.
"å~°∞ <å‰õΩ J<ÕHõ HÍ#∞HõezÛ ™êQÆ#Oáê~°∞. J=hfl QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ Éèí„^ŒÑ¨iKå#∞.
Z^ä≥<å ã¨ÅǨ`À <Õ#∞ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ =^ŒÌ‰õΩ =zÛ P`«x Pu^䕺xfl ã‘fiHõiOKå#∞.
WѨC_»∞ <Õ#∞ PÖ’zã¨∞#Î flk D ^Œ∞+¨µÅì ∞ ZO`«=∞Ok L<åfl~°∞! "åà◊¡ |ÖÏ|ÖÏÖˇO`«?
"åà◊¡<≥ÖÏ =∞@∞ìÃÑ\Ïìe J#fl^Õ! =∞#‰õΩ Z=~°∞ ™êÜ«∞O =™êÎ~°∞? =∞#O ZÖÏ
=ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ "≥àÏ¡e?——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''_»∞ºezÜ«∞O #∞Oz Ü«∂Éè̌~Ô· O_»∞ =∞Ok, ™ê=∂ãπ
#∞Oz W~°"≥· #Å∞QÆ∞~°∞, *Ïã≤O^äŒãπ #∞Oz W~°"≥· W^ä•HÍ"åà◊√¡ ѨO„_≥O_»∞QÆ∞~°∞ –
"≥Ú`«ÎO #∂@ Zxq∞k=∞Ok. "åà◊¡ ¿ã=‰õΩÅ∞ P~°∞QÆ∞~°∞, XHõ ^Œ∂`« – "≥∞_®<£†
W^ŒÌ~°∞ =O@"åà◊√¡ "åà◊¡‰õΩ HÍ"åeû# ¿ã=ÅOkã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. =∞#O W^ŒÌ~°O Z=Ô~·<å
#=∞‡Hõã¨∞Î_ç ™êÜ«∞O fã¨∞‰õΩO^•O——
X_≥ã≤ãπ ѨeHÍ_»∞– ''Eºãπ, Z^ä≥<åÅ∞ =∞# ѨH∆Í# L#flO`«HÍÅO =∞#O
P ^Œ∞+¨µìefl J=bÅQÍ xi˚OK«QÆÅO. ˆ~Ѩ٠L^ŒÜ«∞O h=Ù "≥o¡ "åà◊¡Ö’ Hõeã≤áÈ!
<Õ#∞ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ ™êÜ«∞O`À aK«ÛQÍ_ç"Õ+¨OÖ’ WO\˜H˜=™êÎ#∞. P á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞Å∞
##∞fl ¿ÇÏà◊#KÕã<≤ å Éèií ™êÎ#∞. ##∞fl HÍà◊¥K¡ `Õ ∞« Å∂ Hõ\ì˜ gkèÖ’H˜ qã≤~ˆ ã≤<å <ÀÔ~`«#Î ∞.
h=Ù "åà◊√¡ L„^ÕHõѨ_ç#ѨC_»ÖÏ¡ âßO`«Ñ¨iKÕ „Ѩܫ∞`«flO KÕ~Ú. Z^ä≥<å <å‰õΩ ã¨ÅǨ
~Ú=fiQÍ<Õ <Õ#∞ h‰õΩ ã¨O[˝ KÕ™êÎ#∞. "åà◊¡ PÜ«Ú^è•Å#xfl\˜x JHõ¯_ç#∞Oz `˘ÅyOz
^Œ∂~°OQÍ ^•KÕ U~åÊ@∞¡ KÕ~Ú. "å~°∞ HÍ~°}O J_çy`Õ â◊√„ÉèíO KÕ~ÚOK«_®xH˜
J#fl ™ê‰õΩ K«∂ѨÙ. JO`ÕHÍHõ ™ê~åÜ«∞=∞`«∞ÎÖ’ XHõiH˘Hõ~°∞ H©_»∞ KÕã¨∞‰õΩO\Ï~°#fl
ÉèíÜ«∞O`À ^Œ∂~°OQÍ ÃÑ\Ïì#x q=iOK«∞. =∞#HÀã¨O Ô~O_»∞ |ÖË¡Å∞, Q˘_»¤à◊√¡, Z^Œ∞Ì
K«~°‡O`À KÕã≤# _®Å∞efl q_çQÍ ^•z=ÙOK«∞. Z=iH© <Õ#∞ uiy=zÛ# ã¨OQÆu
K≥ѨÊ#x „Ѩ=∂}O KÕ~Ú. =∞# ~ÚO\˜Ö’x ѨiKåiHõÅ, ¿ã=‰õΩÅ „Ѩ=~°Î##∂
QÆ=∞xOKåe. Z=~°∞ =∞#O L<åfl ÖˉõΩ<åfl =∞#efl Q“~°q™êÎ~À, Z=~°∞ h Z_»Å
Jq^èÕÜ«∞`«QÍ „Ѩ=iÎOKå~À QÆ∞iÎOK«∞——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''##∞fl #=Ú‡ `«O„_ç! D ~°Ç¨Ï㨺O =∞x^ŒÌi =∞^èÕº
LO@∞Ok. á⁄ÖÏʼnõΩ, Ѩâ√◊ =ÙÅ H˘\ÏìʼnõΩ "≥o¡ ¿ã=‰õΩÅ q^èÜ Õ ∞« `«#∞ ѨsH˜O∆ K«_®xH˜
KåÖÏ ã¨=∞Ü«∞O HÍ"åe. WO\˜Ö’x ѨiKåiHõÅ #_»=_çx QÆ∞iÎOK«_»O ™ê^茺"Õ∞——
DÖ’QÍ >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ f~å# =ke, #QÆ~°OÖ’x F_»ˆ~=Ù‰õΩ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#fl
<ÒHõ #∞Oz HÍ#∞HõÅ∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ q∞„`«∞_»∞ Ñ≤iÜ«∞ãπ WO\˜Ö’ Éè„í ^ŒÑ~¨ K° |« _ç<å~Ú.
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XHõ ^Œ∂`« ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ‰Ωõ >ˇe=∂Yãπ uiy=KåÛ_»#fl "å~°Î K≥Ñʨ _®xH˜ "≥àÏ¡_∞» . ^•iÖ’
P`«_»∞ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ#∞ Hõe™ê_»∞. W^ŒÌ~°∂ Hõeã≤ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ "≥à◊¡QÍ ^Œ∂`«–
''~å}©! ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ! h ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ uiy=KåÛ_»∞—— Jx K≥áêÊ_»∞. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ
^ŒQ~æÆ À¡ xÅ|_ç >ˇe=∂Yãπ K≥Ñʨ =∞#fl =∂@efl ã¨q=~°OQÍ `≥eÜ«∞*Ëã≤ `«# ѨO^Œ∞Å
H˘@ìO"ÕѨ٠uiy"≥àÏ¡_»∞. q+¨Ü«∞O `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩ#fl Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ "≥ÚǨÖ’¡ <≥`«∞Î~°∞K«∞Hõ¯
ÖË^Œ∞. "åà◊√¡ WO\˜|Ü«∞@‰õΩ "≥o¡ ã¨=∂"Õâ◊"≥∞ÿ<å~°∞. áêe|ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞
Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ (Eurymachus) "åà◊¡#∞^ÕÌtOz J<åfl_»∞– ''ZO^Œ∞‰õÄ H˘~°QÍx
"å_»#∞‰õΩ#fl >ˇe=∂Yãπ ã¨∞~°H˜∆`«OQÍ uiy=KåÛ_»∞. =∞#O =∞# q∞„`«∞ʼnõΩ D
"å~°Î ѨOѨÙ^•O!——
UOѶ<≤ À=∞ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''J=ã¨~O° ÖË^∞Œ Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ! J^Œ∞QÀ =∞#"åà◊¡
<ÒHõ uiy=KÕÛ™ÈÎOk. "≥Ú`åÎxH˜ >ˇe=∂Yãπ KåHõK«HõºOQÍ `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞——
x~åâ◊`À uiy=zÛ# UO\˜<Òãπ K≥áêÊ_»∞– ''D >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰õΩ Z=~À
^Õ=`«Å∞ ™êÜ«∞O KÕã≤#@∞¡<åfl~°∞. "Õ∞O "Õ~ÚHõà◊¡`À "å_çHÀã¨O Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂ã¨∞Î<åflO.
"å_»∞ =∂ HõàÖ¡◊ ’¡ ^Œ∞=Ú‡H˘\˜ì WHõ¯_»‰Ωõ ~åQÆeQÍ_»∞. J~Ú<å ã¨=∞Ü«∞O q∞OzáÈÖË^∞Œ .
"å_»∞ ZdÜ«∞#¡#∞ ã¨=∂"Õâ◊Ѩ~°KÕ֒ѨÖË "å}˜‚ =∞#O =∞@∞ìÃÑ\˜ì "å_ç Pã¨∞Îefl
™êfinè#Ѩ~°K«∞‰õΩO^•O! D Éèí=<åxfl ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∞ ÃÑO_®¡_ç# "å_çH˜ HÍ#∞HõQÍ
W^•ÌO. g∞‰õΩ D PÖ’K«# #K«Û#@¡~Ú`Õ K≥ѨÊO_ç. =∞#O "å_ç WO\˜x =ke
Z=ià◊¡‰õΩ "åà◊√¡ áÈ~Ú ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ‰õΩ #zÛ#"å}˜‚ KÕã¨∞HÀx^•ÌO!——
UOѶ≤<À=∞ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ K«OѨ_®xfl <Õ#∞ ã¨=∞i÷OK«ÖË#∞.
~åA H˘_»∞‰õΩ#∞ K«OѨ_»O ¿ÇÏÜ«∞"≥∞ÿ#Ѩx. J<åQÆiHõO, =∞#O Éèíq+¨º"å}˜
#_»∞QÆ∞^•O. ^Õ=`«Å∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ Kå"åÅx x~°~‚ Ú¿ãÎ <Õ<Õ "≥Ú^Œ\ᘠÈ@∞ á⁄_»∞™êÎ#∞.
q∞QÆ`å"åà◊√¡ ##∞fl J#∞ã¨i^Œ∞Ì~°∞QÍx. ^Õ=`«Å∞ =ºuˆ~H˜¿ãÎ =^Œ∞Ì! J`«_ç =∂<å#
J`«_çx =kÖË^•ÌO——
JO^Œ~∂° Hõeã≤ X_≥ãã≤ π WO\˜Ö’ѨeH˜ "≥o¡ `«=∞`«=∞ ™ê÷<åÖ’¡ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl~°∞.
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞}˜‚ ~°H˜∆OK«∞HÀ_®xH˜ F Ѩ^äŒHõO PÖ’zOzOk. P"≥∞ P
á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ =zÛ F ã¨ÎOÉèíO ^•Ñ¨Ù# xÅ|_çOk. P"≥∞
ѨH¯õ # W^Œ~Ì ∞° K≥eHõ`ÅÎ≥ ∞ ™êÜ«∞OQÍ L<åfl~°∞. "≥∞_®<£ P"≥∞‰õΩ P ^Œ∞+¨µÅì Ѩ<åflQÍxfl
JO`«‰õΩ=ÚO^Õ q=iOK«_»O =Å¡ P"≥∞ WÖÏ =∂\Ï¡_çOk– ''UO\˜<Òãπ! h=Ù
W^ä•HÍÖ’x Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅÖ’ ^è≥·~°ºO, "åHÍÛ`«∞~°ºO L#fl"å_çq. =∞i h `≥eq`Õ@efl
<å ‰õΩ=∂~°∞}˜‚ K«OѨ_®xH˜ "å_»∞`«∞<åfl"å! WO\’¡ ux WO\˜ "å™êÅ∞ ÖˇH¯õ ɡ\#ì˜ @∞¡,
D WO\˜ Pu^䕺xfl á⁄Ok, WO\˜ Ü«∞[=∂xx K«O¿Ñ „Ѩܫ∞`«flO KÕ¿ãÎ Eºãπ
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^Õ=Ù_»∞ T~°∞‰õΩO\Ï_®? h=Ù =∞izáÈÜ«∂=Ù HÍÉ’Å∞, h `«O„_ç @Ѷ≤Ü«∞<£
(Taphian) ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù ^˘OQÆÅ`À KÕ`«∞Å∞ HõeÑ≤ =∞# q∞„`«∞Öˇ·# ^ä≥ãπ„á⁄+≤Ü«∞#¡#∞
(Thesprotians) ^ÀK«∞‰õΩ#flѨC_»∞ W^ä•HÍ „Ѩ[ÅO`å P`«}˜‚ K«OѨ_®xH˜ =¿ãÎ
P`«_»∞ D ~ÚO\˜Ö’ X_≥ã≤ãπ Éèí∞*ÏÅ"≥#∞Hõ ^•‰õΩ¯x |uH˜ |@ìHõ\Ïì_»∞ QÆ∞~°∞ÎÖË^•!
h=Ù P ~ÚO\˜Ö’ `Õ~°QÍ uO@∞<åfl=Ù. P Ü«∞[=∂x ÉèÏ~°º#∞ "åOzèã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù.
P`«x ‰õΩ=∂~°∞}˜‚ K«O¿Ñ „Ѩܫ∞`«flO KÕ™ê=Ù! <å‰õΩ JѨiq∞`«"≥∞ÿ# ^Œ∞óMÏxfl
Hõeyã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù. WHõ PѨ٠h ^Œ∞âıÛ+¨ìefl!——
áêe|ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ "≥O@<Õ J<åfl_»∞– ''WHÍiÜ«∞ãπ
‰õÄ`«∞~å! ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ! h ÉèíÜ«∂ʼnõΩ J_»∞¤Hõ@ì "ÕÜ«∞QÆÅ#∞. h=Ù kQÆ∞Å∞ K≥O^•eû#
J=ã¨~°O ÖË^Œ∞. h ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_ç „áê}ÏÅH˘zÛ# =Ú¿ÑÊg∞ÖË^Œ∞. J`«_ç „áê}ÏxH˜ <å
„áê}O J_»∞¤ "Õ™êÎ#∞. #QÆ~åÅ q^èŒfiO㨉õΩ_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ ##∞fl `«# "≥∂HÍà◊¡ÃÑ·
‰õÄ~ÀÛɡ@∞ì‰õΩx P_çOKÕ"å_»∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ Z=~°∞ `åH˜<å "åà◊¡#∞ <å |ÖË¡x
ÔH~°*Ë™êÎ#∞. h=Ù xtÛO`«QÍ LO_»∞. J`«x „áê}ÏxH˜ <Õ#∞ ѨÓp——
ã¨O`«$Ñ≤ÎѨ_ç# ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ `«# QÆkÖ’H˜ "≥o¡ X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ QÆ∞iOz qÅÑ≤ã¨∂Î
x„^ŒáÈ~ÚOk.
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ =KÕÛã¨iH˜ Z^ä≥<å =∂Ü«∞=Å¡ X_≥ã≤ãπ =Úã¨e aK«ÛQÍ_çQÍ
=∂iáÈÜ«∂_»∞. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ `å#∞ "≥o¡# Ѩx J~ÚºO^Œx K≥|∞`«∂, `«#‰õΩ
>ˇe=∂Yãπ <ÒHõ #∞Oz =zÛ# ^Œ∂`« Hõe™ê_»x, JO`ÕHÍHõ WOHÀ <ÒHõÖ’
KåÖÏ=∞Ok Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ PÜ«Ú^èŒáê}∞Öˇ· ~å=_»O K«∂™ê#x q=iOKå_»∞.
JO^Œ~°∂ ™êÜ«∞OHÍÅ Éè’[<åÅ∞ ã¨O`«$Ñ≤ÎQÍ =ÚyOz x„^•^Õ=`« X_çÖ’
Ǩ~ÚQÍ x„^ŒáÈÜ«∂~°∞.
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17. aK«ÛQÍ_ç "Õ+¨OÖ’ `«# ~ÚO\˜H˜ KÕi#

X_≥ã≤ãπ
ã¨O^蕺^Õ=`« `˘eH˜~°}ÏÅ∞ `«∂~°∞Ê =^Œ<åxfl J~°∞}~åQÆ~°Ol`«O
KÕÜ«∞QÍ<Õ X_≥ã≤ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ |Öˇ¡O KÕ`«|∂x Ѩ@ì}O "ÕѨÙ
"≥oá¡ ÈÜ«∂_»∞. "≥àÑ¡ı C¨ _»∞ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ#∞ Ñ≤ez WÖÏ K≥áêÊ_»∞– ''Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ!
<Õ#∞ <å `«e¡ =∞Ok~åxfl ^Œi≈Oz P"≥∞#∞ F^•~°Û_®xH˜ "≥à◊√`«∞<åfl#∞. h=Ù
D aK«ÛQÍ}˜‚ Tà’¡ aèH∆Í@# KÕã¨∞‰õΩ~å=_®xH˜ J#∞=∞uOK«∞. D ^Œ∞óY
ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ =∞ixfl ÉÏ^茺`«Å∞ <≥uÎ#"Õã¨∞‰õΩ<Õ ã≤÷uÖ’ <Õ#∞ ÖË#∞——
K«`«∞~°HõàÏѨÜ≥∂xkè X_≥ã≤ãπ |^Œ∞eKåÛ_»∞– ''<Õ#∞ ‰õÄ_® WHõ¯_Õ
MÏmQÍ ‰õÄ~ÀÛ^ŒÅ∞K«∞HÀÖË^Œ∞ q∞„`«=∂! aK«ÛQÍ_çH˜ Tà’¡HõO>Ë Ñ¨@ì}OÖ’
aèHõ∆ Z‰õΩ¯= ^˘~°∞‰õΩ`«∞Ok. h=Ù K≥Ñ≤Ê#@∞¡ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ <å‰õΩ Ѩ@ì}OÖ’H˜
"≥àı¡ ^•i K«∂Ñ≤¿ãÎ KåÅ∞. <å =O\˜ÃÑ· L#fl QÆ∞_»¤Ñ‘eHõÅ∞ ~å„u ‰õΩiã≤#
=∞OK«∞‰õΩ WOHÍ K«ÅQ¡ Í<Õ L<åfl~Ú. HÍã¨Î D á⁄~Úº=∞O@ ^ŒQ~æÆ ° P~°É@ˇ ∞ì‰Ωõ x
<Õ#∞ Ѩ@ì}OÖ’H˜ "≥o¡ `«$}"≥∂, Ѩ}"≥∂ ã¨OáêkOK«∞‰õΩO\Ï#∞——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ WO\˜H˜ "≥o¡ `«# |ÖË¡xfl ã¨ÎOÉèíO ѨHõ¯<Õ LOz ֒ѨeH˜
"≥o¡<å_»∞. P`«xx QÆ=∞xOz# ^•~Ú Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ (Euryclea) ‰õΩsÛÅ#∞
ã¨~°∞Ì`«∞#fl^ŒÖÏ¡ P Ѩx JHõ¯_Õ =kÖËã≤ P`«xx „¿Ñ=∞QÍ PǨfixOzOk. Hõ∆}ÏÖ’¡
WO\˜Ö’x ѨiKåiHõÅO`å P`«x K«∞@∂ì =¸y P`«x #∞^Œ∞\˜x, Éèí∞*Ïefl
=Ú^•Ì_ç<å~°∞. D HõÅHõÖÏxfl qx ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ (Penelope) Z„á¶⁄_≥·\ò, PÔ~ìq∞ãπ
^Õ=`«ÖÏ H˜OkH˜ =zÛ `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞}˜‚ PáêºÜ«∞OQÍ =Ú^•Ì_ç ‰õΩâ◊ńѨâfl◊ Å∞ "ÕãO≤ k–
''<å #Ü«∞<åÅ "≥Å∞QÆ∞nѨ=∂! =∂HÀã¨O =∞~°Å uiy =zÛ HõÅ`« K≥Ok# =∂
ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂Å#∞ ã≤÷q∞`«Ñ¨~°z<å=Ù. <åH˘Hõ¯=∂@ K≥ѨʉõΩO_® ÃÑ·ÖÏãπ "≥o¡<å=Ù Hõ^•!
h `«O„_ç =∂>Ë"≥∞ÿ<å `≥eã≤O^•?——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''J=∂‡! <å ^Œ∞óMÏxfl =∞iO`« „Ѩ[fieOѨKÕÜ«∞‰õΩ.
WѨC_Õ =∞$`«∞ºHÀ~°Å∞flOz |Ü«∞@Ѩ_ç WO\˜H˜ KÕ~å#∞. h=Ù h QÆkÖ’xH˜ "≥o¡
JÉèíºOQÆ# ™êfl#O KÕã≤, â◊√Éèí=G^è•i}˜"≥· ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ #∂~°∞ Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ#∞
(Hecatomb) |eKÕÛ U~åÊ@∞¡ KÕ~Ú. <Õ#∞ ÃÑ·ÖÏãπ #∞Oz XHõ HÍÅ*Ï˝xx
fã¨∞‰õΩ=KåÛ#∞. J`«_çѨC_»∞ Ñ‘iÜ«∞ãπ (Paereus) WO\˜Ö’ L<åfl_»∞. J`«xx
PǨfix^•ÌO!——
‰õΩ=∂~°∞x =∂@Å#∞ q#fl ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ "≥O@<Õ `«# QÆkH˜ "≥o¡ ™êfl<åkHÍÅ∞
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=ÚyOz â◊√Éèí=G^è•i}˜QÍ ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ #∂~°∞ Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ#∞ |eKÕÛO^Œ∞‰õΩ U~åÊ@∞¡
KÕÜ«∞™êyOk. >ˇe=∂Yãπ KÕ`« |Öˇ¡O ѨÓx, "≥O@ Ô~O_»∞ "Õ@‰õΩHõ¯Å∞ W~°∞ѨHõ¯ÖÏ
J#∞ã¨iOK«QÍ #_»∞ã¨∞Î#fl ^Õ=Ù_çÖÏ ã¨=∂"Õâ◊ã¨÷eH˜ =KåÛ_»∞. P ^Œ∞+¨µìÖˇ·#
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅÖ’ P`«x`À =∂\Ï¡_É» ’~Ú# "åà◊#¡ ∞ `«ÑÊ≤ OK«∞‰õΩx `«# `«O„_ç ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞Öˇ#·
"≥∞O@~ü, UO\˜Ñ¶¨ãπ, Ǩe^ä≥~°ã≤ãπŠѨHõ¯# ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. Ñ‘iÜ«∞ãπ `«#`Àáê@∞
HÍÅ*Ï˝x käÜ≥ÚÔH¡Â"≥∞#ãπ#∞ fã¨∞‰õΩ~åQÍ >ˇe=∂Yãπ P`«xx PǨfixOz
Lz`åã¨#q∞zÛ<å_»∞.
Ñ‘iÜ«∞ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ! h=٠ѨiKåiHõÅ#∞ ѨOÑ≤ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ
„ѨÉèí∞=Ù hH˜zÛ# |Ǩï=∞`«∞Å#∞ <å~ÚO\˜ #∞Oz `≥Ñ≤ÊOK«∞——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ ã¨=∂^è•#O ã¨Ê+¨ìOQÍ LO_çOk– ''Ñ‘iÜ«∞ãπ! D ã¨=∂"Õâ◊O
ZÖÏ =ÚQÆ∞ã¨∞ÎO^À <Õ#∞ TÇ≤ÏOK«ÖˉõΩ<åfl#∞. D Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ ##∞fl <å ~ÚO\’¡<Õ
K«OÑ≤ =∂ ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ#∞ ǨÏi^•Ì=∞x ‰õΩ„@ KÕ™ê~°∞. XHõ"Õà◊ "åà◊√¡ q[Ü«∞O ™êkè¿ãÎ
D HÍ#∞HõÅ∞ ‰õÄ_® "åà◊¡ Ѩ~°=∞ø`å~Ú. Jk <åH˜+¨ìO ÖË^Œ∞. <Õ#∞ K«xáÈ`Õ P
HÍ#∞HõÅ∞ hˆH K≥O^Œ∞`å~Ú. JÖÏ H͉õΩO_® <Õ#∞ =∞$`«∞º=Ù #∞Oz `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩO>Ë
JѨC_»∞ h"å HÍ#∞HõÅ#∞ <å ~ÚO\˜H˜ ѨOѨÙ^Œ∞=Ù QÍx——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# ѨHõ¯<Õ ‰õÄ~°∞Û#fl käÜ≥ÚÔH¡Â"≥∞#ãπ HÍÅ*Ï˝xH˜ =∞~åº^ŒÅ∞
[iÑ≤ =∂\Ï¡_»∞`«∞O_»QÍ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ P`«xx `«#‰õΩ X_≥ã≤ãπ QÆ∞iOz `≥eã≤#
"å~°ÎÖË"≥∞ÿ<å LO>Ë K≥ѨÊ=∞x „áêi÷OzOk.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ |^Œ∞eKåÛ_»∞– ''J=∂‡! <Õ#∞ ÃÑÖ· ÏãπÖ’ <≥ã~ì¨ ü „ѨÉ∞íè =Ù WO\˜H˜
"≥àÏ¡#∞. P`«_∞» ##∞fl ã¨fiO`« ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çÖÏ P^ŒiOz<å_»∞. J`«xH˜ X_≥ãã≤ π QÆ∞iOz
Ug∞ `≥eÜ«∞HõáÈ=_»O`À ##∞fl ~°^äŒOÖ’ "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ WO\˜H˜ ѨOáê_»∞. JHõ¯_» <Õ#∞
ÃÇÏÖˇ<£#∞ K«∂™ê#∞. "≥∞<≥ÖÏãπ <å`À J<åfl_»∞, ã≤OǨÏO `«# QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ L#fl
ÖË_çÑ≤Å¡Å#∞ K«OÑ≤#@∞¡ X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# WO\’¡ L#fl ^Œ∞+¨µìefl K«OѨÙ`å_»∞. JO`ÕHÍHõ
P`«xH˜ ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑÙ¨ =$^Œ∞_ú ∞» (The Oldman of the sea), X_≥ãã≤ π HÍeá⁄û nfiѨOÖ’
Jq∞`«OQÍ ^Œ∞óYѨ_»∞`«∂ L<åfl_»x K≥áêÊ_»∞. D q+¨Ü«∂xfl `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩx <Õ#∞
=∞#^ÕâßxH˜ uiy=KåÛ#∞——
HÍÅ*Ï˝x käÜ≥ÚÔH¡Â"≥∞#ãπ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ`À J<åfl_»∞– ''^Õ=`«Å ™êH˜∆QÍ, <Õ#∞
K«∂ã≤# â◊‰Ωõ <åÅ |∞∞A=ÙQÍ K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞. X_≥ãã≤ π WHõ¯_çH˜ ~å<Õ=KåÛ_»∞. |Ǩïâß
`«# â◊„`«∞=ÙÅ#∞ =∞@∞ìÃÑ@ì_®xH˜ Ѩ^äŒHÍÅ∞ ~°zã¨∂Î LO_®e. <Õh q+¨Ü«∂xfl
<ÒHõÃÑ#· ZQÆ∞~°∞`«∞#fl _ÕQ#Æ ∞ K«∂ã≤ >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰Ωõ K≥áêÊ#∞. X_≥ãã≤ π WHõ¯_Õ L<åfl_»∞.
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â◊„`«∞ã¨OǨ~åxH˜ Ѷ¨∞_çÜ«∞Å∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ñ¨_®¤~Ú——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ J#flk– ''h *’㨺O x[=∞~Ú`Õ q∞„`«=∂! x#∞fl HÍ#∞HõÅ`À
=ÚOK≥`«∞Î`å#∞!——
|Ü«∞@ _ç㯨 ãπ, *Ï"≥e<£ „H©_Å» Ö’ =Úxy L#fl Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞, ^Œ∂`« "≥∞_®<£
Éè’[<åÅ∞ ã≤^ŒúOQÍ L<åflÜ«∞#QÍ<Õ P@Å∞ PÑ≤ Éè’[<åxH˜ ÖËKå~°∞.
JHõ¯_» Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ `«# Ü«∞[=∂x K≥ÑÊ≤ # =∂@Å∞ QÆ∞~°∞OÎ K«∞‰õΩx aK«ÛQÍ_ç
"Õ+O¨ Ö’ L#fl X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ XHõ T`«H„õ ~°#∞ Pã¨~åQÍ WzÛ<å_»∞. Ѩ@} ì O á⁄e"Õ∞~°Ö’
L#fl [Å^è•~° =^ŒÌ‰õΩ W^ŒÌ~°∂ Hõeã≤ "≥àÏ¡~°∞. JHõ¯_» "åà◊¡‰õΩ _˘eÜ«∞ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞
"≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ«∞ãπ–"Õ∞HõÅHÍѨi, ¿ã=‰õΩÅ`À Ô~O_»∞ "Õ∞HõÅ#∞ qO^Œ∞‰õΩ H˘xáÈ`«∂
HõxÑ≤OKå_»∞. J`«_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ, Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπÅ#∞ K«∂_»QÍ<Õ Ñ¨~°∞+¨ Ѩ^•Å`À
q~°∞K«∞‰õΩѨ_®¤_»∞.– ''XHõ aK«ÛQÍ_çH˜ =∞~À aK«ÛQÍ_»∞ `À_≥·<å_»∞. ^Õ=Ù_»∞ =∞Oz
[O@<Õ ã¨$+≤Oì Kå_»∞. ã¨~ˆ QÍx ѨO^Œ∞Å HÍѨs! ZHõ¯_çH˜ aK«ÛQÍ}˜‚ fã¨∞‰õΩ"≥_∞» `«∞<åfl=Ù.
qO^Œ∞ J~ÚáÈ~Ú<åHõ q∞ye# J_»∞QÆ∞ÉÁ_»∞QÆ∞ K«Ñ¨Êi^•Ì=∞<å! g_»∞ WÅ∞¡ WÅ∂¡
uiy J_»∞HÀ¯_®xˆH ѨxH˜=™êÎ_»∞. D ѨxH˜=∂e# "≥^èŒ=x <åHõѨÊyOK«∞. <å
á⁄ÖÏxfl K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO@∂ "Õ∞HõÅ#∞ "Õ∞ѨÙ`«∂, áêÅ∞ `åQÆ∞`«∂ Xà◊√¡ KÕÜ«∞=K«∞Û.
J~Ú<å g}˜‚ K«∂¿ãÎ Xà◊√¡=Oz ѨxKÕ¿ã ~°HõOÖÏ ÖË_»∞. <Õ#∞ K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞ q#∞!
g_»∞ á⁄~°áê@∞# X_≥ã≤ãπ WO\˜H˜ =¿ãÎ P Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ g}˜‚ "åà◊√¡ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<Õ Ñ‘@Å∞
qã≤i Z=ÚHõÅ∞ z`«HõQ˘\˜ì |Ü«∞@‰õΩ ÔQO\˜"Õ™êÎ~°∞—— JO@∂ "å_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞
`«# HÍe`À `«<åfl_»∞. X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ "å}˜‚ K«O¿Ñ^•Ì=∞#flO`« HÀѨO =zÛ<å `«=∂~ÚOK«∞
‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ g_çH˜ |∞kúK≥ѨÊ=∞x ^Õ=Ùà◊¡#∞ „áêi÷Oz<å_»∞.
"≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ«∞ãπ f„=OQÍ J<åfl_»∞– ''D ‰õΩHõ¯ =∂@Å∞ q#HõO_ç! <Õ#∞
K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞ U^À XHõ~ÀA# g}˜‚ #Å¡\ ˜ <ÒHõÖ’ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩáÈ~Ú Z=_À XHõ_çH˜
ÉÏxã¨QÍ J"Õ∞‡ã≤ H˘O`« ÖÏÉèÏxfl QÆ_™ç êÎ#∞. JáÈÖ’ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ P„QÆÇÏ≤ OKÀ, Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞
K«∞@∞ì=Ú\’ì >ˇe=∂Yãπ „áê}ÏÅ∞ áÈ`å~Ú. ZÖÏQÆ∂ X_≥ã≤ãπ ZѨC_À
K«zÛáÈÜ«∂_»∞. WHõ =∂^Õ ~å[ºO——
X_≥ã≤ãπ, Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπÅ#∞ =ke "å_»∞ =_ç=_çQÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ Éèí=<åxH˜
"≥o¡ `«##∞ P^ŒiOKÕ Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ kQÆ∞=QÍ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. "å_ç "≥#∞HõQÍ =zÛ#
X_≥ã≤ãπ, Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπʼnõΩ QÍÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ ÃѶq∞Ü«∞ãπ (Phemius) QÍ#O, ã¨Ow`«O
qxÑ≤OKå~Ú.
X_≥ã≤ãπ =ÚO^Œ∞ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ#∞ Ö’xH˜ ѨOÑ≤Oz `å#∞ `«~°∞"å`«
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"≥_»^•=∞x `«ÅáÈ™ê_»∞. WO`«Ö’ "åà◊¡ =∂@Å#∞ PÅH˜Oz# WO\˜ ÃÑOѨÙ_»∞
‰õΩHõ¯ JHõ¯_» HõxÑ≤OzOk. „\ÏÜü∞#QÆ~°O"ÕѨ٠"≥à◊¡Hõ=Ú#∞Ѩ٠X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# KÕ`«∞Ö’¡
ÃÑiy# P ‰õΩHõ¯#∞ 'P~åæã—π Jx Ñ≤eKÕ"å_»∞. J_»q "Õ∞HõÅ#∞, ‰õΩO^Õà#¡◊ ∞, lOHõÅ#∞
"Õ\Ï_»_®xH˜ "≥àÑ¡ı C¨ _»∞ 'P~åæã—π ZѨC_»∂ =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩiˆHk. X_≥ãã≤ π "≥o<¡ åHõ ^•xÃÑ·
W`«~°∞ʼnõΩ „â◊^ŒúÖËHõáÈ=_»O`À Jk Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ âßÅÖ’ DQÆÅ∞ K«∞@∞ì=Ú@ìQÍ
x¢™êÎ}OQÍ HÍÅO QÆ_∞» ѨÙ`ÀOk. P~åæãπ X_≥ãã≤ π Q˘O`«∞#∞ QÆ∞~°∞ÑÎ \¨ Oì˜ k. `ÀHõ<å_çã∂¨ Î
K≥=ÙÅ#∞ =∞_çz ÖË"åÅx „Ѩܫ∞uflOzOk. X_≥ã≤ãπ ^•xx QÆ=∞xOKå_»∞. J`«x
Hõà◊¡"≥O|_ç XHõ Hõhfl\˜ K«∞Hõ¯ Jã¨OHõeÊ`«OQÍ *ÏiѨ_çOk.
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''D ‰õΩHõ¯ =∂ Ü«∞[=∂xH˜+¨ì"≥∞ÿ# P~åæãπ. ZO`«
"ÕQOÆ QÍ, â◊H=Θ O`«OQÍ LO_Õ^OŒ >Ë ^•x ÉÏi#∞Oz U [O`«∞=Ó `«ÑÊ≤ OK«∞HÀQÆeQˆ k
HÍ^Œ∞. Ü«∞[=∂x ^Œ∂~°„áêO`åÖ’¡ =∞~°}˜OKå_»∞. WO\˜Ö’ q∞QÆ`å"åà◊√¡ ^•x
PÅ<åáêÅ<å K«∂_»Hõ zH˜¯ â◊ÖϺ=ã¨ÎÖ’ L#fln â◊√#HõO. Ü«∞[=∂x ÖË#ѨC_»∞
¿ã=‰õΩÅ∞ ѨxKÕ¿ã L`åûǨxfl HÀÖ’Ê`å~°∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ ¿ãfiK«ÛQù Í LO_Õ =∂#=Ù_»∞
¿ã=‰õΩ_»∞ HÍQÍ<Õ P`«x qÅ∞=#∞ ã¨QÍxH˜ `«yæOz"Õ™êÎ_»∞ Hõ^•!—— Jx ѨeH˜
֒ѨeH˜ "≥o¡<å_»∞.
P~åæãπ `«# Ü«∞[=∂xx K«∂ã≤ ã¨O`«$Ñ≤QÎ Í PYiâßfi㨠q_çzOk. =∞x+≤H˜
qâßfiã¨áê„`«"≥∞ÿ# <Õã¨ÎOQÍ ‰õΩHõ¯ 'P~åæãπ— ¿Ñ~°∞ `≥K«∞Û‰õΩOk.
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ Ö’xH˜ "≥à◊¡QÍ<Õ =ÚO^Œ∞QÍ >ˇe=∂Yãπ P`«xx K«∂™ê_»∞.
`«# =^ŒÌ‰õΩ ~°=∞‡x ã¨O[˝ KÕÜ«∞QÍ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ "≥o¡ P`«x ѨHõ¯<Õ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞.
X_≥ã≤ãπ WO`«Ö’ Ö’xH˜=zÛ `«# KÕuHõ„~°ÃÑ· |~°∞=Ù#∞ xeÑ≤ =Úã¨e aK«ÛQÍ_çQÍ
^≥·<åºxfl #\˜ã¨∂Î ã¨ÎOÉèÏxHÍ#∞‰õΩx xÅ|_ç<å_»∞.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ! D PǨ~°Ñ¨^•~å÷xfl P`«xH˜=Ùfi.
JO^Œi ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ "≥o¡ ™êÜ«∞O Ji÷OK«=∞#∞. aèH∆ÍxH˜ =zÛ#ѨC_»∞ ã≤QÆ∞æ ѨxH˜~å^Œ∞.
Jukè JÉèϺQÆ`«∞Å#∞ P^Œi¿ãÎ Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ J#∞„QÆÇ≤Ï™êÎ_»∞——
X_≥ã≤ãπ P PǨ~°Ñ¨^•~å÷efl ã‘fiHõiã¨∂Î >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ Pj~°fikOKå_»∞.
ÃÑq¶ ∞Ü«∞ãπ QÍ<åxfl qO@∂ `«#H˜zÛ# PǨ~åxfl P~°yOKå_»∞. QÍ#O PyáÈ~Ú<åHõ
XH˘¯Hõ¯ Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_ç ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ "≥o¡ aèHõ∆#i÷OKå_»∞. "åà◊¡O^Œ~°∂ W`«_≥Hõ¯_ç"å_»x `«~°˚#
Éèí~°˚#Å∞ Ѩ_»∞`«∞O_»QÍ "Õ∞HõÅHÍѨi "≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ«∞ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''=∂ =∞Ǩ~å}˜x
HÍOH˜ã∆ ∞¨ #Î fl =~°∞ÖÏ~å! q#O_ç! <Õh aK«ÛQÍ}˜‚ WO`«‰Ωõ =ÚO^Õ K«∂™ê#∞. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ
ѨO^Œ∞Å HÍѨi W`«_çfl WHõ¯_»‰õΩ fã¨∞‰õΩ=KåÛ_»∞. W`«x q=~åÅ∞ <å‰õΩ `≥b=Ù——
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UO\˜<Òãπ "≥O@<Õ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ#∞ ^Œ∂+≤OKå_»∞– ''ѨO^Œ∞ÅHÍѨi ѨO^Œ∞efl
HÍѨÖÏ HÍÜ«∂e! Tà’¡H˜ Z=~°∞ =¿ãÎ "åà◊¡x Wà◊¡Ö’H˜, qO^Œ∞Ö’¡H˜ ÖωõΩ¯
=KÕÛÜ«∞_»"Õ∞<å! |∞nú, *Ï˝#O LO_»Hõ¯ˆ~¡^•! WѨÊ\˜H© ZO^Œ~À ѨxÖËx"åà◊√¡,
ѨxH˜=∂e#"åà◊√¡, Hõ^äŒÅ∞ Hõ^äŒÅ∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê Éè’[<åÅ∞ ux =∂Ü«∞=∞Ü«∂º~°∞. g_»∞
WOH˘Hõ_çfl fã¨∞‰õΩ=KåÛ_»∞ D~ÀA#——
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ |^Œ∞ezÛ<å_»∞– ''UO\˜<Òãπ! h =∂@Å∞ h JO`«ã¨∞ΉõΩ
`«QÆæq HÍ=Ù. Ѩ~°^Õtx Z=fi~°∂ PǨfixOK«~°∞ P`«xÖ’ U^≥·<å Q˘Ñ¨Ê <≥·Ñ¨Ù}ºO
ÖËHõáÈ`Õ! J`«_»∞ „^Œ+¨ìÜ≥∂, HÍÅ*Ï˝<À, "≥·^Œ∞º_À, ^•~°∞tÖ’Ê J~Ú LO>Ë P`«xx
JO^Œ~∂° Q“~°q™êÎ~∞° . aèH‰∆õ Ωõ Å#∞ P^ŒiOKÕ â◊HΘ JO^ŒiH© LO_»^∞Œ . WOHÀ q+¨Ü∞« O!
h=Ù X_≥ã≤ãπ ¿ã=‰õΩefl =ÚYºOQÍ ##∞fl ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ J==∂#Ѩ~°∞ã¨∞Î<åfl"À `≥b_»O
ÖË^Œ∞! <å‰õΩ x#∞fl ÖˇHõ¯KÕÜ«∂eû# J=ã¨~°O ÖË^Œ∞, ##∞fl <å Ü«∞[=∂#∞Å∞
Q“~°qã¨∞Î#flO`« HÍÅO!——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ Hõiî#OQÍ J<åfl_»∞– ''WOˆHO =∂\Ï¡_»‰õΩ! UO\˜<Òãπ fˆ~
JO`«! `«#∞ u@ì_»O "≥Ú^ŒÖˇ_ç`Õ q∞QÆ`å"åà◊√¡ J#∞ã¨i™êÎ~°x J`«_ç #=∞‡HõO——
Jx JO@∂<Õ UO\˜<Òãπ "ÕѨ٠uiy J<åfl_»∞– UO\˜<Òãπ! h=Ù <å‰õΩ
Ñ≤„`«ã=¨ ∂#∞_çq. ##∞fl `«O„_çÖÏQÍ W<åflà◊¥¡ HÍáê_ç<å=Ù. <Õ#∞ Ѩ~∞° +¨OQÍ =∂\Ï¡_ç
Z=ih <˘Ñ≤ÊOK«^ÅŒ ∞K«∞HÀÖË^∞Œ . h ^ŒQ~ˆæÆ =∞<åfl q∞ye`Õ P`«xH˜ aèHÃ∆õ Ñ@∞ì. x*ÏxH˜
g∞~°∞ uO@∞#fl^ŒO`å <å ã¨OѨ^ÅŒ ∞flOz. <Õ<Õ JÉèºí O`«~O° ÃÑ@ì_O» ÖË^∞Œ . g∞~°O^Œ~∂°
Q“~°qOKÕ <å =∂`«$=¸iÎ ‰õÄ_» U=∞#^Œ∞. h‰õΩ P`«xH˜ uO_çÃÑ>Ëì L^ÕÌâ◊O
ÖË^Œ#∞HÀ P HÍ™êÎ h"Õ u#∞!——
UO\˜<Òãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ! ZO`«^è≥·~°ºO h‰õΩ! <ÕxzÛ#O`«
q∞QÆ`å"åà◊√¡ ^•#O KÕ¿ãÎ D aK«ÛQÍ_»∞ =¸_»∞ <≥ÅÅ =~°‰õΩ g^èŒ∞Å "≥ÚǨÏO
K«∂_®eû# ѨxÖË^Œ∞—— WO`«Ö’ JO^Œi ^ŒQÆæ~å aèHõ∆#i÷Oz# X_≥ã≤ãπ, UO\˜<Òãπ#∞
ã¨g∞Ñ≤Oz<å_»∞– ''q∞„`«=∂! h=Ù ‰õÄ_® ™êÜ«∞OKÕ~Ú. WѨC_»∞ WÖÏ zuH˜#
ã≤u÷ Ö’ HõxÑ≤ã∞¨ <Î åfl#∞ HÍx <Õ#∂ XHõÑC¨ _»∞ ^è#Œ =O`«∞}Ë.‚ J_çy#"å_çH˜ ÖË^#Œ ‰õΩO_®
^•#^èŒ~å‡Å∞ KÕ¿ã"å_çx. <å <ÒHõÅ∞ DlѨÙì <≥·Å∞#n f~°O KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#flѨÙ_»∞ <å`À
=zÛ#"åà◊√¡ K«∞@∞ìÑH¨ ¯õ Å L#fl „QÍ=∂Å#∞ ^ÀK«∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. ^•x`À =∞O_çÑ_¨ ¤» DlѨÙì
~åA ã¨Ãã·#ºOQÍ =zÛ =∂ <ÒHõÅ#∞ ^èŒfiOã¨O KÕã≤, =∂ "åà◊¡Ö’ H˘O^Œix K«OÑ≤
=∞iH˘O^Œix |OnÅ∞QÍ Ñ¨@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. ##∞fl Ã㷄Ѩãπ #∞Oz =zÛ# JÜ«∂ã¨ãπ
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ _ç"≥∞\Ï~ü (Demetor) H˘#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. <Õ#∞ Ã㷄Ѩãπ #∞Oz J+¨ìHõëêìÅ∞
Ѩ_»∞`«∂ WHõ¯_»‰õΩ =KåÛ#∞—— J<åfl_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ.
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UO\˜<Òãπ u~°™ê¯~°OQÍ J<åfl_»∞– ''U ^Õ=Ù_»∞ D ѨxH˜=∂e# "≥^èŒ=x
=∞#O qO^Œ∞Éè’[<åÅ∞ KÕ¿ãã¨C_»∞ ѨOáê_»∞? pè! ^Œ∂~°OQÍ [~°∞QÆ∞! x#∞fl K«∂¿ãÎ
á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ aK«ÛQÍ_çÖÏ L<åfl=Ù! WOHÍ h Q˘Ñ¨ÊÅ∂ h=Ó#∂! XHõѨHõ¯ JO^Œsfl
J_»∞‰õΩ¯O@∂<Õ =∂ `å`«Å∞ <Õ`«∞Å∞ `åQÍ~°∞ HÍ"åÅO>Ë |∞∞A=Ù <å =¸u
"åã¨# K«∂_»O_ç JO@∞<åfl=Ù. ã≤QÆ∞æÖË^Œ∞! áÈ ~ÚHõ¯}∞‚Oz!——
X_≥ã≤ãπ |^Œ∞eKåÛ_»∞– ''h‰õΩ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ JO^Œ"≥∞ÿ# ~°∂áêxflKåÛ_»∞ HÍx
|∞kú PÖ’K«#Å∞ "Õ~°∞QÍ =∞eKå_»∞. â◊~°}∞HÀi# "å_çH˜ ™êÜ«∞OKÕ¿ã `«~°Ç¨
HÍ^Œ∞ hk. Ñ≤e¡H˜ aK«ÛO ÃÑ@ì=#∞‰õΩO\Ï#∞——
D =∂@Å∞ q#QÍ<Õ UO\˜<Òãπ‰õΩ z„Ô~`«∞ΉõΩ =zÛOk. ѨHõ¯<Õ L#fl
‰õΩsÛÑ‘@#∞ ÃÑ·ÔHuÎ |ÅOQÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ ÃÑ·H˜ qã≤~å_»∞. Jk "≥#H˜¯ uiy# X_≥ã≤ãπ
gѨÙÉèÏQÆOÖ’ ‰õΩ_ç"ÕѨ٠`«yeOk. J~Ú<å X_≥ã≤ãπ tÅÖÏ K«eOK«ÖË^Œ∞. =∞ø#OQÍ
"≥o¡ ^•fi~°O =^ŒÌ xÅ|_ç PǨ~°O`À xO_ç# =¸@#∞ ѨHõ¯#ÃÑ\˜ì WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞–
''q#O_ç! =∞Ǩ~å}˜x HÍOH˜∆ã¨∞Î#fl Ü«Ú=‰õΩÖÏ~å! <å =∞#ã¨∞ K≥|∞`«∞#fl
=∂@Å∞ <Õ#∞ JO@∞<åfl#∞. `«# ã¨OѨ^ÅŒ HÀã¨O áÈ~å_Õ =ºH˜Î z#flz#fl QÍÜ«∂Å#∞,
^≥|ƒÅ#∞ ÖˇHõ¯KÕÜ«∞_»∞. HÍx <Õ#∞ D *Ï<≥_»∞ á⁄@ìHÀã¨O g∞=ÚO^Œ∞ `«Å=Oz
^≥|ƒu#=Åã≤ =zÛOk. Jukè JÉèϺQÆ`«∞Å#∞ ~°H˜∆OKÕ ^Õ=Ù_≥=Ô~·<å LO>Ë J`«_»∞
<å „áê~°÷#Å∞ qO\Ï_»∞. D UO\˜<Òãπ‰õΩ ÉèÏ~°º ^˘~°HõHõ =ÚO^Õ =∞$`«∞º=Ù
ã¨O„áêѨÎ=∞ø`«∞Ok. Wk <å "å‰õΩ¯!—— J<åfl_»∞.
UO\˜<Òãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''h "åQÆ∞_»∞ PÑ≤, ÃÑ\˜Oì k u#∞, ÖË^• |Ü«∞@‰õΩáÈ!
ÖˉõΩO>Ë x#∞fl HÍà◊¥¡ KÕ`«∞Å∞ Hõ\ ˜ì `ÀÅ∞ =ez |Ü«∞@‰õΩ ÔQO\Ïeû =ã¨∞ÎOk——
UO\˜<Òãπ#∞ XHõ Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_»∞ "åiã¨∂Î J<åfl_»∞– ''UO\˜<Òãπ! aK«ÛQÍ_ç`À
=∞#‰õΩ "åQÆ∞º^Œú"Õ∞Å! XHõ"Õà◊ J`«_»∞ =∞#efl ѨsH˜∆OK«_®xH˜ =zÛ# ^Õ=Ù_≥·`Õ h‰õΩ
#+¨ì"Õ∞Hõ^•! D q+¨Ü«∂xfl WO`«\ ˜`À =kÖË~Ú.——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ‰õΩ `«# `«O„_çH˜ [iy# J==∂<åxH˜ Hõ+¨ìO JxÑ≤Oz<å
`«QÆ∞ ã¨=∞Ü«∞O HÍ^Œ∞ QÆ#∞Hõ T~°∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. D q+¨Ü«∞O WO`«Ö’ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ‰õΩ
KÕiOk. P"≥∞ J#flk– ''Jukè JÉèϺQÆ`«∞Å#∞ J<å^ŒiOz#"åix JáÈÖ’ `«#
ÉÏ}ÏÅ`À #tOѨKÕÜ«ÚQÍHõ! D á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ =∞#efl KåÖÏ W|ƒOk
ÃÑ_»∞Î<åfl~°∞. gà◊¡O>Ë <å‰õΩ KåÖÏ Jã¨Ç¨ÏºOQÍ L#flk. =ÚYºOQÍ UO\˜<Òãπ
^Œ∞~å‡~°∞æ_»∞. ™êÜ«∞O J_çy# aèHõ∆‰õΩ}˜‚ Ñ‘@`À H˘\˜ì<å_»∞——
"≥O@<Õ P"≥∞ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ#∞ Ñ≤ez P aK«ÛQÍ}˜‚ `«# =^Œ‰Ì Ωõ fã¨∞‰õΩ~°=∞‡x
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HÀiOk. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ P"≥∞`À J<åfl_»∞– ''=∞Ǩ~å}©! P`«_»∞ J<ÕHõ ^ÕâßÅ∞
uiy#"å_»∞. Z<Àfl qO`« qz„`«"∞≥ #ÿ Hõ^ÅŒä ∞ K≥ÑÙ¨ `«∞<åfl_»∞. J`«_∞» f~åxH˜ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩx
<å JukèQÍ =¸_»∞ ~å„`«∞Å∞, ѨQÆà◊¥¡ `«# J#∞Éèí"åefl K≥|∞`«∂<Õ L<åfl_»∞.
X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# `«O„_çH˜ JukèQÍ =KåÛ_»<åfl_»∞. „ÔH>ˇ P`«x [#‡ã¨÷Å=∞@. J`«_»∞
X_≥ã≤ãπ WOHÍ |uˆH L<åfl_»x Ѷ¨∞O\ÏѨ^èŒOQÍ K≥|∞`«∞<åfl_»∞——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ P aK«ÛQÍ}˜‚ `«#=^ŒÌ‰õΩ fã¨∞‰õΩ~°=∞‡x HÀiOk. X_≥ã≤ãπ =¿ãÎ
D ^Œ∞~å‡~°∞æÅ#∞ K«OѨÙ`å_»∞ Jx JO@∂O_»QÍ<Õ „H˜O^Œ >ˇe=∂Yãπ QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ
`«∞=∂‡_»∞. Jk â◊√Éèíâ◊‰õΩ#OQÍ ÉèÏqOz# ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ã¨O`À+¨Ñ¨_çOk. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ
"≥o¡ aK«ÛQÍ_çH˜ ~å}˜ PǨfi<åxfl JO^Œ*Ë™ê_»∞. Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ J_»¤y™êÎ~°x ÉèÏqOz#
X_≥ã≤ãπ pHõ\ ˜Ñ¨_»¤ `«~°∞"å`« Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ "≥o¡áÈÜ«∂Hõ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∞ Hõeã≤ X_≥ã≤ãπ
=$`åÎO`åxfl K≥|∞`å#x Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ`À =~°Î=∂<åxfl ѨOÑ≤OKå_»∞.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ =^ŒÌ ÃãÅ=Ù fã¨∞‰õΩx =∞~°∞ã¨\ ˜~ÀA L^ŒÜ«∞O =™êÎ#x
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ "≥oá¡ ÈÜ«∂_»∞. P á⁄QÆ~∞° É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ ~À[O`å qO^Œ∞ q<À^•Å`À,
P@áê@Å`À ‰õΩÖÏ™êQÍ HÍÅO QÆ_»Ñ¨™êQÍ~°∞.
™êÜ«∞OHÍÅ ã¨=∞Ü«∞"≥∞ÿOk.
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18. =Ú+≤ì"åà◊¡ =Ú+≤ìÜ«Ú^ŒúO

DÖ’QÍ P Ti aK«ÛQÍ_»∞ JiflÜ«∞ãπ (Arnaeus) JHõ¯_»‰õΩ =KåÛ_»∞.
Z=ˆ~Ѩx K≥Ñ≤Ê<å ã≤ÔQæQÆ∞æÅ∞ ÖˉõΩO_® KÕ™êÎ_»∞ Hõ#∞Hõ "å_çH˜ 'S~°ãπ— (Irus) J<Õ
¿Ñ~°∞ ã≤÷~°Ñ¨_çáÈ~ÚOk. ÃÑ^ŒÌ uO_çáÈ`«∞. HÀ`«Öˇ‰õΩ¯=, ^è≥·~°ºO `«‰õΩ¯=. =pÛ~åQÍ<Õ
X_≥ã≤ãπÖ’ `«#‰õΩ „Ѩu^ŒfiOkfix K«∂™ê_»∞. Ti‰õΩHõ¯ =∞~À Ti‰õΩHõ¯ÃÑ· Jiz#@∞¡
ÉÏ}ÏÖÏ¡O\˜ =∂@Å`À aK«ÛQÍ_ç"Õ+¨OÖ’ L#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ u@ì™êQÍ_»∞– ''F
=Úã¨eÑ‘#∞QÍ! <å‰õΩ ^•i ~Ú=Ùfi! ÖË^• h HÍÅ∞Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx ^Œ∂~°OQÍ qã≤ˆ~™êÎ#∞.
P Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ <å‰õΩ Hõ#∞flQ˘\˜ì L`åûǨÏѨ~°∞ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞! `«fi~°QÍ `«Ñ¨CHÀ! ÖˉõΩO>Ë
=∂@ʼnõΩ |^Œ∞Å∞ <å KÕ`«Å∞ ~°∞zK«∂™êÎ=Ù——
X_≥ã≤ãπ âßO`«OQÍ J<åfl_»∞– ''P"Õâ◊Ѩ_»‰õΩ q∞„`«=∂! h‰õΩ <Õ#∞ U
q^èŒOQÍ#∂ J_»∞¤~å#∞. =∞x^ŒÌi =∞^茺 q~À^è•xH˜ `å=Ù ÖË^Œ∞. D ^•fi~°O ^ŒQÆæ~°
W^ŒÌ~°O ‰õÄ~ÀÛ=K«∞Û. =∞#efl aèHõ∆ Z`«∞ΉõΩx rqOK«=∞x ^Õ=Ù_»∞ x~°‚~ÚOKå_»∞.
^•xfl =∞#O J#∞ã¨i^•ÌO! ##∞fl áÈ\Ï¡@‰õΩ Ô~K«ÛQ˘@ì‰õΩ. <Õ#∞ =Úã¨e"å}ˇÿ‚<å
KÕ= `«QÖæÆ ^Ë ∞Œ . á⁄~°áê@∞# =∞x^ŒiÌ =∞^蕺 H˘\Ï¡@ [iy`Õ h Z=ÚHõÅ∞ ã¨∞#flOÖ’H˜
q∞QÆʼnõΩO_® `«#flQÆÅ#∞. h =ÚYO, ÃÑ^•Å∞ ~°HõÎO`À xO_çáÈQÆÅ=Ù. =∞m¡ D
P=~°} ^Œi^•Ñ¨ÙʼnõΩ ~å=Ù ã¨∞=∂! *Ï„QÆ`«Î!——
HÀѨO q∞#flO@QÍ 'S~°ãπ— JiKå_»∞– ''q#O_ç! UO HÀ`«Å∞ HÀã¨∞Î<åfl_À!
g_≥O`À |Å=O`«∞_»@! #<Õfl =∞\˜ìHõiÑ≤™êÎ_»@! q<åfl~å! <å Ô~O_»∞ Ñ≤_çH˜à◊¡`À
g_ç Ѩà√◊ ¡ ~åÅQ˘\˜ì ѨO@á⁄ÅOÖ’H˜ K˘~°|_ç# ѨOkx ‰õΩà◊É¡ Á_çz#@∞¡ á⁄_»∞™êÎ#∞.
=Úã¨ÖÏ_®! ã≤^ŒúOHÍ! Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_ç ^≥|ƒ#∞ HÍK«∞HÀ!——
UO\˜<Òãπ‰õΩ gà◊¡ =∂@Å∞ q<Õã¨iH˜ Ѩ@ìÖË#O`« #=Ùfi =zÛOk–
''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! =∞#=ÚO^Œ∞ F Q˘Ñ¨Ê Ü«Ú^ŒOú , Kåi„`å`«‡Hõ"∞≥ #ÿ H˘`«Ü Î Ú« ^ŒOú , #∂`«#
„H©_» „áê~°OÉèíO HÍ#∞#flk. '=Ú+≤ì"åà◊¡ =Ú+≤ìÜ«Ú^ŒúO! ~°O_ç "åà◊¡#∞ L„^ÕHõѨ~°z
=∞#O P#OkOK«=K«∞Û——
JO^Œ~∂° aK«ÛQÍà◊¡ K«∞@∂ì KÕ~å~°∞. UO\˜<Òãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''Q“~°=hÜ«ÚÖˇ#·
=Ú+≤ìÜ≥∂^èŒ∞ÖÏ¡~å! WѨC_»∞ QÍ_çá⁄~ںŠg∞^Œ "Õ∞HõÅ á⁄@ì ¿ÑQÆ∞Ö’¡ ~°HõÎO, H˘=Ùfi
xOÑ≤# =∂Oz ~°∞zHõ~°"≥∞ÿ# =O@ `«Ü«∂~°=Ù`«∞#flk. q*Ë`« ZO`« HÍ"åÖ’ JO`«
ux `«$Ñ≤ÎѨ_»=K«∞Û. JO`ÕHÍHõ J`«xH˜ =∂ JO^Œi`À Hõeã≤ Éè’OKÕ¿ã ǨωõΩ¯,
JO^Œi ^ŒQÆæ~° J_»∞‰õΩ¯<Õ Ç¨Ï‰õΩ¯Å∞ Åaè™êÎ~Ú——
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JO^ŒiH© P „Ѩuáê^Œ# #zÛOk. K«`«∞~°HõàÏѨÜ≥∂xkè, =∂Ü«∂ aèHõ∆‰õΩ_»∞
X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! J<ÕHõ ^≥|ƒÅ∞ ux, #_»∞O =Oy# =Úã¨ÖÏ_çx
<Õ#∞. Ü«∞=fi#O`À Ñ≤@Ñ≤@ÖÏ_»∞`«∞#fl =™êÎ^∞Œ J`«_∞» . J~Ú<å Hõ_∞» Ѩ٠Hõ‰Ωõ ¯iÎHÀã¨O
<Õ#∞ D áÈ\©Ö’ áêÖÁæ#Hõ `«Ñ¨Ê_»O ÖË^Œ∞. J~Ú`Õ g∞~°∞ ^Õ=Ùà◊¡ g∞^Œ „Ѩ=∂}O
KÕÜ«∞O_ç. S~°ãπ#∞ ã¨=∞iúOKÕ"åà◊√¡ P`«xH˜ `À_≥· ##∞fl ^˘OQÆ^≥|ƒ fÜ«∞~å^Œ∞
ã¨∞=∂!——
JO^Œ~°∂ „Ѩ=∂}ÏÅ∞ KÕ™êHõ >ˇe=∂Yãπ ~å[sîq`À J<åfl_»∞– ''Ѩ~°^Õj!
h=Ù WHõ¯_»∞#fl ZdÜ«∞<£ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ QÆ∞iOz ÉèÜ í ∞« Ѩ_=» ^Œ∞.Ì XHõ~∞° x#∞fl QÍÜ«∞Ѩi¿ã,Î
J<ÕHõ=∞Ok J`«}˜‚ ^≥|ƒf™êÎ~°∞. D WÅ∞¡ <åk. WHõ¯_» <å P[˝ K≥Å∞¡`«∞Ok.
<åºÜ«∞xˆ~‚`«Öˇ·# Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ, UO\˜<Òãπ „ѨÉèí∞=ÙÅ∞ <å`À Hõeã≤ <åºÜ«∂xfl
HÍáê_»∞`å~°∞——
JO^Œ~∂° JOwHõiOKå~°∞. Z^ä<≥ å =∞Ç≤Ï=∞`À X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ H˘`«âÎ H◊ Θ =zÛOk.
P`«x â◊s~°™œ+¨ª"åxfl, ÉèÏs PHÍ~åxfl JѨC_»∞ ѨsHõ∆QÍ K«∂ã≤# "åà◊√¡
Pâ◊Û~°ºáÈÜ«∂~°∞. XHõ „¿ÑHõ∆‰õΩ_»<åfl_»∞– ''S~°ãπ Ѩx J~ÚáÈ~ÚOk. "å_ç ~°ã¨O
HÍi <ÕÅáêÅÜÕ∞º Hõ∆}O =zÛOk——
Jã¨ÖË Ñ≤iH˜"å_»∞ S~°ãπ (Irus) P =∂@Å∞ q<Õã¨iH˜ =}∞‰õΩ
ѨÙ@∞ìH˘zÛOk. QÆ[QÆ[ =}∞‰õΩ`«∂ a`«Î~°K«∂ѨÙÅ∞ K«∂ã¨∞Î#fl S~°ãπ#∞ UO\˜<Òãπ
QÆ^Œ=∂~ÚOKå_»∞– ''ѨxH˜=∂e# "≥^èŒ"å! nxHõO>Ë #∞=Ùfi ѨÙ@ì‰õΩO_® =ÙO>Ë
ÉÏQÆ∞O_Õk. ^Œ∞óMÏÅ`À #_»∞O =Oy =¸Å ‰õÄ~°∞Û#fl =Úã¨ÖÏ_çx K«∂ã≤ =}˜H˜
áÈ`«∞<åfl=Ù. x#∞fl Zd^äŒãπ ~åA ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ ѨOÑ≤Oz =Ú‰õΩ¯K≥=ÙÅ∞ HÀã≤ h â◊s~åxfl
H͉õΩʼnõΩ QÆ^ŒÌʼnõΩ "Õ¿ãÖÏ KÕ™êÎ#∞——
D =∂@Å∞ q<Õã¨iH˜ "å_ç ÃÑ·„áê}O ÃÑ·<Õ áÈ~ÚOk. áÈ\©^•~°∞e^ŒÌ~°∂
=∞Å¡Ü«Ú^ŒúO [iˆQ „Ѩ^Õâ◊O =∞^茺֒H˜ =KåÛ~°∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ PÖ’zOKå_»∞. g}˜‚
JHõ¯_çHHõ ¯õ _Õ K«OÑ≤"ÜÕ ∞« _»=∂ ÖËHõ z#fl ^≥|ƒ`À <ÕÅHõiKÕ@∞¡ KÕã≤ á⁄QÆ~∞° J}K«_=» ∂!
z#fl Ñ≤@ìÃÑ· ÃÑ^ŒÌ ÉÏ}"≥∞O^Œ∞Hõx, JO`ÕHÍHõ `«# |ÖÏxfl K«∂ã≤ ZdÜ«∞#∞¡
QÆ∞~°∞ÑÎ _¨ `» å~°x J#∞=∂xOz – "å_çH˜ z#fl^≥|ƒ`À ã¨iÃÑ_»^•=∞x x~°~‚ ÚOKå_»∞.
W^ŒÌ~°∂ KÕ`«∞Å∞ HõÅ∞ѨىõΩ<åfl~°∞. =ÚO^Œ∞QÍ S~°ãπ X_≥ã≤ãπ ‰õΩ_çÉèí∞*Ïxfl
XHõ QÆ∞^Œ∞Ì QÆ∞^•Ì_»∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ "≥O@<Õ J`«_ç K≥q „H˜O^Œ "≥∞_»g∞^Œ Z=ÚHõÅ∞
qiˆQÖÏ QÆ∞^ÕÌã¨iH˜ <À\˜"≥O@ [Å[ÖÏ ~°HõÎO HÍ~°∞`«∞O_»QÍ áêѨO, S~°ãπ
=¸Å∞QÆ ∞ `« ∂ <Õ Å ÃÑ· ‰õ Ä e ^Œ ∞ =Ú‡Hõ i Kå_» ∞ . Éè í Ü « ∞ O`À "å_ç Ѩ à ◊ √ ¡
Ѩ@Ѩ@ÖÏ_»∞`«∞O_»QÍ "å_»∞ yÅyÖÏ H˘@∞ìHÀ™êQÍ_»∞. JO^Œ~°∞ „ѨÉèí∞=ÙÅ∂ "å_ç
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J=ã¨÷#∞ K«∂ã≤ #=Ùfi`«∞O_»QÍ, X_≥ã≤ãπ P aK«ÛQÍ_ç HÍÅ∞ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx |Ü«∞\˜
^•fi~°O "ÕÑÙ¨ ÖÏÔH¯o¡ QÀ_»ÑH¨ ¯õ ‰õÄÅ|_Õã≤ ''WOÔHѨC_»∂ QÆáêÊÅ∞ H˘@ì‰Ωõ ! h J^Œ$+¨Oì
ÉÏQÆ∞O_ç WO`«\ ˜`À =keÃÑ\Ïì#∞. |∞kú `≥K«∞Û‰õΩx |`«∞‰õΩ—— J<åfl_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ.
"å}˜‚ JHõ¯_Õ =kÖËã≤ `«# =O\˜ÃÑ· |@ìÅ#∞ ã¨iQÍ ã¨~°∞̉õΩx =∞~°ÖÏ "≥o¡
`«# ™ê÷#OÖ’ QÆ∞=∞‡O ^ŒQÆæ~° ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. P Ü«Ú=‰õΩb™êi P`«_çx #=Ùfi`«∂
PǨfixOKå~°∞ ''h‰õΩ Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ â◊√ÉèÏxfl HõÅ∞QÆ*ËÜ«ÚQÍHõ! h=Ù D „áêO`«Ñ¨Ù
Ѩháê@ ÖËx uO_çáÈ`«∞ Ñ‘_» =keOKå=Ù. "å}˜‚ =∞#∞+¨µºÅ#∞ z„`«Ç≤ÏOã¨ÃÑ\˜ì
q<ÀkOKÕ Zd^ä≥ãπ ~åA=^ŒÌ‰õΩ ѨO¿Ñ™êÎO—— J<åfl~°∞ "åà◊√¡. UO\˜<Òãπ Q˘„Ô~ á⁄@ì
¿Ñ=ÙÅ ‰õÄ~°#∞ =_ç¤OK«QÍ, UOѶ≤<À=∞ãπ Ô~O_»∞ ~˘>ˇì=ÚHõ¯Å#∞ `≥zÛ X_≥ã≤ãπ
=ÚO^Œ∞OKå_»∞. UOѶ≤<À=∞ãπ =∞^èŒ∞=Ù`À xO_ç# `«# |OQÍ~°∞ áê„`«#∞ ÃÑ·ÔHuÎ
^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ Jaè"å^•Å∞ `≥eÑ≤ h‰õΩ =∞Oz [~°∞QÆ∞QÍHõ Jx X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ â◊√ÉèÏHÍOHõÅ∆ ∞
`≥eáê_»∞.
X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''UOѶ≤<À=∞ãπ! h=Ù h `«O„_çÖÏ<Õ ã¨^Œ∞æ}=O`«∞_çq.
<å ~ÀAÖ’¡ P`«x Éè’QÆÉèÏQͺŠQÆ∞iOz K≥ѨC‰õΩ<Õ"å~°∞. <≥·ã¨ãπ (Nisus of
Dulichium)QÍ PÜ«∞# „Ѩã≤kúÔHH˜¯<å_»∞. =∂#=Ù_çH˜ `«# â◊s~°OÖ’ |ÅO,
[=ã¨`åfiÅ∞#flO`« =~°‰õÄ ^Œ∞óYO J<Õk QÆ∞~°∞ΉõΩ ~å^Œ∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ P„QÆÇ≤ÏOz
Éè’QÆÉèÏQͺÅ#∞ fã≤"Õã≤ HõëêìÅ Hõ_»eÖ’ Ѩ_Õ¿ãÎ<Õ JѨC_»∞ D =∂#=Ù_çH˜ `«<≥O`«
JÅ∞Ê_À J~°=÷ ∞=Ù`«∞Ok. <åºÜ«∞Ѩ~O° QÍ, ^è~Œ ‡° |^ŒOú QÍ #_»=x =º‰õΩÅÎ ‰õΩ Ѩ~åÉè=í O
`«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞. <Õ#∞ WHõ¯_» QÆ∞q∞‰õÄ_ç# Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl QÆ=∞xã¨∞Î<åfl#∞. "å~°∞ D WO\˜
Ü«∞[=∂x ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ#∞ uO@∂, P`«x ÉèÏ~°º#∞ "Õkèã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. J`«_»∞ =¿ãÎ [iˆQ
„Ѩ=∂^•xfl <Õ#∂Ç≤ÏOK«Ö‰Ë Ωõ <åfl#∞. g∞Ö’ =∞Oz"å~°∞ U ^Õ=Ùx „¿Ñ~°}`À<À WHõ¯_ç
#∞Oz "≥oá¡ È`Õ =∞Ozk. X_≥ãã≤ π uiy=¿ãÎ D P=~°}Å∞, QÆ^∞Œ Å∞ P`«x â◊„`«∞=ÙÅ
~°HõÎO`À `«_çzáÈ`å~Ú ã¨∞=∂!—— Jx JO@∂ J`«_»∞ =∞^èŒ∞áê„`«#∞ ÃÑ·ÔHuÎ ^Õ=ÙxH˜
Jaè"å^ŒO KÕã≤ H˘O`« =∞^è∞Œ =Ù#∞ `åy UOѶ<≤ À=∞ãπ‰Ωõ áê„`«#∞ uiy JOkOKå_»∞.
UOѶ≤<À=∞ãπ P =∂@Å∞ qx JHõ¯}∞‚Oz |Ü«∞@‰õΩ "≥àÏ¡_»∞HÍx P`«_»∞ WO\˜H˜
KÕˆ~ J^Œ$+¨ìO ÖËHõáÈ~ÚOk.
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ P Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl L^ÕÌtOz =∂\Ï¡_»^ŒÅz Ç≤Ïá⁄Ê_®q∞Ü«∂,
P\’<˘~Ú (Hippodameia, Autonoe)Å#∞ "≥O@ɡ@∞ì‰Ωõ x, Z^ä<≥ å „Ñ¨™êkOz#
JuÖ’Hõ ™œO^Œ~º° O`À JHõ¯_»∞#fl Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ QÆ∞O_≥Å∞ ÅÜ«∞`«¿ÑÊÖÏ, "≥∞~°∞ѨÙfÔQÖÏ
"≥∞~°∞ã¨∂Î, „ˆQÃããπ`À Hõeã≤ <å@ºO KÕ¿ã Ãã·käiÜ«∂ (Cytherea)ÖÏ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞#fl
ã¨ÉèíÖ’H˜ „Ѩ"ÕtOzOk. ã¨ÎOÉèíO "≥#∞Hõ xÅ|_ç `«# =^Œ<åxfl F J^Œ∞ƒù`«=GO
"Õ∞e=Úã¨∞QÆ∞ÖÏ HõѨC`«∞O_»QÍ `å~°ÖÏ `«à◊√‰õΩ¯# "≥∞iã≤ K«∂Ѩ~°∞Å QÆ∞O_≥ÅÖ’
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„¿Ñ=∞#∞ xOÑ≤, HÍà◊√¡ "≥∞`«Î|_ç ‰õÄÅ|_ÕÖÏ KÕã≤Ok. Z=iH˜ "å~°∞ P"≥∞ `«# ÉèÏ~°º
J~Ú`Õ ÉÏQÆ∞O_»∞#x ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ "≥Ú‰õΩ¯HÀ™êy<å~°∞.
P"≥∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ "ÕѨ٠uiy J#flk– ''‰õΩ=∂~å! >ˇe=∂Yãπ! ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ
h PÖ’K«#Ö’, „H˜Ü«∞Ö’ â◊H˜Î Ö’Ñ≤OzOk? h=Ù Ñ≤Å¡"å_çQÍ L#flѨÙ_Õ x~°‚Ü«∂Å∞
^Œ$_è»OQÍ, q"ÕHõOQÍ fã¨∞‰õΩ<Õ"å_çq. h ~ÚO\˜Ö’ h Hõà◊¡=ÚO^Œ∞ h ~ÚO\˜H˜
=zÛ# Jukèx Z=Ô~·<å J==∂xã¨∞ÎO>Ë ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ K«∂ã¨∂Î T~°∞‰õΩ<åfl=Ù? J`«xH˜
JáêÜ«∞O [iy`Õ =∞#efl Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ Hõq∆ ∞OKÕ"å_®! =∞#ÔHO`« J„Ѩu+¨ª HõeQˆ k?——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ |^Œ∞eKåÛ_»∞– ''J=∂‡! <Õ#∞ =∞Op K≥_∞» Å#∞ QÆ=∞xã¨∞<Î åfl#∞.
=∞# K«∞@∂ì H˘xfl ^Œ∞+¨ì„QÆǨÅ∞ á⁄OzL<åfl~Ú. <Õ<å XO@ix. J~Ú<å D
Ѩ~°^Õt HÀ`«Å~åÜ«Ú_≥·# S~°ãπ#∞ XHõ¯ ^≥|ƒ`À =¸Å# ‰õÄ~ÀÛɡ\ ˜ì<å_»∞——
Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ`À J<åfl_»∞– ''WHÍiÜ«∞ãπ ѨلuHÍ! ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ!
D<å\˜ h JO^ŒK«O^•efl Psæ=ÙÅ∞ K«∂¿ãÎ ˆ~Ѩ٠L^ŒÜ«∞"Õ∞ JO^Œ~°∂ x#∞fl q"åǨÏ
=∂_»=∞x J_çQˆ O^Œ∞‰õΩ h ~ÚO\˜=ÚO^Œ∞ =~°∞ã¨Å∞ Hõ_®Î~∞° . h=O\˜ ™œO^Œ~º° ~åt,
q^Œ∞+‘=∞}˜ h‰õΩ ™ê\˜ Z=fi~°∂ ÖË~°∞——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛOk– ''<å ~°∂Ѩو~MÏÖÏ=}ϺÅ∞ U<å_À
QÆuOz<å~Ú. U~ÀA<≥·`Õ <å Éèí~°Î „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~åxH˜ "≥àÏ¡_À P~ÀA<Õ "å\˜
„áê=ÚYº`«#∞ <Õ#∞ =∞iKå#∞. P`«<Õ LO>Ë <å ÉÏǨϺ™œO^Œ~åºxH˜ =∞iO`«
=<≥fl =KÕÛk. `å#∞ Ü«Ú^•úxH˜ "≥àı¡Ñ¨C_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ <å KÕux Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx J<åfl_»∞–
''<å „Ñ≤Ü«∞Ѩffl! Ü«Ú^•úxH˜ "≥_»∞`«∞#fl Psæ=ÙÅO`å uiy=™êÎ~°x <Õ##∞HÀ=_»O
ÖË^Œ∞. „\’[<£ g~°∞Å∞ ‰õÄ_® â◊H˜Î=O`«∞Å∂, g~°∞Å∂#∂! Jxfl Ü«Ú^Œúq^ŒºÅÖ’
xѨÙ}∞Öˇ·# "å~°∞<åfl~°∞. „ѨK«O_»"≥∞ÿ# JtfiHõ^Œà◊O "åà◊¡ ^ŒQÆæ~å L#flk.
[Ü«∂Ѩ[Ü«∂Å∞ ^≥·"ånè#O. <å‰õΩ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ Uq∞ x~°‚~ÚOKå_À `≥b^Œ∞. <Õ#∞
XHõ"Õà◊ uiy~åHõáÈ`Õ WѨÊ\˜ÖÏ<Õ h=Ù <å `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Å ã¨O~°Hõ∆}Ï ÉÏ^茺`«#∞
=Ç≤ÏOK«∞. U<å_≥`· Õ h ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ Ü«ÚHõ=Î Ü«∞ã¨∞¯_≥· HÍ~°ºÉèÏ~åxfl =Ç≤Ï™êÎ_À P<å_»∞
h=Ù h‰õΩ #zÛ# "å_çx ÃÑO_®¡_ç D ~ÚO\˜x =keÃÑ@∞ì—— – <åH˜+¨ìOÖËx D
q"åǨxfl <Õ<å"≥∂kOK«ÖË#∞. J~Ú<å XHõ ~å[‰õΩ=∂ix q"åǨÏO KÕã¨∞‰õΩ<Õ
f~°∞ W^Õ<å! "åi ‰õΩ@∞OÉÏxH˜ ã¨~Ô #· HÍ#∞HõÅ∞, =¸ÖϺxfl K≥eO¡ K«‰Ωõ O_® ^ÀK«∞‰õΩx
u#_»O, "åà◊¡‰õΩ „^ÀǨÏO KÕÜ«∞ã¨=∞Hõ@ì_»O <åºÜ«∞"Õ∞<å?
X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ^èÀ~°}˜, P"≥∞ q"ÕHõO P#O^•xfl HõeyOKå~Ú.
UO\˜<Òãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''HÍ#∞HõÅ∞ Z=iH˜ "åà◊√¡ "åà◊¡ â◊HHΘ ˘Ån h‰õΩ |Ǩ˙Hõi™êÎ~∞° .
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WHõ "Õ∞O Wà◊¡‰õΩ "≥à◊¡_»O JO\Ï"å, h=Ù =∂Ö’ XHõix ZxflHõ KÕã¨∞‰õΩ<ÕO`«
=~°‰õÄ "Õ∞O WHõ¯_ç #∞Oz HõkÖËk ÖË^Œ∞——
JO^Œ~°∂ UO\˜<Òãπ =∂@ʼnõΩ `«Å∂Ñ≤ HÍ#∞HõÅ∞ fã¨∞‰õΩx ~å=_®xH˜
`«=∞`«=∞ J#∞K«~°∞efl ѨOÑ≤<å~°∞. UO\˜<Òãπ `«# HÍ#∞HõQÍ Ñ¨<≥flO_»∞ |OQÍ~°∞
ÃÑ·@Ñ≤#∞flÅ∞#fl J=¸Åº =¢™êÎxfl, Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ – ã¨fi~°‚HõO~îåÉèí~°}Ïxfl,
Ü«¸i_®=∞ãπ – =¸_Õã≤ =∞Öˇƒ„i =Ú`åºÅ∞ á⁄ky# Hõ~å‚Éèí~°}Ïefl, Ñ‘™êO_»~ü –
=„*ÏÅǨ~åxfl WÖÏ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO^Œ~∂° U^À XHõ HÍ#∞Hõ#∞ `≥zÛ ~Ú=fiQÍ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ
`«# ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ P HÍ#∞HõÅ#∞ fã¨∞‰õΩx ~åQÍ `«# QÆkÖ’H˜ x„+¨¯q∞OzOk.
P"≥∞#∞ K«∂ã≤# P#O^ŒO`À Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ P@áê@Å`À Ǩïëê~°∞QÍ HÍÅO QÆ_áç ê~°∞.
pHõ\ ˜ Ѩ_»QÍ<Õ Ñ¨iKåiHõÅ∞ =¸_»∞ ÃÑ^ŒÌ HÍQÆ_®Å#∞ "≥eyOKå~°∞.
ǨÅO`å "≥Å∞QÆ∞`À xO_»∞`«∂ LO_»QÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ ѨiKåiHõÅ`À J<åfl_»∞– ''g∞~°∞
"≥o¡ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ~å}˜H˜ HÍ=Åã≤# Ѩ#∞Å∞ K«∂_»O_ç. D Ju^è∞Œ ʼnõΩ <Õ#∞ ¿ã=KÕ™êÎ#∞.
"åà◊√¡ ~å„`«O`å WHõ¯_Õ L<åfl㨈~ "åiˆHÖ’@∞ ~åx=fi#∞——
P =∂@Å∞ qx "åà◊√¡ =ÚY=ÚMÏÅ∞ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. "≥∞ÖÏO^䢖_˘eÜ«∞ãπ
‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î P`«}˜‚ "≥H˜¯iOK«™êyOk. P"≥∞#∞ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ZO`«QÍ<À W+ì̈Ѩ_ç `«# ã¨fiO`«
a_»¤ÖÏ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl Hõ$`«[˝`«ÖËx P ÉÏeHõ Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ#∞ W+¨ìѨ_ç P`«x`À
~å„`«∞Å∞ Hõeã≤ x„k™ÈÎOk. P"≥∞ J#flk– ''Ѩ~^° jÕ ! h ‰õΩÜ«Ú‰õΩÅÎ ∞ WHõ¯_» ѨxKÕÜ∞« =Ù.
h=Ù LO_®eûOk P ^•fi~åxHõ=`«Å. D „ѨÉ∞íè =ÙÅ`À Hõeã≤ uiˆQ J~°›`« ÖËx"å_çq.
|Ǩïâß „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Ú =∞`«∞Î `«ÅÔHH˜¯ Lz`å#∞z`åÅ∞ =∞iz =∂\Ï¡_»∞Î<åfl=Ù.
ÃÇÏK«∞ÛÅ∞ g∞i`Õ h `«Å ÃÑK«∞ÛÅ∞ ~åÅQ˘\˜ì x#∞fl ^ÕâßO`«~åʼnõΩ ѨO¿ÑÜ«∞QÆÅ=Ú
*Ï„QÆ`«Î!——
X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ HÀѨO =zÛ J<åfl_»∞– ''JÖÏQÍ! =∞Oz^Õ! "≥o¡ >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞
Ñ≤Å∞=Ù! Z=ifl `≥QÆ#~°∞‰õΩ`å_À K«∂^•ÌO——. J`«x =∂@ʼnõΩ ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_ç# "≥∞ÖÏO^ä˘
(Melantho), q∞ye# ѨiKåi‰õÅ∞ JHõ¯_ç #∞Oz "≥o¡áÈÜ«∂~°∞.

Z^ä≥<å „áÈ^ŒƒùÅO`À Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ aK«ÛQÍ_ç ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞

P@Ѩ\ ˜ìOK«™êy<å_»∞– ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! K«∂_»O_ç! D`«_»∞ aK«ÛQÍ_ç ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl
^Õ=Ù_Õ. P`«x `«ÅK«∞@∂ì ^Õ=Ùx‰õΩO_Õ HÍOu=ÅÜ«∞O L#flk. Uq∞\© Jk |@ì`Ö« Ï!
<Õ#∞ á⁄~°|_®¤#∞—— P =∂@Å∞ qx Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO`å Ѩ_ôѨ_ç #=fi™êy<å~°∞.
Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ X_≥ã≤ãπ "ÕѨ٠uiy J<åfl_»∞– ''h=Ù <å=^ŒÌ ~ÀA ‰õÄeH˜ Ѩx
KÕÜ∞« ~å^Œ∂! <å á⁄ÅOÖ’ ~åà◊√¡ Ui, "≥ÚHõ¯Å∞ <å\˜ hà◊√á¡ Èã¨∂Î HÍÅO QÆ_Ñ» =¨ K«∞Û.
u#_®xH˜ uO_ç ^˘~°∞‰õΩ`«∞Ok. HÍà◊¡‰õΩ K≥ѨCÅ∞, Hõ@∞ìHÀ#∞ |@ìÅ∂ Åaè™êÎ~Ú.
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HÍx x#∞fl K«∂¿ãΠѨxKÕ¿ã "å_çÖÏ HõxÊOK«=Ù. J=Ù<Õ¡ WO\˜"å_çH˜ XHõ ‰õÄ~°
J_»∞‰õΩ¯<Õ"å_çH˜ Ѩk‰õÄ~°Å∂ Jx TiˆH J<åfl~å!—— J<åfl_»`«_»∞.
K«`«∞~°HõàÏѨÜ≥∂xkè X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ! <å‰õΩ Ѩ<ÕO
KÕÜ∞« ~å^Œx QÆ^• h=<Õk. =ã¨O`«HÍÅO ~åh! W^Œ~Ì O° áÈ\©Ñ_¨ ^» •O! K≥~˘Hõ H˘_»=e
KÕ`«|\˜ì PǨ~°O fã¨∞HÀ‰õΩO_® ™êÜ«∞OHÍÅO =~°‰õΩ QÆ_ç¤HÀ^•ÌO! ÖË^• <åQÆe
KÕ`«|\˜ì <åÅ∞ÔQHõ~åÅ á⁄ÅO ^Œ∞#∞fl^•O! ZO`« u#flQÍ <åˆQ\˜KåÅ∞O@∞O^À
K«∂^•ÌO! ÖË^• K≥~˘Hõ _®Å∂, Ô~O_»∞ |ÖË¡Å∂, t~°¢™êÎ}Ïxfl ^èŒiOz Ü«Ú^Œúq^•º
„Ѩ^Œ~°≈# KÕ^•ÌO! 㨈~<å! h=Ù á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞=Ù! JǨÏOHÍiq! J~Ú<å K«∂_»∞,
WѨC_»∞ D ^•fi~åÅ∞ P=~°}Å∞ KåÖÏ qâßÅOQÍ HõxÊã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú Hõ^•! X_≥ã≤ãπ
=zÛ `«# |ÖË¡xfl, HõuÎx KÕ|\˜ì#ѨC_»∞ g∞‰õΩ W=xfl W~°∞‰õΩ ã¨O^Œ∞Å∞QÍ HõxÑ≤Oz
k‰õΩ¯`ÀK«^Œ∞——
Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ‰õΩ P„QÆǨÏO =zÛOk. XHõ aK«ÛQÍ_»∞ `«##∞ ZkiOK«_»"Õ∞
HÍHõ JO`«ÖËã≤ =∂@Å#_»=∂! kèH±! ã¨Ç≤ÏOK«ÖËHõáÈÜ«∂_»∞– ''^Œ∞~å‡~°∞æ_®! ZO`«
á⁄QÆ~∞° h‰õΩ! `åy L<åfl"å? J~°O÷ ÖËx „¿ÑÖÏѨ#Å∞ Z‰õΩ¯"≥<· å~Ú. h á⁄QÆ~}° ∞™êÎ#∞
K«∂_»∞—— JO@∂ `«# ѨHõ¯<Õ L#fl =ÚHͯeÑ‘@#∞ |ÅOQÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ ÃÑ·H˜ qã≤~å_»∞.
X_≥ã≤ãπ `«Ñ¨CHÀQÍ Jk =∞^èŒ∞áê„`«Å#∞ `≥ã¨∞Î#fl ¿ã=‰õΩ_çH˜ `«ye áê„`«Å∞
H˜O^ŒÑ_¨ ®¤~Ú. P ¿ã=‰õΩ_»∂ <ÕÅÃÑ· Ѩ_ç ™⁄=∞‡ã≤eá¡ ÈÜ«∂_»∞. Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅÖ’ HõÅHõÅO
K≥ň~QÆQÍ >ˇe=∂Yãπ "åà◊¡#∞ J^Œ∞ѨÙKÕã≤<å_»∞. UOѶ≤<À=∞ãπ ã¨ÅǨ`À JO^Œ~°∂
P ~å„u Z=ià◊¡‰õΩ "åà◊√¡ "≥o¡áÈÜ«∂~°∞.
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X_≥ãã≤ π JHõ¯_Õ =ÙO_ç P á⁄QÆ~∞° É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ P@ ZÖÏ Hõ\Oì˜ Kåb
J#fl q+¨Ü«∞"Õ∞ PÖ’zã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ Ñ≤ez J<åfl_»∞– ''‰õΩ=∂~å!
D P=~°}Ö’x PÜ«Ú^è•Å#xfl\˜h fã≤ ֒ѨÅQÆkÖ’ ^•z"Õ~Ú. P
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ J_çy`Õ – =O@ÅHÀã¨O U~åÊ@∞ KÕã≤# QÍ_çá⁄~Úº á⁄QÆ `«ye
PÜ«Ú^è•Å∞ HõàÏqÇ‘Ï#OQÍ `«Ü«∂~°=Ù`«∞<åfl~Ú Jx K≥ѨC. JO`ÕHÍHõ WHõ¯_»
„^•Hõ™∆ ê~å~Ú U~°∞ÖÏ „Ѩ=Ç≤Ïã¨∞#Î flk. =∞^è∞Œ =Ù#∞ #=∞‡_»O =∞ǨHõ+Oì¨ . q∞„`«∞Å
=∞^躌 z#fl `«QÍ^•#∞ Ü«Ú^ŒOú QÍ =∞eKÕ â◊HΘ LOk ^•xH˜. qO^Œ∂ q<À^•Å#∞
~°™êÉèÏ㨠KÕã≤ =∞#∞+¨µefl ~åHõ∆ã¨∞Å∞QÍ =∂~°∞ã¨∞ÎOk– Jx q=iOK«∞——
J<åfl_»`«_»∞.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ "≥O@<Õ Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂#∞ Ñ≤ez P_»"åà◊¡O^Œi`À á⁄QƉõΩ
áê_≥á· È`«∞#fl PÜ«Ú^è•Å#∞ Ö’xQÆkÖ’xH˜ =∂ˆ~ÛO`«=~°‰Ωõ |Ü«∞@‰õΩ ~å=^ŒxÌ
P*Ï˝Ñ≤Oz `«#‰õΩ JHõ¯_Õ =Ù#fl aK«ÛQÍ_»∞ ѨxKÕã≤ ÃÑ_»`å_»<åfl_»∞.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ, X_≥ã≤ãπÅ∞ W^ŒÌ~°∂ t~°¢™êÎ}ÏÅ∞ (Helmets), _®Å∞
(Shields), D>ˇÅ∞, |ÖË¡efl fã¨∞‰õΩ"≥à◊¥ÎO_»QÍ Z^ä≥<å ^ŒÜ«∞=Å¡ P ^•i JO`å
„ѨHÍâ◊=O`«"≥∞ÿ ã¨ÎOÉèÏÅ∞, QÀ_»Å∞, ^Œ∂ÖÏÅ∞ HÍOu=O`«OQÍ "≥∞~°=™êy<å~Ú.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ‰õΩ P =∞Ç≤Ï=∞ XeOÑ≤H± ^Õ=`«ÅkQÍ q=iOz X_≥ã≤ãπ aK«ÛQÍ_ç
"Õ+¨OÖ’<Õ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∞ HõÅ=_®xH˜ "≥àÏ¡_»∞.
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ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ ǨÅ∞Ö’ Ѩ_ç L#fl =∞^èŒ∞áê„`«Å#∞, Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ ux =kÖËÜ«∞QÍ
q∞ye# PǨ~°Ñ¨^•~å÷Å#∞ JHõ¯_» #∞Oz fã≤ P „Ѩ^Õâßxfl â◊√„ÉèíO KÕã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞.
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|Ü«∞@‰õΩ ÔQO@∞`å#∞——
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P`«_»∞ QÆ=∞xã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞—— Jx X_≥ã≤ãπ #~°‡QÆ~°ƒùOQÍ Ñ¨eH˜<å_»∞.
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ `«# =ÚYºÑ¨iKåiHõ`À J#flk– ''Uq∞\Ï =∂@Å∞ "≥∞ÖÏO^ä˘?
<Õ#∞ h „Ѩ=~°Î##∞ QÆ=∞xã¨∂Î<Õ L<åfl#∞. h‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞ D ÉÏ@™êix <Õ#∞
X_≥ã≤ãπ QÆ∞iOz `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩO^•=∞x PǨfixOKå#x! J~Ú<å ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ HÍH˜ÖÏ
P`«xx á⁄_»∞ã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù?—— Jx P"≥∞#∞ =∞O^ŒeOzOk.
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<å ѨiKåiHõÖ’¡ H˘O^Œ~°∞ D ~°Ç¨Ï™êºxfl P Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ KÕ~°"Õ™ê~°∞. "åà◊√¡ ##∞fl
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<å `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Å∞ =∂~°∞ =∞#∞=Ù KÕã¨∞HÀ=∞x ##∞fl HÀ~°∞`«∞<åfl~°∞. <å ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞
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q# =∂‰õΩ ‰õΩ`«∂ǨÏÅOQÍ L#flk——
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Jk. "åà◊¡ =ÚYº Ѩ@ì}=Ú <Àã¨ãπ (Cnossus). Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx Hõ~°∞}Ïáê„`«∞_≥·#
q∞<åãπ <å `«O„_çH˜ `«O„_ç. <å `«O„_ç _»∞ºHÍeÜ«∞<£ (Deucalion). <å `«O„_ç
™È^Œ~°∞_»∞ W_˘"≥∞<≥ãπ (Idomeneus), Z„\˜Ü«∞ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å`À Hõeã≤ W_˘"≥∞<≥ãπ
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^è•\˜H˜ <ÒHõ ^•i`«Ñʨ QÍ X_≥ãã≤ π =∂eÜ«∂#∞ ^•\˜ „ÔH>ˇ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. W_˘"≥∞xãπ
¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞_çQÍ P`«xH˜, P`«x J#∞K«~∞° ʼnõΩ Ѩ<fl≥ O_»∞ ~ÀAÅ∞ <Õ#∞ Pu^二 q∞KåÛ#∞.
Ѩ^Œ=¸_À~ÀA# ÉÁiÜ«∂ãπ (Boreas=North wind) <≥=∞‡kOK«QÍ P`«_»∞
`«# „Ѩܫ∂}Ïxfl H˘#™êyOKå_»∞—— – WÖÏ X_≥ã≤ãπ HõeÊ`« Hõ^äŒÅ∞ K≥|∞`«∞O>Ë
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ^Œ∞óMÏxfl PѨÙHÀÖËHõáÈ~ÚOk. H˘O_» tY~åÅÃÑ· ¿Ñ~°∞‰õΩ#fl =∞OK«∞
Hõiy „Ѩ"åǨÅ∞QÍ „Ѩ=Ç≤ÏOz#@∞¡ P"≥∞ JO^Œ"≥∞ÿ# |∞QÆæÅÃÑ· Hõhfl~°∞ KåiHõÅ∞QÍ
HÍ~°™êyOk. P"≥∞#∞ `«Hõ∆}O T~°_çOKåÅx P`«xH˜ JxÑ≤Oz<å =∞#ã¨∞û#∞
~å~ÚÖÏ QÆ\ ˜ìѨ~°K«∞‰õΩx P`«_»∞ =∞ø#O =Ç≤ÏOKå_»∞.
`«# ^Œ∞óMÏxfl J}∞K«∞‰õΩx ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ J#flk– ''ÉÏ@™ês! h=#fl =∂@ÅÖ’
x[O L#fln ÖËxn <Õ#∞ ѨsH˜∆OK«^ŒÅ∞K«∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. h Pu^䕺xfl á⁄Ok# X_≥ã≤ãπ
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ã¨∞=∂!——
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ã¨fi~°‚=∞Ü«∞"≥∞ÿ Ô~O_»∞ =∞_»`«Å∞QÍ L<åfl~Ú. Ô~O_»∞ ã¨fi~å‚Éèí~°}ÏÅ∞ (Brooches)
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uiy ~å‰õΩO_® áÈ~Ú<å_»∞. <Õ#∞ ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=O`«∞~åex——
K«`«∞~°HõàÏѨÜ≥∂xkè X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ „Ñ≤Ü«∞Ѩffl! JO`«∞ÖËx
^Œ∞óYO h JO^Œ"≥∞ÿ# =^Œ<åxfl HõàÏqÇ‘Ï#O KÕÜ«∞~å^Œ∞. <Õ#∞ YzÛ`«OQÍ
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(Dodona's Oracle) `≥eÜ«∞|iKÕ P „Ѩã≤^Œú FH± =$Hõ∆O – L#fl „áêO`åxH˜
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<ÒHõxzÛ h ^ÕâßxH˜ ѨO¿Ñ "åÔ~=fi~°∂ ÖË~°∞.
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ѨHõ¯<Õ qO^Œ∞Ö’ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<ÕÖÏ P`«xx =∞Oz ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÎÅ`À =Ú™êÎ|∞ KÕÜ«∞O_ç——
K«`«∞~°HõàÏѨÜ≥∂xkè X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ „Ñ≤Ü«∞Ѩffl! <Õ#∞ <å
^ÕâO◊ =ke W`«~° ^ÕâßʼnõΩ „ѨÜ∂« }O KÕã#≤ ѨÊ\˜#∞Oz Lxfl ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÅÎ ∞ ^èiŒ OK«Ö^Ë ∞Œ .
W<åflà◊¥¡ Hõ\ ˜Hõ <ÕÅg∞^Œ<À, <ÒHõÅ K≥Hõ¯|Å¡Å g∞^Œ<À x„kOKå#∞. ã¨=Ú„^ŒÑ¨Ù
hà◊¡`À y_»ã¨ÉÏi# <å HÍà◊¡#∞ g∞ ã¨∞xfl`«"≥∞ÿ# ¢ã‘ΊǨϙêÎÅ`À ã¨Ê $tOK«~å^Œ∞.
g∞~°∞ `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞ Jx ÉèÏq¿ãÎ Z=Ô~·<å =$^Œú ѨiKåiHõ`À P Ѩx HÍx=fiO_ç——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ J#flk– ''D WO\˜H˜ =zÛ# Ju^èŒ∞ÅO^ŒiÖ’#∂ h=Ù
Lz`å#∞z`åÅ∞ `≥eã≤#"å_çq. =∂ WO\˜Ö’ X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ W+¨"ì ∞≥ #ÿ , P`«xx ÃÑOz#
^•~Ú L#flk. P"≥∞ Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ x#∞fl `«# Ü«∞[=∂xx ¿ãqOz#@∞¡
¿ãqOK«QÆÅ^Œ∞——
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ QÆ∞~°∞Î `≥K«∞Û‰õΩx Hõhfl~°∞HÍ~°∞ã¨∂ΠѨeH˜Ok– ''h
QÆ∞iOz <Õ#∞ ^Œ∞óY Ѩ_»∞Î<åfl#∞. ZHõ¯_»∞<åfl"À U"≥∞ÿ<å"À =∂ `«O„_ô! Eºãπ
^Õ=ÙxH˜ h=Ù WzÛ#xfl |Å∞Å∂, ÔH·OHõ~åºÅ∂ Z=~°∞ WKåÛ~°∞? „ѨâßO`«"≥∞ÿ#
=$^•úáêºxfl, h ‰õΩ=∂~°∞x L#flux h HõàÏ¡~å K«∂_»_»"Õ∞ h HÀiHõÅ∞QÍ Zxfl™ê~°∞¡
h=Ù ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ "≥ÚHõ¯ÖË^Œ∞? J~Ú<å Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ h u~°∞QÆ∞ „Ѩܫ∂}ÏxH˜ Z<Àfl
P@OHÍÅ∞ Hõeyã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞.
Junä! WHõ¯_ç ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ x<Õfl"≥∞<ÿ å J==∂xOz<å, ^Œ∂+≤Oz<å "åix
=∞xflOK«∞. <å‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞ x#∞fl ™êfl#O KÕ~ÚOKÕ ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ "å~°∞ x<Õfl"≥∞ÿ<å
Ѩ~°∞+¨ Ѩ^Œ*ÏÅO`À J#~åx =∂@Å∞ JO\ψ~"≥∂ Jx h=Ù "åix ^Œ∂~°OQÍ
LOK«∞`«∞<åfl=Ù. J~Ú<å <Õ<≥O^Œ~À Ju^èŒ∞efl K«∂™ê#∞. ^ÕǨϙœ+¨ª=OÖ’,
^•~°∞_軺OÖ’, "åzHõOÖ’ |Å"≥∞ÿ# áê^•Å`À h=Ù X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ `«ÅÑ≤ã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù——
X_≥ã≤ãπ |^Œ∞eKåÛ_»∞– ''=∞=∞‡efl^ŒÌsfl K«∂ã≤# „Ѩf"å~°∂ W^Õ=∂@
J<Õ"å~°∞. h xt`«^Œ$+≤ì J"≥∂Ѷ¨∞O——
J#∞Éèí=A˝~åÖˇ·# ^•~Ú Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ XHõ ™êfl#Ѩ٠`˘>ˇì#∞ `≥zÛ Jukè
áê^•Å K≥O`« LOzOk. ^•O\’¡ K«hflà◊√¡, "Õ}©‚à◊√¡ `«QÆ∞ áêà◊¡Ö’ HõeÑ≤ ã≤^ŒúO
KÕã≤Ok. `«# â◊s~°OÃÑ· L#fl áê`«QÍÜ«∂xfl QÆ∞~°∞ΠѨ_»∞`«∞O^Õ"≥∂##fl â◊OHõ`À
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X_≥ã≤ãπ "≥O@<Õ K«e HÍK«∞‰õΩ<Õ Jyfl"≥Å∞QÆ∞ #∞Oz pHõ\ ˜"ÕѨىõΩ uiQÍ_»∞. P
QÍÜ«∞O áê~åflã¨ãπ (Parnassus)Ö’ J_çqѨOk "Õ@‰õΩ P\ÁÖˇ·Hõãπ (Autolycus)
‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å`À "≥o¡#ѨÙ_»∞ `«yeOk. P\ÁÖˇ·Hõãπ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ‰õΩ `«O„_ç =~°∞ã¨.
QÆ[^˘OQÆQÍ, `«O„`« xѨÙ}∞_çQÍ „Ѩã≤kúÔHH˜¯#"å_»∞. J`«_Õ X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ <å=∞Hõ~°}O
KÕã≤Ok. (Odysseus - Son of wrath and pain). "åà◊¡ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞ ZO`À
P^Œ~°O`À PǨfixOz qO^Œ∞ q<À^•Å<Õ~åÊ@∞ KÕã≤<å~°∞. Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO^Œ~°∂
X_≥ã≤ãπ`À ã¨Ç¨ |Å"≥∞ÿ# D>ˇÅ∞ KÕ`«|∂x J_»qH˜ "Õ@‰õΩ "≥àÏ¡~°∞. JHõ¯_ç
H©HÍ~°}ºOÖ’ F cèHõ~°"≥∞ÿ# J_»qѨOk JHõ™ê‡`«∞ÎQÍ "åà◊¡=ÚO^Œ∞ =∞O_»∞`«∞#fl
Hõà◊¡`À J_»∞¤=zÛOk. Jk ~å=_»O ~å=_»"Õ∞ `«#g∞^Œ‰õΩ =ã¨∞Î#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ g∞^Œ‰õΩ
^Œ∂H˜Ok. X_≥ã≤ãπ D>ˇ ^•x ‰õΩ_çÉèí∞*Ïxfl QÍÜ«∞Ѩ~°K«QÍ Jk <ÕʼnõÄeOk. HÍx
^•x ^ŒO`«O X_≥ã≤ãπ "≥∂HÍeÃÑ·# `˘_»g∞^Œ ÃÑ^ŒÌ QÍÜ«∂xfl KÕã≤Ok. P\ÁÖˇ·Hõãπ
‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞ P`«x QÍÜ«∂xH˜ =∞O^Œ∂ =∞O„`«O "Õã≤ Hõ@∞ìHõ\Ïì~°∞. QÍÜ«∞O ѨÓiÎQÍ
#Ü«∞"≥∞ÿ<åHõ X_≥ã≤ãπ ã¨fiQÆ$ǨxH˜ uiy"≥àı¡Ñ¨C_»∞ P`«xH˜ JO`«∞ÖËx HÍ#∞HõÅ`À
g_À¯Å∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê<å~°∞.
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ P`«x HÍà◊¡#∞ Hõ_»∞QÆ∞`«∂ P QÍÜ«∂xfl `«_çq∞Ok. "≥O@<Õ
J`«x HÍÅ∞#∞ Jã¨OHõeÊ`«OQÍ =^ŒÅQÍ HÍÅ∞ `«ye, hà◊√¡ <ÕÅÃÑ· zO^•~Ú.
P"≥∞ `«# L^ÕfiQÍxfl J}K«∞HÀÖËHõ P`«x HõáÈÖÏxfl `«_»∞=Ú`«∂ <≥=∞‡kQÍ ^Œ∞ó
dOK«™êyOk– ''‰õΩ=∂~å! h=Ù X_≥ã≤ãπ"Õ! <Õ#∞ QÆ∞~°∞ÎѨ\Ïì#∞. Uq∞\© ѨsHõ∆!——
J#fl^•"≥∞. ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ‰Ωõ K≥|∞^•=∞x J@∞ uiyOk HÍx Z^ä<≥ å =∞Ç≤Ï=∞`À ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ
"Õˆ~"ÕѨ٠^Œ$+≤ì xeÑ≤ L#flk.
X_≥ãã≤ π "≥O@<Õ ^•~Ú Q˘O`«∞ÃÑ· KÕ~Ú"Õã≤ P"≥∞#∞ ^ŒQ~æÆ ‰° Ωõ ÖÏy J<åfl_»∞–
''^•~¸! `˘O^Œ~°Ñ¨_»‰õΩ! hqѨC_»∞ x*Ïxfl K≥a`Õ JO`å ã¨~°fi<åâ◊#O J=Ù`«∞Ok.
##∞fl QÆ∞~°∞ÑÎ \¨ Ïì=Ù =∞Oz^Õ! HÍx á⁄~°ÉÏ@∞# D q+¨Ü∂« xfl Z=iÔH<· å =ÚYºOQÍ
P á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ K≥áêÊ"å ##∞fl áêezÛ ÃÑOz# ^•~¸=x ‰õÄ_®
K«∂_»‰õΩO_® K«O¿Ñ™êÎ#∞——
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ J#flk– ''Z@∞=O\˜ =∂@ÅO@∞<åfl=Ù a_®¤! <Õ#∞ <å
^Œ$_è»z`«ÎO h‰õΩ `≥eã≤O^Õ. XHõ™êi h=Ù P á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ P@Hõ\ ˜ìOKåHõ
h‰õΩ <Õ#∞ D ѨiKåiHõÅÖ’ g∞ÔH=~°∞ „^ÀǨÏOKÕ™ê~À `≥eÜ«∞*Ë™êÎ#∞——
P"≥∞ hà◊¡`À J`«x áê^•Å∞ Hõ_çy, Pe"£ #∂<≥`À â◊√„ÉèíO KÕã≤Ok. P
HÍ~°º„Hõ=∞O J~Ú<åHõ X_≥ã≤ãπ =∞~°Å á⁄~Úº"ÕѨ٠uiQÍ_»∞.
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ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ `«# Jukè`À J#flk– ''h‰õΩ XHõ q+¨Ü«∞O K≥|∞`å#∞. ^•x
ÉèÏ=O ã¨OH˜∆ѨÎOQÍ q=iOK«QÆÅ"å! ~å„u ã¨=∞Ü«∞O HÍQÍ<Õ JO^Œ~°∂ x„^ŒÖ’H˜
*Ï~°∞‰õΩ<åflHõ JO`å xâ◊≈|ÌOQÍ LO_»QÍ, X_≥ã≤ãπ *Ï˝Ñ¨HÍÅ∞ ##∞fl `«~°∞=Ú‰õΩ~åQÍ
x„^ŒÑ¨@ìHõ Ѩ@ìHõ KåÖÏ ã¨=∞Ü«∂xH˜ HõÅ`«x„^ŒÖ’H˜ *Ï~°∞‰õΩO\Ï#∞. á⁄~°áê@∞#
`«#‰õΩ *ˇ^äŒãπ „ѨÉèí∞=Ù‰õΩ [x‡Oz# W\˜Åãπ (Itylus)#∞ K«OÑ≤# ѨO_®iÜ«∞ãπ
‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î <≥·\ ˜OˆQÖò (Nightingale) ѨH˜∆ÖÏ Ç¨Ïi`«=#OÖ’ â’H˜ã¨∞Î#fl@∞¡ <Õ#∞
^Œ∞ódã¨∞ÎO\Ï#∞. <Õ#∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ ÉèÏ~°ºQÍ, >ˇe=∂Yãπ `«e¡QÍ D WO\˜
Ü«∞[=∂#∞~åeQÍ HÍÅO QÆ_»áêÖÏ ÖËHõ <å `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Å∞ K≥|∞`«∞#fl@∞¡ D
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅÖ’ Z=~À XHõifl q"åǨÏ=∂_ç rqOKåÖÏ `≥eÜ«∞^Œ∞. WѨC_»∞ <å
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ Ü«ÚHõÎ=Ü«∞ã¨∞¯_≥·<å_»∞. P`«xH˜ ‰õÄ_» <Õ#∞ WOHÍ WHõ¯_» LO_»@O
W+¨ìOQÍ L#fl^Œx `ÀK«^Œ∞.
<åHÀ HõÅ=zÛOk. P ã¨fiѨflOÖ’ "Õ∞O ÃÑOK«∞‰õΩO@∞#fl W~°"≥· ÉÏ`«∞efl F
H˘O_»tY~°O ÃÑ·#∞Oz =zÛ# QÆ~°∞_»Ñ¨H˜∆ "å\˜ "≥∞_»efl qiz ‰õΩѨʉõÄeÛ
ZyiáÈ~ÚOk. <Õ#∞ "å\˜x K«∂ã≤ ^Œ∞ódã¨∞#Î flѨÙ_»∞ JO^Œ"∞≥ #ÿ ZdÜ«∞<£ Ü«Ú=`«∞Å∞
W~°"≥·=∞Ok <å K«∞@∂ì =¸y<å~°∞. P ѨH˜∆ <å`À J#flk. WHÍiÜ«∞ãπ ‰õÄ`«∞~å!
^Œ∞óYѨ_»‰õΩ. D ÉÏ`«∞Å∞ P Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ, <Õ#∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ zǨflÅO.
Uq∞\© ã¨fiѨfl~°Ç¨Ï㨺O? h"Õq∞ J#∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl=Ù—— Jx J_çyOk.
X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''D ã¨fiѨfl q+¨Ü«∞O Juã¨Ê+¨ìO. P á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ JO`«O ^ŒQÆæ~°Ñ¨_çOk——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ J#flk– ''ã¨fiáêflÖˇÑC¨ _»∂ ã¨Ê+¨Oì QÍ LO_»=Ù Hõ^•! ÃÑ^ŒÅÌ O\Ï~°∞.
qǨÏiOKÕ ã¨fiáêflÅ∞ Ô~O_»∞ "åH˜à◊¡QÆ∞O_® ZyiáÈ`å~Ú. H˘=Ú‡`À KÕã≤O^˘Hõ\ ˜,
„Ѩâ◊ã¨Î"≥∞ÿ# ^ŒO`«O`À KÕã≤Ok =∞~˘Hõ\ ˜. ^ŒO`«Ñ¨Ù "åH˜e#∞Oz "≥Å∞=_Õ ã¨fiáêflÅ∞
=∞#efl „Éèí=∞Ö’ =ÚOz "≥∂ã¨O KÕ™êÎ~Ú. Jq x[O HÍ=Ù. H˘=Ú‡`À K≥H˜¯#
"åH˜e #∞Oz "≥Å∞=_Õ ã¨fiáêflÅ∞ Éèíq+¨º`«∞Î#∞ `≥eÜ«∞*Ë™êÎ~Ú. HÍx <å ã¨fiѨflO D
H˘=Ú‡ (Horn) "åH˜e#∞Oz =zÛ#@∞¡ JQÆ∞Ѩ_»^Œ∞.
D~ÀA <Õ#∞ P Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ F ѨsHõ∆ ÃÑ@ì^ŒÅ∞K«∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ P
~ÀAÖ’¡ KÕã≤#@∞¡ Ѩ<≥flO_»∞ Q˘_»¤à◊¡#∞ =~°∞ã¨QÍ ÃÑ\˜ì LOK«∞`å#∞. Z=Ô~·`Õ "å\˜
`«Å ~°O„^ä•Å^•fi~å ÉÏ}Ïxfl q_»∞=QÆÅ∞QÆ∞`å~À P`«xx ÃÑàÏ¡_∞» `å#x K≥|∞`å#∞.
qÅ∞¡ Z‰õΩ¯ÃÑ\˜ì XHõ¯ ÉÏ}Ïxfl Ѩ<≥flO_»∞ Q˘_»¤à◊¡ ~°O„^ä•Å QÆ∞O_® ѨOѨQÆÅ g~°∞_çx
q"åǨÏO KÕã¨∞‰õΩx D PѨ^Œ#∞Oz |Ü«∞@Ѩ_®Î#∞. D J^Œ∞ƒù`«"≥∞ÿ# QÆ$ǨÏO <å
*Ï˝Ñ¨HÍÅÖ’, HõÅÅÖ’ q∞yeáÈ`«∞Ok——
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X_≥ã≤ãπ, K«`«∞~°HõàÏѨÜ≥∂xkè J<åfl_»∞– ''=∞Ǩ~å}©! kQÆ∞Å∞ K≥O^Œ‰õΩ!
D áÈ\©x "≥O@<Õ U~åÊ@∞ KÕ~Ú. X_≥ã≤ãπ DÖ’QÍ<Õ uiy=™êÎ_»∞. h‰õΩ D
Ñ‘_»#∞ âßâ◊fi`«OQÍ =ke™êÎ_»∞——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛOk– ''ÉÏ@™ês! h =∂@Å`À <å‰õΩ ™êfiO`«#
HõeyOKå=Ù. HÍ"åÅO>Ë h=Ù ‰õÄ_» P=~°}Ö’ <å JukèQÍ D áÈ\©x uÅH˜OK«∞.
<Õ#∞ <å QÆkH˜ "≥o¡ q„â◊q∞™êÎ#∞. =∂#=ÙʼnõΩ x„^Œ ã¨Ç¨Ï[O Hõ^•! W<åflà◊¥¡ <å
Hõhflà◊¡`À `«_çz# <å â◊Ü«∞ºÃÑ· x„kã¨∂Î <å „Ñ≤Ü«∞`«=Ú_≥·# X_≥ã≤ãπ QÆ∞iOz HõÅÅ∞
HõO\Ï#∞.
h‰õΩ <å ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ |Ü«∞@ â◊Ü«∞º<Õ~°Ê~°∞™êÎ~°∞. ÖË^• h Ѩ^ŒúuÖ’ h=Ù
q„â◊q∞OK«=K«∞Û——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ `«# ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ "≥O@~åQÍ `«# QÆkH˜ "≥o¡áÈ~ÚOk. X_≥ã≤ãπ
QÆ∞iOz PÖ’zã¨∂Î ^Œ∞ódã¨∂Î KåÖÏ¿ãѨ\ ˜ `«~∞° "å`« Z^ä<≥ å ^ŒÜ∞« `À x„^Œ =ÚOK«∞‰õΩ
~åQÍ P"≥∞ HõÅÖ’¡H˜ *ÏiáÈ~ÚOk.
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20. PYi qO^ΰ

P=~°}Ö’ Z^Œ∞KÌ ~« å‡xfl Ѩiz ^•xÃÑ· ‰õΩsÛÅ g∞^Œ "Õ¿ã Lxfl HõO|à◊#¡ ∞
HõÑ≤Ê, Ü«¸i<À"£∞ WzÛ# JOw HõѨC‰õΩx X_≥ã≤ãπ x„^ŒáÈ=_®xH˜
„ѨÜ∞« uflOKå_»∞. ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ `«# QÆkÖ’H˜ "≥oá¡ È~Ú<åHõ q∞ye# ѨiKåiHõÅÖ’
H˘O^Œ~°∞, Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ LOѨÙ_»∞QÆ`≥ÎÅ∞QÍ =º=ǨÏiOK«_»O X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ f„=
P„QÆǨxfl HõeyOzOk. "≥O@<Õ P =ºaèKåi}∞Å#∞ K«O¿Ñ^•Ì=∞xÑ≤Oz<å
`«=∂~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»`_« ∞» . ''ǨÏ$^ŒÜ∞« =∂! P„QÆÇÏ≤ OK«‰Ωõ ! WO`«H<õ åfl J==∂#
Hõ~°"≥∞ÿ# q+¨Ü«∂xfl K«∂™ê=Ù. Ãã·HÍ¡Ñπû h q∞„`«∞efl ã¨r=OQÍ uO@∞#flѨÙ_»∞
`«y# ã¨=∞Ü«∞O =KÕÛ=~°‰õΩ FÑ≤HõѨ\Ïì=Ù. J\Ï¡ˆQ WѨC_»∂#∂!——
P`«‡Q“~°"åxfl ã¨OÉÏoOK«∞‰õΩx, ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂xfl xâ◊ÛÅOQÍ KÕã¨∞‰õΩx
X_≥ã≤ãπ „Ѩ[fieOKÕ JyflÖÏO\˜ nè~°∞_»∞, ZdÜ«∞#∞¡ W+¨ìѨ_ç u<Õ ~°HõÎO, H˘=Ùfi
xOÑ≤# á⁄@ì¿Ñ=Ùefl =∞O@ÃÑ· J@∂~Ú@∂ uÑ≤Ê Ñ¨K«#O KÕã¨∞Î#fl@∞¡, J@∂
~Ú@∂ á⁄~°¡™êQÍ_»∞. P á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl =∞@∞ìÃÑ@ì_®xH˜ P`«x
=∞kÖ’ J#O`«"≥∞ÿ# LáêÜ«∂Å∞ LaH˜<å~Ú. WO`«Ö’ Z^ä≥<å XHõ ѨiKåiHõ
~°∂ѨOÖ’ =zÛ J#flk– ''WOHÍ x„^Œ ~å=_»O ÖË^•! <å<å Ü«∂`«#Å∞ Ѩ_ç
h ã¨fiO`« WO\˜H˜ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl=Ù. QÆifiOK«^yŒ # Ѩل`«∞_»∞, ÉèÏ~°º L#fl h ~ÚO\˜Ö’
h‰õΩ x„^Œ ~åHõáÈ=_»O qz„`«O HÍ^Œ∂!——
Z^ä≥<å#∞ QÆ∞~°∞ÎѨ\ ˜ì# X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''^Õ=`å! h=#flk x["Õ∞!
~ÚѨC_»∞ <å =∞#ã¨O`å D AÖÏ~Ú "≥^èŒ=Å<≥ÖÏ =∞@∞ìÃÑ\ÏìÖÏ J#fl
PÖ’K«#`À ã¨`«=∞`«=∞=Ù`«∞#flk. h ^ŒÜ«∞`À "åà◊¡x K«OѨQÆey<å "åà◊¡
‰õΩ@∞O| ã¨Éèí∞ºÅ HÀáêxfl Z^Œ∞~À¯"åeû =ã¨∞ÎOk Hõ^•! ^•<≥flÖÏ `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞
HÀ"åÖ’ J~°÷OHÍ=_»O ÖË^Œ∞——
Z^ä≥<å P`«xH˜ |^Œ∞ezÛOk– ''=¸~°öOQÍ =∂\Ï¡_»‰õΩ. =∂#=ÙÅ∞
¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞efl #=Ú‡`å~°∞. h‰õΩ F ^Õ=`« JO_»QÍ, ¿ãflǨÏOQÍ L<åfl #=∞‡HõO
KåÅ_»O ÖË^∞Œ . K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞ q#∞. Ü«∂Éè·ˇ ^ŒàÏÅ∞QÍ "åà◊√¡ x#∞fl K«∞@∞ì=Ú\˜<ì å
q[Ü«∞O h^Õ! x„^ŒáÈ! ~ˆ Ѩ\ ˜ HÍ~åºxH˜ h‰õΩ x„^Œ KåÖÏ J=ã¨~O° . JOu=∞OQÍ
ÔQÅ∞Ѩ٠h^Õ!——
X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ x„^ŒÑ¨\ ˜ìOk. ÃÑ·# QÆkÖ’ "≥∞ʼnõΩ= ~åQÍ ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ `«#
P~å^茺 ^≥·="≥∞ÿ# PÔ~ìq∞ãπ#∞ „áêi÷OzOk– ''PÔ~ìq∞ãπ ^Õ=`å! h ã¨∞xt`«
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â◊~åÅ∞ <å ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂xfl peÛ ##∞fl K«OÑ≤<å ZO`À ÉÏQÆ∞O_Õk. Z„á¶⁄_≥·\ò,
Z^ä<≥ å, EºãπÅ∞ Hõ~∞° }˜Oz Z<Àfl q^ŒºÅxzÛ<å HÍÅO Hõeã≤~åx ѨO_®iÜ«∞ãπ
‰õΩ=∂Ô~ÎÅ∞ `«∞á¶ê#∞QÍeÖ’ H˘@∞ì‰õΩáÈ~Ú L„QÆ^Õ=`«Öˇ·# 'Ѷ¨Ùºsãπ— (Furies)‰õΩ
ÉÏxã¨Öˇ·#@∞¡ <å‰õÄ ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ìO ã¨O„áêÑ≤ÎOKÕ@∞¡#flk.
ZO`« ^Œ∞óMÏ<≥·fl<å F~°∞ÛHÀQÆÅ∞QÆ∞`å=Ú x„^Œ =zÛ =∞#efl *’ÅѨÙzÛ`Õ.
D~ÀA Ñ‘_»HõÅ =zÛOk. <å ѨHõ¯<Õ X_≥ã≤ãπÖÏ<Õ L#fl =ºH˜Î â◊Ü«∞xOKå_»∞. Jk
x[O HÍ^Œ∞ HõÅ Jx `≥eã‘ <å ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞O ZO`À ã¨O`À+¨Ñ¨_çOk——
X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# ÉèÏ~°º "Õ^Œ##∞ q<åfl_»∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx „áêi÷Oz `«#‰õΩ F
Ô~O_»∞ â◊√Éèíâ◊‰õΩ<åefl K«∂Ñ≤OK«=∞x "Õ_»∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. =∞~°∞Hõ∆}OÖ’ XeOѨãπ
tY~åÅ∞flOz L~°∞=ÚÅ∞ q#|_®¤~Ú. X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ P#O^ŒO HõeyOk.
x„^ŒÖËz# X_≥ã≤ãπ `«#∞ Ѩ_»∞‰õΩ#fl â◊Ü«∞º#∞ fã≤"Õã¨∂ΠѨHõ¯ P=~°}Ö’
ÉÏs¡, QÀ^èŒ∞=∞Å#∞ u~°QÆeÃÑ· qã¨∞~°∞Î#fl F ѨiKåiHõ =∂@Å∞ q<åfl_»∞– P"≥∞
J#flk– ''Eºãπ ^Õ"å! =∞|∞ƒÅ∞ ÖËx PHÍâ◊OÖ’ L~°∞=ÚÅ∞ qxÑ≤OKÕÖÏ KÕ™ê=Ù.
JO>Ë Z=~À Jukèx D ~ÚO\˜H˜ ѨOѨÙ`«∞<åfl"å! D~ÀA D á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞
Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ PYi~ÀA HÍ"åe. gà◊¡‰õΩ uO_ô uѨÊÅ∞ `«Ü«∂~°∞KÕã‘ KÕã‘ =∂
[=ã¨`åÎ fiÅ∞ L_çyáÈ`«∞<åfl~Ú. gà◊¡‰õΩ áÈQÍÅO ~å#∂! D~ÀA gà◊¡ qO^Œ∞
Kå=ÙqO^Œ∞ HÍ#∂!——
X_≥ã≤ãπ â◊√Éèí„Ѩ^Œ"≥∞ÿ# L~°∞=Úefl, Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl u@∞ì‰õΩO@∞#fl ѨiKåiHõ
=∂@bfl q<åfl_»∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ Ô~O_»∞ ã¨O[˝ÅxzÛ<å_»∞ Hõ^•! DÖ’QÍ q∞ye#
ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ x„^ŒÖzË QÍ_çá⁄~Úº "≥eyOKå~°∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ =Ú™êÎÉ·ˇ Ü«¸iH˜Ü ¡ ∂« `À
JukäH˜ Q“~°= =∞~åº^ŒÅ∞ ã¨iQÍ [iQÍÜ«∂ ÖË^• Hõ#∞‰õΩ¯<åfl_»∞. "Õ@‰õΩHõ¯Å∞ `«#
"≥O@~åQÍ |Öˇ¡O KÕ`«|∂x ã¨ÉèÏã¨÷eH˜ |Ü«∞ÖËÌ~å_»∞. WO`«Ö’ Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ q∞QÆ`å
ѨiKåiHõÅ`À P=~°}#∞ â◊√„ÉèíO KÕ~ÚOz qÅ∞q^•º „Ѩ^Œ~°≈#‰õΩ ã≤^ŒúO KÕ¿ã
ѨxÖ’ Ѩ_Oç k. W~°"=·≥ ∞Ok ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ hà◊√¡ fã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛ áê„`«ÅÖ’ xOѨÙ`«∞<åfl~°∞.
q∞QÆ`å"åà◊√¡ ‰õΩsÛÅ#∞ â◊√„ÉèíO KÕã≤ "å\˜ÃÑ· "≥∞`«Î\ ˜ Lxfl =¢™êÎÅ#∞ HõѨC`«∂
P=~°}#∞ ã¨~åfiOQÆ ã¨∞O^Œ~°OQÍ JÅOHõiOK«™êQÍ~°∞.
DÖ’QÍ Ñ¨O^Œ∞Å HÍѨi Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ =¸_»∞ |eã≤# ѨO^Œ∞efl fã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛ
P=~°}Ö’ =kÖÏ_»∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ K«∂_»QÍ<Õ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ P`«xx ã¨g∞Ñ≤Oz
Ü«Ú=‰õΩeOHÍ J`«xx W|ƒOk ÃÑ_»∞<Î åfl~å? Jx J_çQÍ_»∞. ^Õ=Ù_»∞ "åà◊x¡ tH˜O∆ KÕ
~ÀA ^ŒQ~æÆ ° Ѩ_Oç ^Œx X_≥ãã≤ π K≥|∞`«∞O_»QÍ<Õ "Õ∞HõÅHÍѨi "≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ∞« ãπ, Ѩâ√◊ =ÙÅ
HÍѨi Ѷ≤Ö’+≤Ü«∞ãπ (Melanthius, Philoetius)Å∞ Ö’xH˜ =KåÛ~°∞. "åà◊√¡ F
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|eã≤# "Õ∞HõáÈ`«∞#∞, Q˘„Ô~Å#∞ `ÀÅ∞‰õΩ=zÛ P=~°}Ö’ =kÖÏ~°∞. Ѷ≤Ö’+≤Ü«∞ãπ
X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ ¿ãflǨÏѨÓ~°fiHõOQÍ Ñ¨ÅHõiz<å_»∞– ''ÉÏ@™ês! x#∞fl K«∂ã¨∞ÎO>Ë <å‰õΩ
=∂ Ü«∞[=∂x X_≥ã≤ãπ QÆ∞~°∞ΉõΩ=ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. <Õ#∞ ÉÏÅ∞_çQÍ L#flѨC_Õ P`«_»∞
<å‰õΩ Ѩâ◊√ã¨O~°Hõ∆}Ï ÉÏ^茺`«#ѨÊyOz Q“~°qOKå_»∞. Jq D<å_»∞ ÖˇHõ¯‰õΩ q∞Oz
q∞‰õΩ¯@OQÍ `«Ü«∂~°Ü«∂º~Ú. P g~°∞x ‰õΩ=∂~°∞x ‰õÄ_® D á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ Ѩ\ ì̃OK«∞HÀ‰õΩO_® `«=∞ ~Úëêì~å[ºOQÍ „Ѩ=iÎã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. "åà◊√¡ P`«xx
=∞@∞ìÃÑ\˜ì ã¨~°fiã¨OѨ^ŒÅ#∞ `å=Ú Ñ¨OK«∞‰õΩ<ÕO^Œ∞‰õΩ ‰õΩ„@Å∞ ™êyã¨∂Î qO^Œ∞
q<À^•Ö’¡ HÍňH∆ѨO KÕã¨∂Î D ~ÚO\˜ Éè’QÆÉèÏQͺefl Éè’OKÕã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. <å‰õΩ
JѨC_»ÑC¨ _»∂ <åHõÑʨ yOz# Ѩâ√◊ =Ùefl "Õ̂~ ~å[ºO `ÀÅ∞‰õΩáÈ~Ú JHõ¯_» Éè„í ^ŒOQÍ
^•KåÅx LO@∞Ok. D Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ PQÆ_®Å#∞ ÉèíiOK«ÖˉõΩ<åfl#∞.——
X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅHÍѨs! h=Ù qâßfiã¨áê„`«∞_çq. <Õ#∞
K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ `«fi~°Ö’ WHõ¯_»‰õΩ ~å#∞<åfl_»∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx ^ŒÜ«∞`À D
^Œ∞~å‡~°∞æefl =∞@∞ìÃÑ>Ëì Hõ∆}O ^ŒQÆæ~°Ñ¨_çOk——
ѶÖ≤ ’+≤Ü∞« ãπ „Ѩuã¨ÊOkOKå_»∞– ''q∞„`«=∂! ^Õ=Ùx ^ŒÜ∞« =Å¡ JÖÏ<Õ [~°QhÆ ,
<å=O`«∞ ѨQÆ <Õ#∞ f~°∞ÛHÀ#∂—— J<åfl_»`«_»∞. `«# Ü«∞[=∂x ˆH∆=∞OQÍ ~å"åÅx
„áêi÷OKå_»∞.
DÖ’QÍ JHõ¯_»‰Ωõ =zÛ# Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ K«OѨÙ^•=∞x Ѩ^HŒä Oõ
PÖ’zã¨∞ÎO_»QÍ<Õ F QÆ~°∞_»Ñ¨H˜∆ "åi Z_»=∞ѨHõ¯QÍ PHÍâ◊OÖ’ ^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩáÈ~ÚOk.
^•xx JѨâ◊‰õΩ#OQÍ ÉèÏqOz "åà◊√¡ UOѶ≤<À=∞ãπ ã¨ÅǨ`À qO^Œ∞ HÍ~°º„Hõ=∂Ö’¡
=ÚxyáÈÜ« ∂ ~° ∞ . Ü« Ú =‰õ Ω ÅO^Œ ~ ° ∂ ¿ã=‰õ Ω e㨠∞ Î # fl ~˘>ˇ ì „^•Hõ ∆ ™ ê~å~Ú,
=∂O™êǨ~åxfl P~°yã¨∞ÎO_»QÍ >ˇe=∂Yãπ aK«ÛQÍ_ç "Õ+¨OÖ’ L#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞
^•fi~°O =^ŒÌ ‰õÄ~°∞ÛO_»Éˇ\ ˜ì P`«x ѨHõ¯# =∞Oz =∂O™êǨ~åxfl „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Úx
xOÑ≤# áê„`«#∞ LOz J<åfl_»∞– ''ÉÏ@™ês! h=Ù xsƒùuQÍ PǨ~åxfl ã‘fiHõiOK«∞.
D QÆ$ǨÏO =∞Ǩg~°∞_≥·# X_≥ã≤ãπk. x<≥fl=fi~°∞ U =∂@ J<åfl <Õ#∞ ã¨Ç≤ÏOK«#∞.
ZdÜ«∞<£ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÖÏ~å! qO^•~°yOK«O_ç JO`ÕHÍx HõÜ«∂ºÅ‰õΩ HÍÅ∞ ^Œ∞=fi=^Œ∞Ì——
J`«x ^è≥·~åºxH˜ P Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ Pâ◊Û~°ºáÈÜ«∂~°∞. UO\˜<Òãπ J<åfl_»∞–
''D Ñ≤@ì H˘OK≥O QÆ\Qì˜ Í ‰õÄã¨∞#Î flk. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ "åiOKå_»∞ Hõ#∞Hõ ã¨iáÈ~ÚOk
QÍx ÖˉõΩO>Ë D ã¨iˆH D Ñ≤@ì =∞\˜ìáêÖˇ· LO_Õk——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J`«x =∂@Å∞ Ѩ\Oì˜ K«∞HÀÖË^∞Œ . g^è∞Œ Ö’¡ >ˇe=∂Yãπ ¿ã=‰õΩÅ∞
#∂~°∞ |eѨâ◊√=Ùefl (Hecatombs) Tˆ~yã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ WO\˜ P=~°}Ö’
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ qO^•~°yã¨∂Î<Õ q"å^•Ö’¡H˜ kQÍ~°∞. >ˇã≤ûѨãπ (Ctessipus) J<Õ
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^Œ∞O^Œ∞_»∞‰õΩ "≥^èŒ= X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ u@ì™êy<å_»∞– ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! D aK«ÛQÍ_çH˜
>ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# "å\Ï Éè’[#O ÃÑ\˜ì<å_»∞. <Õ#∂ <å =O`«∞QÍ XHõ |Ǩï=∞u
~Ú™êÎ#∞. ^•xx W`«QÍ_»∞ D WO\˜ ѨiKåiHõʼnõΩ W=fi=K«∞Û—— JO@∂<Õ Z^Œ∞Ì
=¸Ñ¨Ù~°Ñ¨Ù =∂Oã¨YO_®xfl X_≥ã≤ãπ "ÕѨ٠qã≤~å_»∞. ^•xx QÆ=∞xOz# X_≥ã≤ãπ
`«Å=OK«_»O`À Jk "ÕQÆOQÍ "≥o¡ P=~°}Ö’ QÀ_»‰õΩ `«yeOk. X_≥ã≤ãπ ¿ÇÏà◊#QÍ
#"åfi_»∞.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''>ˇã≤ûѨãπ! h QÆ∞i `«Ñ≤ÊOk. J^Õ <å‰õΩ HÀѨO
=zÛ |Öˇ¡O qã≤ˆ~Î h QÆ∞O_≥Ö’ ^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩáÈÜ«ÚO_Õk. h `«O„_ç =zÛ h‰õΩ
JO`«º„H˜Ü«∞ňH~åÊ@∞¡ KÕÜ«∞=Åã≤ =KÕÛk. XHõ¯ q+¨Ü«∞O ã¨Ê+¨ìOQÍ K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞.
<Õ#∞ WOHÍ ÉÏÅ∞}˜‚ HÍ^Œ∞. <å‰õΩ Lz`å#∞z`åÅ∞ `≥Å∞ã¨∞#∞. `«$Ñ≤ÎQÍ u<åfl~°∞
Hõ^•! D HÀѨ`åáêÅ∞ KåeOK«O_ç! <å‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞ ##∞fl g∞~°∞ K«O¿Ñ ‰õΩ„@Ö’
L<åfl~°x. g∞`À J==∂<åÅáêÖˇ· ~ÀE Kå=_»O Hõ<åfl XHõ¯™êˆ~ |Öˇ¡O ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ
Hõ#∞Ê =¸Ü«∞_»O <Õ#∞ Q˘Ñ¨ÊQÍ ÉèÏq™êÎ#∞——
JO^Œ~°∂ xâ◊≈|ÌOQÍ LO_çáÈÜ«∂~°∞. _»=∂ã¨ì~ü ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ ZÔQÖÏãπ
(Agelaus) J<åfl_»∞– ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! HÀѨO`À ѨeH˜<å >ˇe=∂Yãπ x*Ïxfl ѨeHÍ_»∞.
J`«x Ju^èŒ∞efl ѨiKåiHõefl J==∂xOK«_»O =∞#‰õΩ Lz`«O HÍ^Œ∞. <Õ#∞
>ˇe=∂Yãπ`À K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ WOHÍ |uˆH L<åfl_»#fl Pâ◊ g∞‰õΩO>Ë
|∞∞A=ÙÅ∞ `≥ÅѨO_ç. ÖË^• P`«_»∞ =∞~°}˜Oz LO>Ë h `«e¡x XÑ≤ÊOz WHõ¯_»
L#fl Z=~À XHõifl =∂~°∞ =∞#∞=Ù KÕã¨∞HÀ=∞#∞. JѨC_»∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ `«#
ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ#∞ `å<Õ ã¨O~°H˜∆OK«∞HÀ=K«∞Û#∞——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''ZÔQÖÏãπ! WOHÍ <Õ#∞ PQÆ^ŒÅ∞ÛHÀÖË^Œ∞. P"≥∞
q"åǨxH˜ U~åÊ@∞¡ KÕã∞¨ <Î åfl=Ú. P"≥∞ "≥oá¡ ÈÜÕ∞ѨC_»∞ P"≥∞‰õΩ J<ÕHõ |Ǩï=∞`«∞Å∞
<Õx™êÎ#∞. HÍx P"≥∞ =∞#ã¨∞û‰õΩ =ºuˆ~HõOQÍ P"≥∞#∞ D ~ÚO\˜ #∞Oz <Õ#∞
ѨOѨÖË#∞——
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ #=Ùfi PѨÙHÀÖËHõáÈÜ«∂~°∞. käÜ≥ÚÔH¡Âq∞#ãπ J<åfl_»∞–
''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! U"≥∞ÿOk g∞‰õΩ? g∞ =ÚMÏÅ∞ áêeáÈ~Ú qHõ$`«OQÍ =∂i<å~Ú.
#~°HõÖ’HõѨ٠Ñ≤âßÖË=<åfl HõxÑ≤OKåÜ«∂?——
Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''D aK«ÛQÍ_»∞ J_»∞QÆ∞ÃÑ\˜ì#ѨÊ@∞flOp Jhfl
JѨâ◊‰õΩ<åÖË! g}˜‚Hõ¯_»∞flOp ѨOÑ≤"ÕÜ«∞O_ç——
käÜ≥ÚÔH¡Âq∞#ãπ U^À H©_»∞ â◊OH˜Oz JHõ¯_»∞flOz Ñ‘iÜ«∞ãπ WO\˜H˜
JukèQÍ"≥o¡áÈ~Ú<å_»∞. q∞QÆ`å Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ P@Ѩ\ ˜ìOK«™êQÍ~°∞.
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XHõ_<» åfl_»∞– ''ÉèÖí Ë Ju^è∞Œ Å∞ ^À~°∞‰õΩ`å~°∞ h‰õΩ! J_»∞‰õΩ¯<Õ"åà◊¥,¡ u~°∞QÆ∞É’`«∞Å∂,
Ѩháê\Ï ~åx"åà◊¥¡#∂! ÃÑ·QÍ "åà◊√¡ *’㨺QÍà◊¥¡, Ǩ㨺QÍà◊¥¡#∂! gà◊¡x 'ã≤ã≤bH˜—
ѨOÑ≤ ÉÏxã¨Å∞QÍ Jq∞‡`Õ =∞#‰õΩ H˘O`« ÖÏÉèíO ‰õÄ_®!——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ FÑ≤HõQÍ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. ÃÑ· QÆkÖ’ ‰õÄ~°∞Û#fl ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ‰õΩ Jxfl
=∂@Å∂ qxÑ≤ã∂¨ <Î Õ L<åfl~Ú. Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ `«=∞‰õΩ #zÛ# suÖ’ Q˘„Ô~Å∞, "Õ∞HõÅ∞,
Ѩâ◊√=Ùefl K«OÑ≤ =∂O™êxfl `«$Ñ≤ÎQÍ Éè’OKÕã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. HÍx "åà◊¡‰õΩ HÍ¿ãѨ\’¡
JO^ŒÉ’ÜÕ∞ =∞$`«∞ºÉè’[#O QÆ∞iOz Z=~°∞ K≥|∞`å~°∞? Z^ä<≥ å, X_≥ãã≤ Åπ PÖ’K«#
D ^Œ∞~°^$Œ +¨=ì O`«∞ÅÔHÖÏ `≥Å∞ã¨∞OÎ k? "åà◊¡ J#∞z`« „Ѩ=~°#Î <Õ_∞» "åà◊¡ „áê}ÏÅ#∞
fÜ«∞É’`ÀOk.......
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21. qÅ∞q^•º „Ѩ^Œ~°≈#

Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞OÖ’ D „Ѩâ◊ã¨Î"≥∞ÿ# PÖ’K«##∞
„Ѩ"Õâ◊ÃÑ\˜ìOk. P Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ =ÚO^Œ∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ qÅ¡=Ú‡Å∞, Ѩ<≥flO_»∞ QÆO„_»
Q˘_»¤à◊√¡ (Hõ„~°ayOK«xq) LOz<å~°∞. HÍx Z=iH˜ `≥Å∞ã¨∞ P qÅ¡=Ú‡ÖË
|ńѨ^Œ~°≈# J#O`«~°O D á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ „áê}ÏÅ∞ f™êÎÜ«∞x!
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ã¨fiÜ«∞OQÍ HõOK«∞֒ǨÏO`À `«Ü∂« ~°∞KÕã#≤ `åà◊ÑÙ¨ K≥qx KÕ`|« @∞ì‰Ωõ x,
ѨiKåiHõÅ∞ "≥O@~åQÍ PÜ«Ú^è•QÍ~åxH˜ "≥oO¡ k. X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ P qÅ¡=Ú‡Å#∞
Ü«Úi@ãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ WѶ≤@ãπ (Iphitus) |ǨïHõiOz<å_»∞.
X_≥ãã≤ π `«# ^Õâ◊ „Ѩ[Å `«~Ñ° Ù¨ # `«O„_ç ѨOѨQÍ HõÑʨ O =ã¨∂Å∞ KÕÜ∞« _®xH˜
'™êÊ~åì— (Sparta) "≥o¡ JHõ¯_» FiìÖ’Yãπ (Ortilochus)‰õΩ JukäQÍ L<åfl_»∞.
J^Õã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ `«# QÆ∞„~åÅ#∞ QÆ~°ƒùO`À L#fl Ѩ<≥flO_»∞ JâßfiÅ#∞ – (Twelve
brood mares) "≥^Œ∞‰õΩ`«∞#fl 'WѶ≤@ãπ—#∞ ^•iÖ’ HõÅ=QÍ, W^ŒÌ~°∂ q∞„`«∞Öˇ·
™êÊ~åì ~åA‰õΩ Ju^äŒ∞Öˇ·<å~°∞. WѶ≤@ãπ X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ qÅ¡=Ú‡Å#∞ |ǨïHõiOK«QÍ,
X_≥ã≤ãπ WѶ≤@ãπ‰õΩ |ÖË¡xfl, Y_®æxfl HÍ#∞HõQÍ WzÛ Q“~°qOz<å_»∞.
^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=âß`«∂Î WѶ≤@ãπ `«# QÆ∞„~åÅ PK«∂H© HÀã¨O ÃÇÏ~åH˜¡ãπ WO\˜H˜
"≥à◊¡QÍ ^Õ=`«ÅÃÑ· Q“~°=O, Ju^èŒ∞ÅÃÑ· *Ïe ÖËx ÃÇÏ~åH˜¡ãπ WѶ≤@ãπ#∞ K«OÑ≤ P
QÆ∞„~åÅ#∞ `«# =^ŒÌ<Õ LOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. P qÅ¡=Ú‡Å#∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ „\ÏÜü∞ "≥àı¡Ñ¨C_»∞
fã¨∞‰õΩ"≥à◊¡‰õΩO_® `«# q∞„`«∞_ç *Ï˝Ñ¨HÍ~°÷O WO\˜Ö’<Õ Éèí„^ŒÑ¨~°z<å_»∞.
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ PÜ«Ú^è•QÍ~åx "≥o§ X_≥ã≤ãπ qÅ∞¡#∞, ÉÏ}ÏÅ∞ xO_»∞QÍ L#fl
J=Ú‡Åá⁄kx fã¨∞‰õΩx Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞#fl P=~°}"ÕѨ٠|Ü«∞ÖËÌiOk. ѨiKåiHõÅ∞
QÆO„_»Q˘_»¤à◊√¡#fl ÃÑ>ˇì#∞ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx P"≥∞#∞ J#∞ã¨iOKå~°∞. `«# Éèí~°Î =ã¨∞Î=ÙÅ#∞
K«∂_»QÍ<Õ P"≥∞‰õΩ ^Œ∞óYO PQÆÖË^Œ∞. ^Œ∞óMÏxfl `«=∂~ÚOK«∞‰õΩx ã≤÷q∞`«Ñ¨_ç<åHõ
P=~°}Ö’x F ã¨OÎ ÉèOí "≥#∞Hõ xÅ|_ç "Õ∞e=Úã¨∞QÆ∞, =^Œ<åxfl =∞~°∞QÆ∞Ѩ~∞° ã¨∞OÎ _»QÍ
=∞$^Œ∞=∞^èŒ∞~°OQÍ WÖÏ Ñ¨eH˜Ok– ''Jaè=∂#^èŒ#∞Öˇ·# Ü«Ú=‰õΩÖÏ¡~å! Jaè"å^ŒO!
W<åflà◊¥¡ ##∞fl ÃÑo¡ KÕã¨∞HÀ"åÅ#fl `«ÅOѨÙ`À D ~ÚO\˜x ^ÀK«∞‰õΩu<åfl~°∞.
㨈~! WѨC_»∞ g∞ Jã¨Öˇ·# „Ѩ*Ï˝áê@"åʼnõΩ ѨsHõ∆ ÃÑ_»∞Î<åfl#∞. D qÅ∞¡ X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ
K≥Ok#k. X_≥ã≤ãπ ÉèÏ~°º#∞ g∞~°∞ WÖÏ¡Å∞QÍ ~°=∞‡x HÀ~°∞`«∞<åfl~°∞. g∞Ö’ Z=Ô~·<å
X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ nè@∞QÍ â◊H˜Î™ê=∞~åúºÅ∞#fl@¡~Ú`Õ D áÈ\©Ö’ áêÖÁæ#O_ç. q[Ü«∞O
á⁄Ok#g~°∞}˜‚ <Õ#∞ J#∞ã¨i™êÎ#∞. ÃÑo¡‰õΩ=∂Ô~ÎQÍ, ÉèÏ~°ºQÍ, `«e¡QÍ D WO\˜Ö’
á⁄Ok# J^Œ∞ƒù`«"≥∞ÿ# J#∞Éèí"åefl ã¨fiáêflÅ∞QÍ =∞~°Ñ¨Ù‰õΩ `≥K«∞Û‰õΩO\Ï#∞.——
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P"≥∞ P[˝#∞ áê\˜Oz Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ Q˘_»¤à◊¡#∞, qO\˜x, ÉÏ}ÏÅ#∞ P
ѨH¯õ <Õ LOz<å_»∞. "å\˜x K«∂ã¨∂<Î Õ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ, ѶÖ≤ ’+≤Ü∞« ãπÅ∞ `«=∞ Ü«∞[=∂xx
QÆ∞~°∞Î `≥K«∞Û‰õΩx Hõhfl~°∞ HÍiÛ<å~°∞. "åà◊¡#∞ ¿ÇÏà◊# KÕã¨∂Î UO\˜<Òãπ pè`«¯iOz
Lq∞‡"Õâß_»∞– ''ѨxH˜=∂e# "≥^èŒ=ÖÏ¡~å! ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ U_»∞ã¨∂Î g∞ Ü«∞[=∂#∞~åe
ã¨∞xfl`« ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂xfl =∞iO`« QÍÜ«∞Ѩ~°∞ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞? Éèí~°Î uiy~åHõ P"≥∞ W<åflà◊¥¡
U_çÛ# U_»∞ÊÅ∞ KåÖË¡^•? <À~°∂‡ã¨∞‰õΩx xâ◊≈|ÌOQÍ g∞ =ÚO^Œ∞#fl uO_ç ux
"≥o¡á⁄O_ç. ÖË^• |Ü«∞@‰õΩáÈ~Ú g∞ U_»∞ÊÅ∞ g∞~°∞ U_»fiO_ç. P qÅ¡=Ú‡efl
JHõ¯_Õ =keÃÑ@ìO_ç. D ã¨∞xfl`«"≥∞ÿ# ѨsHõ∆ JO`« ã¨∞ÅÉèíO HÍ^Œ∞. P qÅ∞¡
Z‰õΩ¯ÃÑ@ì_O» X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ `«Ñʨ =∞~˘HõiH˜ ™ê^躌 Ѩ_^» ∞Œ —— J<åfl_»∞ HÍx `å#∞ QÔ Å∞™êÎ_x»
P`«x =∞#ã¨∞Ö’ U=¸Å<À ^•QÆ∞#fl Pâ◊ K≥|∞`ÀOk. HÍx P ÉÏ}"Õ∞ J`«_ç
„áê}ÏÅ∞ fã¨∞ÎO^Œx ZÖÏ `≥Å∞ã¨∞ÎOk P`«xH˜?
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_Õ^À <å =∞#ã¨∞û#∞ =∞O„uOz"Õ™ê_»∞.
ÖˉõΩO>Ë <å „Ñ≤Ü«∞`«=∞ =∂`«$=¸iÎ Z=iHÀ ÉèÏ~°ºQÍ "≥à◊√`«∞O>Ë <Õ#∞ H˜=∞‡#Hõ
‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl#∞. Ü«Ú=‰õΩÖÏ¡~å! P"≥∞=O\˜ ¢ã‘Î g∞‰õΩ ZdÜ«∞#¡ ~å[ºOÖ’ ZHõ¯_®
HÍ#~å^Œ∞. <Õ<å"≥∞ QÆ∞iOz á⁄QÆ_»#=ã¨~°O ÖË^Œ∞. g∞~°∞ JO^Œ~°∂ „Ѩܫ∞uflOKÕ
=ÚO^Œ∞ ##∂fl D áÈ\©Ö’ áêÖÁæ#x=fiO_ç. <Õ#∞ q[Ü«∞O ™êkè¿ãÎ P"≥∞ <å
~ÚO\˜Ö’<Õ LO_çáÈ`«∞Ok. <Õ#∞ F_çáÈÜ«∂<å P `«~°∞"å`« P"≥∞ Z=Ô~·fl<å
q"åǨÏ=∂_ç P`«xO\˜H˜ ¿ãfiK«ÛùQÍ "≥o¡áÈ=K«∞Û. <å‰õΩ <å `«O„_ç PÜ«Ú^è•efl
ѨsH˜∆Oz# `«$Ñ≤Î q∞QÆ∞Å∞ÎOk—— Jx JO@∂ >ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# ÃÑ· JOwx, Y_®æxfl
ѨHõ¯# LOz Ѩ<≥flO_»∞ QÆO„_»Q˘_»¤à◊¡#∞ F QÍ_ç `«qfi "å\˜~°O„^è•Åhfl ã¨~°à◊ˆ~YÖ’
u#flQÍ LO_Õ@∞¡ J=∞iÛ<å_»∞. QÆ∞=∞‡O =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥o¡ qO\˜x Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx =¸_»∞™ê~°∞¡
<åix ã¨OkèOK«_®xH˜ „Ѩܫ∞uflOz qѶ¨Å∞_»Ü«∂º_»∞. <åÅ∞QÀ™êi „Ѩܫ∞uflOK«
É’`«∞O_»QÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ P`«xx Hõ#∞Ãã·QÆÅ`À "åiOz<å_»∞.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''<å ^Œ∞~°^Œ$ëêìxfl xOkOz „ѨÜ≥∂[#O ÖË^Œ∞.
`«O„_çH˜ `«y# Ѩل`«∞_çQÍ <å â◊HÜ Î˜ Ú« ‰õΩeÎ fl |∞∞A=Ù KÕã∞¨ HÀÖËHáõ ÈÜ«∂#∞. g~°∞ÖÏ~å!
~°O_ç! g∞ â◊H˜Îx „Ѩ^Œi≈OK«O_ç—— Jx "≥o¡ `«# Pã¨#OÃÑ· ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞.
UO\˜<Òãπ K≥Ñ≤Ê#@∞¡ JO^Œ~°∂ XHõi `«~°∞"å`« XHõ~°∞ =KÕÛO^Œ∞‰õΩ
x~°‚~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. "≥Ú^Œ@QÍ D<ÀÑπû (Oenops) ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ eÜ≥Ú_≥ãπ
(Leodes) =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ =KåÛ_»∞. ZѨC_»∂ `«# ‰õΩsÛx „^•Hõ∆™ê~å~Ú áê„`« ѨHõ¯<Õ
LOK«∞‰õΩx Hõ∆}O =$^è• KÕÜ«∞‰õΩO_® `åˆQ `åQÆ∞É’`«∞ J`«_»∞. Hõhã¨O qO\˜H˜
<åix ã¨OkèOK«ÖËHõáÈÜ«∂_»∞. J`«_»<åfl_»∞– ''D áÈ\© JO`« ã¨∞ÅÉèí™ê^茺OQÍ
JxÑ≤OK«_»O ÖË^Œ∞. <å F@q∞ XѨC‰õΩO@∞<åfl#∞. JO`ÕHÍ^Œ∞ =∞#Ö’ g~åkè
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g~°∞Å=∞x K≥ÑC¨ ‰õΩ<Õ"åà◊¡ á⁄QÆ~∞° J}˜KÖÕ Ï D qÅ∞q^•º „Ѩ^~Œ ≈° # L#flk. W<åflà◊¥¡
D"≥∞#∞ q"åǨÏ=∂_»^eŒ Û xsH˜O∆ z# g~°∞Å∞ `«=∞ â◊‰Ωõ eÎ fl "Õ~ˆ Ü«Ú=u á⁄O^Œ∞HÀã¨O
„Ѩ^Œi≈OK«=K«∞Û—— Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê qÅ∞¡#∞, ÉÏ}Ïefl ѨHõ¯<Õ LOz `«Ñ¨C‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
UO\˜<Òãπ ZQÆ`åoQÍ J<åfl_»∞– ''W@∞=O\˜ Ñ≤iH˜ =∂@Å∞ h ÃÑ^•Å∞
^•\˜ ~å‰õÄ_»^Œ∞. h=Ù |ÅÇ‘Ï#∞_çq HÍ|\˜ì =∞=∞‡efl h ã¨=∂#∞Å∞QÍ K«∂_®Åx
„Ѩܫ∞uflã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù. h `«e¡ h‰õΩ LQÆ∞æáêÅÖ’ áœ~°∞ëêxfl HõeÑ≤ „`åÑ≤#@∞¡ ÖË^Œ∞.
ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_»‰õΩ. q∞QÆ`å"åà◊√¡ h=Ù KÕÜ«∞ÖËx Ѩxx ™êkè™êÎ~°∞ÖË!—— Jx ѨeH˜ "Õ∞HõÅ
HÍѨi "≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ«∞ãπ#∞ H˘=Ùfi#∞ `≥=∞‡x ѨÙ~°=∂~ÚOKå_»∞. Hõiy# H˘=Ùfi#∞
qO\˜H˜ ѨӿãÎ HÍã¨Î =OQÆ∞`«∞O^Œx J`«x Pâ◊. "≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ∞« ãπ J`«x P[˝#∞ áê\˜Oz
Ö’xH˜ "≥o¡ H˘=Ùfi#∞ `≥zÛ HõiyOK«QÍ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ ^•xx qO\˜H˜ ѨÓã≤ <åix
ã¨OkèOK«_®xH˜ „Ѩܫ∞uflOKå~°∞. JO^Œ~°∂ x~åâ◊ K≥Ok<å Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ,
UO\˜<ÒãπÅ∞ `«=∞ Ѩ@∞ì^ŒÅ#∞ q_»=ÖË^Œ∞.
DÖ’QÍ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ, Ѷ≤Ö’+≤Ü«∞ãπÅ#∞ "≥O@ɡ@∞ì‰õΩx X_≥ã≤ãπ ^•fi~°O
|Ü«∞@‰õΩ "≥o¡ "åà◊¡`À ã¨OÉèÏ+≤OKå_»∞– ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! <Õ#∞ q∞=∞‡efl XHõ „Ѩâ◊fl
J_»QÆ^ŒÅ∞K«∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. KåÖÏ¿ãѨ\ ˜ #∞Oz q∞=∞‡efl J_»QÍÖÏ, =^•Ì J#fl
ã¨Oâ◊Ü«∞O`À H˘@∞ìq∞\Ïì_»∞`«∞#fl <å‰õΩ WѨC_»∞ gÅ∞ zH˜¯Ok. XHõ"Õà◊ U ^Õ=Ù_À
Hõ~°∞}˜OK«QÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ WHõ¯_»‰õΩ =zÛ g∞ ™êÜ«∞O HÀi`Õ g∞~°∞ P Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ#∞
ã¨=∞i÷™êÎ~å? ÖËHõ g∞ Ü«∞[=∂x ѨH∆Í<Õ LO\Ï~å?—— Jx J_çQÍ_»∞.
P W^ŒÌ~°∂ Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx g∞^Œ „Ѩ=∂}O KÕã≤ `å=Ú X_≥ã≤ãπ ѨHõ∆"Õ∞ Jx
`≥eáê~°∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ `«##∞ `å#∞ `≥eÜ«∞|~°∞ã¨∂Î "åà◊¡`À J<åfl_»∞– ''W~°"≥· Uà◊¡
`«~°∞"å`« =zÛ# <å‰õΩ g∞ ~Ú^ŒÌˆ~ <å ѨiKå~°‰õΩÖ’¡ qâßfiã¨áê„`«∞Å∞QÍ L<åfl~°∞.
g∞~°∞ <å‰õΩ ™êÜ«∞O KÕ¿ãÎ g∞‰õΩ <å ~ÚO\˜^QŒ ~æÆ À¡<Õ F WO\˜x, ã¨~fi° ã¨^∞Œ áêÜ«∂eflzÛ,
g∞‰õΩ q"åǨÏ=∞ÜÕ∞ºÖÏ ™êÜ«∞O KÕ™êÎ#∞. g∞~°∞ <å‰õΩ ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞ÖË H͉õΩO_®
>ˇe=∂Yãπ‰Ωõ ™È^Œ~∞° Å∞QÍ ‰õÄ_» LO\Ï~°∞. <Õ<Õ X_≥ãã≤ #π #_®xH˜ QÆ∞~°∞Î D QÍÜ«∞O.
<å‰õΩ Ѩ~åflã¨ãπ Ѩ~fi° `«O ^ŒQ~æÆ ° P\’ÖˇH· ãõ π ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å`À "Õ@‰õΩ "≥oflѨC_»∞ J_»qѨOk
HÀ~° `«ye U~°Ê_ç#k——
X_≥ãã≤ π `«# `˘_»ÃÑ· QÍÜ«∂xfl K«∂ѨQÍ<Õ "åà◊√¡ `«=∞ Ü«∞[=∂xx QÆ∞iÎOz
U_»fi™êy<å~°∞. P`«_»∞ "åà◊¡#∞ F^•iÛ Ñ¨eH˜<å_»∞– ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! ^Œ∞óMÏxH˜ Wk
ã¨=∞Ü«∞O HÍ^Œ∞. Z=~°<åfl K«∂¿ãÎ "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜ˆH "≥∂ã¨O =ã¨∞ÎOk. =∞#O XHõ¯~˘Hõ¯~°O
Ö’xH˜ "≥à^◊ •O. =ÚO^Œ∞ <Õ#∞ `«~∞° "å`« g∞~°∞. "åà◊√¡ <å‰õΩ qÅ∞¡ ÉÏ}ÏÅ∞ W=fi_®xH˜,
áÈ\©Ö’ áêÖÁæ#_®xH˜ X‰õΩ¯=∞‡_çQÍ x~åHõi™êÎ~°∞. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ! P qO\˜x
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J=Ú‡Å`À ã¨Ç¨ <å‰õΩ WKÕÛ ÉÏ^躌 `« hk. P_»"åà◊#¡ O^Œih "åà◊¡ QÆ^∞Œ Ö’¡ ^•HÀ¯=∞x
K≥ѨC! „H˜O^Œ ÃÑ^ŒÌ J~°∞ѨÙÅ∞, P~°Î<å^•Å∂, ˆHHõÅ∞ ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~°OQÍ q#=zÛ<å 㨈~
Z=ih „H˜O^Œ‰õΩ ~å=^ŒÌx `≥eÜ«∞*Ë~Ú. Ѷ≤Ö’+≤Ü«∞ãπ! |Ü«∞@ ^•fi~åxfl =¸ã≤"Õã≤
QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ `å_»∞ ayOK«∞—— Jx `å#∞ J#∞K«~°∞ʼnõΩ Ѩ#∞Å∞ JѨÊ*ˇÑ≤Ê X_≥ã≤ãπ Ö’xH˜
"≥àÏ¡_»∞.
Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ qÅ∞¡#∞ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx <åi ã¨OkèOK«_®xH˜ <å<å J=ã¨÷
Ѩ_∞» <Î åfl_»∞. H˘=Ùfi~åã≤ =∞O@Ö’ "Õ_Kç ãÕ ∂¨ Î qO\˜x HÍã≤O`« "≥∞`«QÎ Í KÕã<≤ å „Ñ¨u™ês
J`«x „Ѩܫ∞`«flO ɡ_çã≤H˘_»∂Î<Õ L#flk. qã≤yáÈ~Ú# J`«_»∞ QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ JiKå_»∞–
''<å‰õΩ JѨ[Ü«∞=∂! D JѨ[Ü«∞O =∞#O^Œik. <å‰õΩ ÃÑo¡‰õÄ`«∞~°∞ ^ŒHõ¯ÖË^Œx
HÍ^Œ∞, ZdÜ«∞<£ ~å‰õΩ=∂Ô~ÎÖˇO^Œ~À <å J#∞=∞u HÀã¨O Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. HÍx
<å‰õΩ D áÈ\©Ö’ Ѩ~å[Ü«∞O f„=OQÍ ÉÏkèã∞¨ #Î flk. X_≥ãã≤ π ZO`«\ ˜ |Å=O`«∞_À,
=∞#O ZÖÏ Ñ¨~å[Ü«∞O áêÅÜ«∂º"≥∂ `«~°∞"å`« `«~°O „Ѩ[Å∞ Hõ^äŒÅ∞ Hõ^äŒÅ∞QÍ
K≥ѨC‰õΩO\Ï~°∞——
UO\˜<Òãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''JÖÏ Z#fl\˜H© [~°QÆ_®xH˜ gÖË¡^Œ∞. Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ!
JáÈÖ’ ^Õ=ÙxH˜ D~ÀA J`«ºO`« „Ñ≤Ü«∞"≥∞ÿ#k. JO^Œ∞Hõ<Õ qÅ∞¡ =OQÆ_»O ÖË^Œ∞.
P qO\˜x, QÆO„_»Q˘_»à¤ #¡◊ ∞ JHõ¯_Õ =kÖË^•ÌO. DѨÓ@ ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ <≥"· ^Õ ºŒ O ã¨=∞iÊOz
=∂=¸Å∞QÍ qO^Œ∂ q<À^•Å`À HÍÅO QÆ_¿ç Ñ^•ÌO. ~ˆ Ѩ٠L^ŒÜ∞« "Õ∞ "≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ∞« ãπ
`≥KÕÛ P_»"Õ∞Hõefl "≥O_ç qÅ∞¡, ÉÏ}ÏÅ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ JáÈÖ’‰õΩ |ezÛ =∞~°Å áÈ\©x
x~°fiÇ≤Ï^•ÌO——
JO^Œ~∂° ã¨O`À+≤Oz qO^Œ∞‰õΩ ã≤^"úŒ ∞≥ <ÿ å~°∞. K«`∞« ~°Hàõ ÏѨÜ∂≥ xkè X_≥ãã≤ π
"åà◊¡`À Ü«ÚH˜ÎQÍ Ñ¨eHÍ_»∞– ''g~åkèg~°∞Öˇ·# Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ, UO\˜<ÒãπÅ∞ áÈ\©x
ˆ~Ѩ\ ˜H˜ "å~Ú^• "ÕÜ«∞_»O ã¨=∞O[ã¨"Õ∞! g∞~°∞ J#∞=∞u¿ãÎ <å‰õΩ ‰õÄ_» F™êi P
qÅ∞¡#∞ Z‰õΩ¯ÃÑ\ÏìÅx L#flk. Wk ˆH=ÅO <åH˜OHÍ Ñ≤ã¨~°O`≥·<å â◊s~° ^•~°∞_軺O
L#fl^À ÖË^À Jx K«∂_»_®xˆH!——
P Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ JO`«∞ÖËx HÀѨO =zÛOk. =ÚO^Œ∞ J#∞=∂#O, P
`«~°∞"å`« ÉèíÜ«∞O, P `«~°∞"å`« P„QÆǨÏO =ÚOK«∞‰õΩ ~åQÍ UO\˜<Òãπ X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞
H˘\˜ì<å_»∞– ''ѨxH˜=∂e# "≥^èŒ"å! ã¨iáÈ`«∞O^•! WOHÍ HÍ"åÖÏ! Ñ≤Å=x
¿Ñ~°O\ÏxH˜ =KåÛ=Ù. =zÛ#"å_çq <À~°∂‡ã¨∞‰õΩx Ѩ_Lç O_»‰Ωõ O_® JO^Œsfl |u=∂e
ÉÏ=∂e Hõ_»∞ѨÙxO_® qO^Œ∞ Éè’[<åÅ∞ "≥∞H˜¯<å=Ù. |Ǩïâß `åy# ™ê~å~Ú
=∞`«∞Î "≥∞^Œ_»∞ÔHH˜¯ „ѨÖÏÑ≤ã¨∞Î#fl@∞¡<åfl=Ù. h"≥O`«? h JO`«~°"≥∞O`«? ZO`À „Ѩã≤kú
QÍOz# ÃãO\Ï~ü (Centaur) Ü«Úi\˜Ü«∞<£ (Eurytion) ‰õÄ_® ÃÑi^äÒãπ WzÛ#
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qO^Œ∞Ö’ =∞^èŒ∞áê#=∞`«∞Î_≥· P_»"åà◊¡#∞ |ÖÏ`å¯~°O KÕÜ«∞É’QÍ ÖÏÑ≤^ä£Å∞ ÃãO\Ï~ü
=Ú‰õįK≥=ÙÅ∞ #iH˜ ѨOÑ≤<å~°∞. P ã¨OѶ¨∞@# ÃãO\Ï~°¡‰õΩ, =∂#=ÙʼnõΩ =∞^茺
[iy# Ü«Ú^•úxH˜ <åOk ѨeH˜Ok. h‰õį_» J^Õ QÆu Ѩ>Ëì@∞¡ LOk. x#∞fl
HÍà◊¥K¡ `Õ ∞« Å∂ Hõ\ì˜ WMˇ^ãŒä π (Echethus) ~åA =^Œ‰Ì Ωõ ѨOÑ≤ z„`«ÇÏ≤ Oã¨Å áêÖË™˚ êÎ#∞.
Ñ≤zÛ"≥^èŒ"å! <À~°∂‡ã¨∞HÀ!——
P =∂@Å∞ q#fl ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ J#flk– ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ Jukäx JQ“~°=Ѩ~K° _« O» ,
J==∂xOK«_»O Jukè =∞~åº^ŒHÍ^Œ∞. XHõ"Õà◊ J`«_»∞ qO\˜H˜ <åi ã¨OkèOz,
ÉÏ}Ïxfl Ѩ<≥flO_»∞ QÆO„_»Q˘_»¤à◊¡ `«ÅÅQÆ∞O_® ѨOÑ≤<å 㨈~ P`«x "≥O@ "≥à◊¡_®xH˜
<Õ#∞ XѨCHÀ=^Œ∂!Ì g∞~°∞ ÉèÜ í ∞« Ѩ_ç g∞ P#O^•xH˜ JO`«~åÜ«∞O HõeyOK«∞HÀHõO_ç——
Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''=∂ ÉèíÜ«∞O P`«_»∞ x#∞fl fã¨∞‰õΩáÈ`å_»x
HÍ^Œ∞. ˆ~Ѩ\ ˜HÍÅO „Ѩ[Å∞ =∂ QÆ∞iOz U=∞#∞‰õΩO\Ï~À##fl^Õ <å ÉèíÜ«∞O.
g~åkèg~°∞Å=∞x q„~°gy#"å~°∞ qÅ∞¡|^ŒÌ#∞ =OK«ÖËHõáÈÜ«∂~°∞. ^•i#áÈÜÕ∞
^•#Ü«∞º aK«ÛQÍ_»∞ qO\˜H˜ <åix ã¨OkèOz q[Ü«∂xfl ™êkèOKå_»∞—— Jx
P_çáÈã¨∞HÀ~°∂!
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ Ü«ÚH˜ÎQÍ J#flk ''Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ! Ѩ~°∞=Ù =∞~åº^ŒÅ QÆ∞iOz
g∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ =∂\Ï¡_»¤O qz„`«OQÍ LOk. J~Ú<å g∞ˆ~=∞<åfl z#flÑ≤Å¡ÖÏ? D
aK«ÛQÍ_»∞ `å#∞ „ÔH>ˇ (Crete) x"åã≤#x, ^èŒ#=O`«∞Å ‰õΩ@∞O|OÖ’ [x‡OKå#x
K≥ѨC‰õΩO@∞<åfl_»∞. J`«_»∞ ÔQe¿ãÎ P`«xH˜ Hõ@∞ìHÀ=_®xH˜ JOwx, XHõ D>ˇ#∞,
XHõ Ô~O_»OK«∞Å HõuÎx, K≥ѨCefl WzÛ ã¨Q“~°=OQÍ J`«xO\˜H˜ ™êQÆ#OѨÙ`å#∞——
J#fl^•"≥∞.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''J`«_»∞ <å Jukè. HÍ"åÅ#∞‰õΩO>Ë J`«_»∞ P
qÅ¡=Ú‡Å#∞ `«#`À fã¨∞‰õΩáÈ=K«∞Û. Z=~°∞ JÉèíºO`«~°ÃÑ_»`å~À K«∂™êÎ#∞. J=∂‡!
g∞~°∞ g∞ QÆkÖ’H˜ "≥o¡á⁄O_ç. =∞=∞‡efl =∂\Ï¡_»∞HÀx=fiO_ç——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ `«# QÆkÖ’H˜ "≥o¡áÈ~Ú X_≥ã≤ãπ QÆ∞iOz `«ÅáÈã¨∂Î ^Œ∞ódOK«
™êyOk. P ^Œ∞óYOÖ’<Õ x„^Œ =ÚOK«∞‰õΩ~åQÍ QÍ_è»x„^ŒÖ’H˜ *Ï~°∞‰õΩ#flk.
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ WO`«Ö’ qÅ¡=Ú‡Å#∞ fã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛ X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ WKåÛ_»∞.
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ ÃÑ^ŒÃÌ Ñ^ŒQÌ Í J~°∞ã¨∂Î `«=∞ JÉèºí O`«~åefl `≥Å∞Ѩ™êQÍ~°∞– ''ѨOk "≥^"Œè å!
Ñ≤KÛ≥ H˜¯O^•! qÅ¡=Ú‡efl Z=iH˜ã∞¨ <Î åfl=Ù? ^Õ=`«Å∞ =∞=∞‡efl HõxHõi¿ãÎ x#∞fl K«OÑ≤,
h â◊s~åxfl H͉õΩʼnõΩ, QÆ^ŒÌʼnõΩ PǨ~°OQÍ "Õ™êÎ=Ú. h=Ù ÃÑOz# ‰õΩHõ¯ÖË x#∞fl
Ñ‘‰õΩ¯uO\Ï~Ú——
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í ∞« Ѩ_¤» Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ qÅ¡=Ú‡efl <ÕÅÃÑ· LOKå_»∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ JiKå_»∞–
''q∞„`«=∂! PѨ‰Ωõ ! D Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ =∂@Å∞ Ѩ\Oì˜ K«∞HÀ‰õΩ. h‰õΩ K≥ÑÊ≤ #Ѩx ѨÓiÎK~Õ Ú——
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ qÅ∞¡ ÉÏ}Ïefl fã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛ X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ WKåÛ_»∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ,
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂#∞ Ñ≤ez P_»"åà◊¡#∞ QÆ^Œ∞Ö’¡<Õ LO_Õ@∞¡ K«∂_»=∞<åfl_»∞. DÖ’QÍ
Ѷ≤Ö’+≤Ü«∞ãπ |Ü«∞@ `«Å∞ѨىõΩ QÆ_çÜ«∞"Õã≤ áêÑ≤~°ãπ `å_»∞`À QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ ayOKå_»∞.
X_≥ãã≤ π qO\˜x ã¨∂Hõ∆ ‡OQÍ Ñ¨sH˜O∆ Kå_»∞. Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO`å `«=∞‰õΩ `ÀzOk
"åQÆ∞`«∞O_»QÍ K«`«∞~°HõàÏѨÜ≥∂xkè X_≥ã≤ãπ qO\˜x |ÅOQÍ =Oz <åix
ã¨OkèOKå_»∞. qO\˜<åi ™êfi֒ѨHÖ∆˜ Ï "≥∂yOk. Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ "≥ÚǨÅ∞ q=~°"‚ ∞≥ <ÿ å~Ú.
WO`«Ö’ PHÍâ◊O #∞Oz L~°∞=Ú q#|_çOk. X_≥ã≤ãπ J=Ú‡Åá⁄k #∞Oz XˆH
XHõ ÉÏ}Ïxfl Ѩ<≥flO_»∞ QÆO„_»Q˘_»¤à◊¡ t~À~°O„^è•ÅQÆ∞O_® "≥àı¡ÖÏ =kÖÏ_»∞. P
ÉÏ}O ã¨∞<åÜ«∂ã¨OQÍ `«# ÅH∆ͺxfl KèÕkOzOk.
X_≥ãã≤ ,π >ˇe=∂Yãπ "ÕÑÙ¨ uiy WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞– ''h Jukè h‰õΩ J==∂#O
HõeyOK«ÖË^Œ#∞‰õΩO\Ï#∞. D Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ â◊H˜Î L_çy#@∞¡#flk. WѨC_»∞ ZdÜ«∞#¡
qO^Œ∞‰õΩ U~åÊ@∞¡ KÕ^•ÌO. ã¨Ow`«O, ™êÇ≤Ï`«ºO, P\Ïáê\Ï qO^Œ∞Ö’ =ÚMϺOâßÅ∞
Hõ^•!—— JO@∂ `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞xH˜ ã¨O[˝ KÕ™ê_»∞.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# Y_®æxfl, |ÖË¡xfl KÕ|∂x `«# `«O„_çѨHõ¯<Õ xÅ|_®¤_»∞.
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅÖ’ HõÅHõÅO "≥Ú^ŒÖˇ·Ok.
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XHõ¯™êi `«# z~°∞QÆ∞|@ìefl ^Œ∞eÑ≤ X_≥ã≤ãπ ^•fi~°O =^ŒÌ xÅ|_®¤_»∞.
J`«x KÕuÖ’ qÅ∞¡, ÉÏ}ÏÅ∞ xOÑ≤ L#fl J=Ú‡Åá⁄k L<åfl~Ú. J`«x
Q˘O`«∞ HõOK«∞QÆO@ÖÏ "≥∂yOk– ''W<åflà◊√¡QÍ ™êy# D ѨsHõ∆ JO`«º^Œâ◊‰õΩ
KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#flk. WO`«‰õΩ =ÚO^≥=fi~°∂ KÕ~°x P „Ѩ™ê÷<åxfl KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<Õ J=HÍâ◊O
<å‰õΩ ÅaèOzOk. Já⁄Ö’ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ ##∞fl HÍáê_»∞QÍHõ!—— P =∂@Å∞ JO@∂<Õ
J`«_»∞ ÉÏ}Ïxfl qO\˜H˜ ã¨OkèOz `«# "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜ ÅHõ∆ ºO "ÕѨ٠=kÖÏ_»∞.
áêѨO! UO\˜<Òãπ JO^Œ"∞≥ #ÿ =∞^è∞Œ áê„`«#∞ `«# ÃÑ^•Å =^Œ‰Ì Ωõ `≥K∞« Û‰õΩO@∞#fl
Hõ∆}OÖ’ P ÉÏ}O ã¨~åã¨i UO\˜<Òãπ "≥∞_» #∞O_ç ^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩáÈQÍ, =Ú‰õΩ¯
~°O„^è•Å #∞Oz ~°HõÎO HÍ~°∞`«∂, HÍà◊¥¡ KÕ`«∞Å∞ @Ѩ@áê H˘@∞ì‰õΩO@∞O_»QÍ,
"å\˜ Hõ^eŒ HõʼnõΩ PǨ~°Ñ^¨ •~å÷Å∞Oz# áê„`«Åhfl <ÕÅÃÑÑ· _¨ ç =∂Oã¨O, ~˘>ˇÅì
g∞^Œ HÍi# ~°HõÎO xO_ç P ^Œ$â◊ºO ÉèíÜ«∂#HõOQÍ =∂iOk.
JO`«=~°‰õΩ ã¨~°ã¨ ã¨ÖÏ¡áêÅ`À HÍňH∆ѨO KÕã¨∞Î#fl Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞
XHõ¯ÃÑ@∞ì# ˆHHõÅ∞ ÃÑ_»∞`«∂ ÖËz J@∞~Ú@∂ ѨiÔQ`«Î™êy<å~°∞. "åà◊¡ Hõà◊√¡
PÜ«Ú^è•Å HÀã¨O QÍeOK«™êQÍ~Ú. HÍx ZHõ¯_® Hõhã¨O XHõ |Öˇ¡OQÍx,
_®Å∞QÍx, U~°Hõ"≥∞ÿ# PÜ«Ú^èŒO HÍh HõxÑ≤OK«ÖË^Œ∞. "åà◊¡ HÀѨO X_≥ã≤ãπ"ÕѨÙ
=∞o¡Ok.
''^Œ∞~å‡~°∞æ_®! UÔH· =zÛ "Õ∞ÔH· =∞=∞‡efl Ñ‘_çã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù. W^Õ h PYi
ѨsHõ∆! h=Ù K«OÑ≤#"å_»∞ W^ä•HÍ #QÆ~°OÖ’x =ÚY∞º_≥·# g~°∞_»∞. h=Ù
„áê}ÏÅ`À |Ü«∞@Ѩ_çáÈÖË=Ù. x#∞fl K«OÑ≤ h â◊s~åxfl H͉õΩʼnõΩ, QÆ^ŒÌʼnõΩ
PǨ~°OQÍ "Õ™êÎ=Ú!——
"åà◊¡#∞‰õΩ#flk UO\˜<Òãπ‰õΩ á⁄~°áê@∞# ÉÏ}O `«yeO^Œx. HÍx
"åà◊¡O^Œ~°‰õÄ =∞$`«∞ºÑ¶¨∞O\˜HõÅ∞ "≥∂QÆ∞`«∞<åflÜ«∞x `≥eÜ«∞^Œ∞ áêѨO! X_≥ã≤ãπ
QÆi˚OKå_»∞– ''g∞~°O^Œ~°∂ <Õ#∞ ZHõ¯_À ^Œ∂~°^Õâ◊OÖ’ =∞~°}˜OKå#x
`«ÅáÈ™ê~°∞ Hõ^Œ∂! ‰õΩHõ¯ÖÏ¡ <å ~ÚO\˜g∞^Œ Ѩ_ç u<åfl~°∞. <å ~ÚO\˜
ѨiKåiHõÅ#∞ |Å=O`«OQÍ g∞ Ѩ#∞ʼnõΩ "å_»∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. ^≥·=cèu ÖË^Œ∞.
=∂#=ÙÅ „ѨfHÍ~°OÃÑ· #=∞‡HõO ÖË^∞Œ . WѨC_»∞ =∞$`«∞º=Ù HÀ~°Ö’¡ zH˜¯ ‰õΩHõ¯Kå=Ù
K«^Œ∞Ì~°∞QÍx!——
P Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅO^Œsfl „áê}cèu P=Ç≤ÏOK«QÍ `≥Å¡QÍ áêeáÈ~Ú#
=^Œ<åÅ`À "åà◊√¡ a‰õΩ¯a‰õΩ¯=∞x k‰õΩ¯Å∞ K«∂_»™êy<å~°∞. ''h=Ù x[OQÍ
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X_≥ã≤ãπ"Õ J~Ú`Õ h P~ÀѨ}Å∞ Ü«∞^•~°ú"≥∞ÿ#"Õ! nxHõO`«‰õÄ =¸ÅHÍ~°}O
h=Ù K«OÑ≤# UO\˜<Òãπ, J`«_Õ =∂ JO^Œix Ô~K«ÛQ˘\˜ì D Ѩ#∞ʼnõΩ
„¿Ñˆ~Ñ≤Oz<å_»∞. J`«_çH˜ W^ä•H͉õΩ „ѨÉèí∞=Ù HÍ"åÅ#fl Pâ◊ LOk. JO^Œ∞ˆH
h ‰õΩ=∂~°∞}˜‚ K«OÑ≤OK«_®xH˜ Z`«∞QÎ _Æ Å» ∞ "Õâß_»∞. ^≥=· ã¨OHõÅÊO "Õ~ˆ QÍ LO_»_O»
KÕ`« P Ѩ<åflQÆO Ѷ¨eOK«ÖË^Œ∞. =∞=∞‡efl Hõ∆q∞OK«∞, h‰õΩ Hõey# #ëêìxH˜
=¸ÅºO K≥e¡OK«_»"Õ∞ H͉õΩO_® XH˘¯Hõ¯~°O W~°"≥· Z^Œ∞ÌÅ Ys^Œ∞ |OQÍ~°∞
HõOK«∞֒ǨÅ#∞ HÍ#∞HõQÍ ã¨=∞iÊ™êÎ=Ú. h HÀáêxfl "å~Ú^•"Õ~Ú——
X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''KåÖÏ PÅ㨺"≥∞ÿOk Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ! WѨC_»∞ h
ã¨~°fiã¨OѨ^Œbfl <å‰õΩ WzÛ<å <åHÀѨO K«ÖÏ¡~°^Œ∞. g∞ á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ KÕ+¨ìʼnõΩ
g∞~°∞ `«y# =¸ÅºO K≥e¡OK«=Åã≤O^Õ! g∞‰õΩ#flk XHõ>Ë^•i áÈ~å_»_»"≥∂,
áêiáÈ=_»"≥∂! áêiáÈÜÕ∞ ^•i |Ǩïâß ÖË#@∞ì#flk——
Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ `«# q∞„`«∞Å`À J<åfl_»∞– ''q∞„`«∞ÖÏ~å! W`«_∞» =∂@Å∞
q<Õ Ñ¨iã≤÷uÖ’ ÖË_»∞. JHõ¯_» xÅ|_ç `«# ÉÏ}ÏÅ`À =∞#ÖÁflH˘¯Hõ¯}˜‚
K«OѨQÅÆ _»∞. ã‘fiÜ«∞~°H}
∆õ Ë =∞#‰õΩ#fl UÔHH· õ =∂~°Oæ . g∞ Hõ`∞« eÎ fl ^Œ∂ã≤ WHõ¯_»∞#fl
|Å¡efl J_»∞¤QÍ ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩx J`«}˜‚ ^•fi~°O ^ŒQÆæ~°#∞Oz <≥\ ˜ì"Õ™ê=∂, #QÆ~°
g^èŒ∞Ö’¡H˜ áÈ~Ú `«QÆ∞ ~°Hõ∆}#∞ á⁄O^Œ=K«∞Û——
Jx JO@∂<Õ Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ `«# Y_®æxfl ^Œ∂ã≤ ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~°OQÍ
ˆHHõÅ∞ ÃÑ_»∂Î X_≥ã≤ãπ "Õ¿Ñ ~å™êy<å_»∞. J`«_çx QÆ=∞xOz# X_≥ã≤ãπ XHõ
f„=â◊~åxfl Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ ~˘=Ú‡ #∞Oz HÍÖËÜ«∞O "ÕѨ٠^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩáÈÜÕ∞ÖÏ
=kÖÏ_»∞. P ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ Ü«¸i=∂Yãπ JHõ¯_çHõHõ¯_Õ <ÕʼnõÄÅQÍ P`«x HÍà◊√¡
yÅyÖÏ H˘@∞ì‰õΩO@∂ |Å¡efl Ѩ_»^À™ê~Ú.
`«# Y_®æxfl ^Œ∂ã≤ X_≥ã≤ãπ "ÕѨ٠ÅOѶ≤∞Oz# UOѶ≤<˘=∞ãπ#∞
(Amphinomus) >ˇe=∂Yãπ `«# |Öˇ¡O`À gѨÙÃÑ· á⁄_çz "≥#∞flѨÓ㨠q~°QÆQ˘\˜ì
K«OÑ≤<å_»∞. P |ÖË¡xfl fÜ«∞‰õΩO_®<Õ `«# `«O„_ç =^ŒÌ‰õΩ KÕi# >ˇe=∂Yãπ X_≥ã≤ãπ
J#∞=∞u fã¨∞‰õΩx Z=~°∂ K«∂_»‰õΩO_® PÜ«Ú^è•QÍ~åxH˜ "≥o¡ <åÅ∞QÆ∞ _®Å∞Å∞,
Zxq∞k |ÖËÅ¡ ∞, <åÅ∞QÆ∞ t~°¢™êÎ}ÏÅ∞ fã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛ<å_»∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ, Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ,
Ѷ≤ÖÁ+≤Ü«∞ãπÅ∞ PÜ«Ú^èŒáê}∞Öˇ· t~°¢™êÎ}ÏÅ∞ ^èŒiOz X_≥ã≤ãπ ѨHõ¯<Õ xÅ|_®¤~°∞.
DÖ’QÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ XHÀ¯ ÉÏ}ÏxH˜ XHÀ¯ Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_çfl K˘Ñ¨C# ÉÏ}ÏÅ∞ JÜÕ∞ºO`«
=~°‰õÄ K«OѨÙ`«∂<Õ L<åfl_»∞. J=Ú‡Åá⁄k MÏm J~Ú# `«~°∞"å`« qÅ∞¡ ѨHõ¯#ɡ\ ˜ì
X_≥ãã≤ ,π _®Å∞#∞ gѨىõΩ J=∞~°∞Û‰õΩx, `«ÅÃÑ· t~°¢™êÎ}Ïxfl ^èiŒ Oz, t~°¢™êÎ}OÃÑ#· ∞#fl
QÆ∞„~°ÑÙ¨ "≥O„@∞HõÅ JÅOHõ~}° QÍeH˜ TQÆ∞`«∞O_»QÍ ~Ô O_»∞KÕ`∞« Ö’¡ |ÖËÅ¡ #∞ KÕ`|« ∂x
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â◊`«$ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~°OQÍ HõxÑ≤OKå_»∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ "≥O@<Õ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ#∞ Ñ≤ez
`å`å¯eHõOQÍ =¸ã≤=Ù#fl "Õˆ~ ^•fi~°O =^ŒÌ P`«xx HÍѨÖÏ HÍÜ«∞=∞x
ѨOÑ≤Oz<å_»∞. ZyÖÏãπ J@∞#∞Oz "≥à◊¡^•=∞x „Ѩܫ∞uflã¨∞Î#flѨÙ_»∞ "≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ«∞ãπ
P`«xx "åiOz `å#∞ PÜ«Ú^è•QÍ~åxH˜ "≥o¡ Ѩ<≥flO_»∞ t~°¢™êÎ}Ïefl, Ѩ<≥flO_»∞
|ÖË¡efl fã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛ Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ JѨÊyOKå_»∞. PÜ«Ú^èŒáê}∞Öˇ·# P Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl
K«∂_»QÍ<Õ X_≥ã≤ãπ "庉õΩÅ`« K≥Ok# =∞#ã¨∞`À >ˇe=∂Yãπ`À J<åfl_»∞–
''>ˇe=∂Yãπ! =∞# ѨiKåiHõÅÖ’ Z=~À XHõ~°∞ QÍx, "≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ«∞ãπ QÍx =∞#
â◊„`«∞=ÙʼnõΩ ™êÜ«∞O KÕã¨∞Î#fl@∞¡<åfl~°∞. =∞# HÍ~°ºO Hõ+¨ì™ê^茺=∞ÜÕ∞º@∞¡#flk——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ `å#∞ PÜ«Ú^è•QÍ~°Ñ¨Ù `«Å∞ѨىõΩ `åà◊O "ÕÜ«∞#O^Œ∞‰õΩ
zOuOz, Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ, Ѷ≤Ö’+≤Ü«∞ãπÅ#∞ P QÆkÖ’H˜ "≥à◊√Î#fl "≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ«∞ãπ#∞
„áê}ÏÅ`À Ѩ@∞ìHÀ=∞x ѨOáê_»∞. "åo¡^ŒÌ~°∞ |Ü«∞@<Õ #H˜¯ "≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ«∞ãπ QÆk
"≥Å∞ѨÅH˜ ~åQÍ<Õ g∞^ŒÑ_¨ ç `åà◊`¡ À HÍà◊√,¡ KÕ`∞« Å∞ "≥#H˜¯ q~°QQÆ \Æ ì̃ <À\˜Ö’ QÆ∞_»Å¤ ∞
‰õΩH˜¯ ÃÑ·H˜ "ÕÖÏ_»nâß~°∞. Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''"≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ«∞ãπ! ~å„`«O`å
"≥∞ʼnõΩ=QÍ LO_ç WHõ¯_ÕO [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞O^À K«∂_»∞! L^ŒÜ«∞ã¨O^茺#∞ K«∂ã≤
P#OkOK«∞^Œ∞=ÙQÍxÖË! |eã≤# "Õ∞HõÖˇxfl\˜<À D Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ "Õ∞Ñ≤ „áêѨHõO
ã¨OáêkOKå=Ù QÆ^•! UO "åã¨#"Õ™êÎ"À =∞O@Ö’¡ HÍÖËѨC_»∞——
WO`«Ö’ "≥∞O\Ï~ü (Mentor) ~°∂ѨOÖ’ Z^ä≥<å =zÛ X_≥ã≤ãπ ѨHõ¯<Õ
xÅ|_çOk. J`«_çx K«∂ã≤# Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ QÆQÀæÅ∞ÃÑ\Ïì~°∞. ZÔQÖÏãπ (Agelaus)
J<åfl_»∞– ''"≥∞O\Ï~ü! h=Ù X_≥ã≤ãπ ѨH∆Í# KÕi =∂`À Ü«Ú^•úxH˜ kQÆ=^Œ∞Ì. "Õ∞O
WO`«=∞Okq∞ L<åfl=Ú. X_≥ã≤ãπ, >ˇe=∂YãπÅ#∞ K«OÑ≤<åHõ, x#∞fl =ÚHõ¯Å∞
=ÚHõ¯Å∞QÍ #iH˜ h Pã≤Îáêã¨∞Îefl "Õ∞O |Å=O`«OQÍ ÖÏH˘¯x JO^Œ~°O
ѨOK«∞‰õΩO\ÏO. h H˘_»∞‰õΩÅ∞, a_»¤efl, ÉèÏ~°º#∞ W^ä•HÍÖ’ `«ÖˇuÎ u~°QƉõΩO_®
KÕ™êÎO——
"≥∞O\Ï~ü ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl Z^ä≥<å‰õΩ z„Ô~`«∞ΉõΩ=zÛOk– ''X_≥ã≤ãπ! hÖ’
"≥#∞Hõ\ ˜ â◊HÜ
Θ Ú« ‰õΩÅÎ ∞ #tOKåÜ«∞xÑ≤™ÈÎOk. `˘q∞‡^Õà√◊ ¡ „\ÏÜü∞#QÆ~Ñ° Ù¨ K«∞@∞ìÑH¨ ¯õ Å
Tà◊¡#∞ ^èŒfiOã¨O KÕã≤ J<ÕHõ=∞Okx ǨÏ`«=∂iÛ<å=Ù. „\ÏÜü∞#QÆ~° Ѩ`«#O h
Ü«ÚH˜Î=Å<Õ ™ê^茺Ѩ_çOk. Whfl KÕã≤#"å_çq h WO\˜Ö’ L#fl D ѨxH˜=∂e#
"≥^èŒ=efl K«OѨ_®xH˜ `å`åû~°O KÕã¨∞Î<åfl"å? <Õ#∞ h‰õΩ `À_»∞O\Ï#∞! gà◊¡
P@Hõ\ ˜ìOK«∞—— Jx ѨeH˜ Hõ∆}OÖ’ '™êfiÖ’— ѨH˜∆~°∂áê# J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞ÿOk.
Ü«Ú=‰õΩŠѨH∆Í# ZÔQÖÏãπ, UOѶ≤"≥∞_®<£, Ñ‘™êO_»~ü, _≥"≥Ú\ÏÅ=∞ãπ,
Ü«¸i<À=∞ãπ, áêe|ãπÅ∞ <åÜ«∞‰õΩÅ∞QÍ xÅ|_®¤~°∞. ZÔQÖÏãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''HÀ`«Å∞
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HÀã≤HÀã≤ "≥∞O\Ï~ü Hõ}∆ OÖ’ J^Œ$â◊º"≥∞<ÿ å_»∞. ^•fi~åÅ ^ŒQ~æÆ ° L#flk "≥Ú`«OÎ #Å∞QÆ∞~ˆ !
|ÖË¡efl W+¨ìO =zÛ#@∞¡ qã≤i #+¨ìáÈ=^Œ∞Ì. =ÚO^Œ∞ P~°∞QÆ∞~°∞ „Ѩܫ∞uflOK«O_ç.
|Öˇ¡O ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ =∞# J^Œ$+¨ìOH˘nÌ X_≥ã≤ãπ <ÕʼnõÄe`Õ =∞# ѨO@ ѨO_ç#>Ë¡——
^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=âß`«∂Î P P~°∞QÆ∞~°∞ qã≤i# |ÖË¡Å∞ Z^ä≥<å ^ŒÜ«∞=Å¡ QÆ∞i
`«Ñ≤Ê<å~Ú. X_≥ã≤ãπ, P`«x q∞„`«∞Å∞ |ÅOQÍ qã≤i# |ÖË¡Å ^è•\˜H˜ â◊„`«∞=ÙÅ
QÆ∞O_≥Åq™ê~Ú. X_≥ã≤ãπ |ÖË¡xH˜ _≥"≥Ú\ÏÅ=∞ãπ, >ˇe=∂Yãπ KÕuÖ’ Ü«ÚiÜü∞_£û,
Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ ^è•\˜H˜ ZÖË@ãπ† Ѷ≤Ö’+≤Ü«∞ãπ ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ Ñ‘™êO_»~üÅ∞ <ÕʼnõÄe<å~°∞.
"≥#H˜¯ `«yæ# Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ#∞ QÆ=∞xOz# P #Å∞QÆ∞~°∂ =∞iO`« q[$OaèOKå~°∞.
D™êi Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ∞ qã≤i# P~°∞ |ÖË¡Ö’¡ XHõ\ ˜ ^•fi~åxH˜, =∞~˘Ç¨Ï\˜
^•fi~°|O^è•xH˜, Ô~O_»∞ QÀ_»‰õΩ `«ye =$^è•HÍQÍ UOѶ≤"≥∞_®<£ qã≤i# |ÖË¡O
>ˇe=∂Yãπ =∞}˜H@õ ∞ì#∞, >ˇãû≤ Ѩãπ (Ctessipus) qã≤~#° |ÖˇO¡ Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ Éè∞í *Ïxfl
QÍÜ«∞ѨiKå~Ú. Z^ä≥<å ^ŒÜ«∞=Å¡ Z=iH© „áê}ÏáêÜ«∞O HõÅ∞QÆÖË^Œ∞.
„ѨuQÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# |ÅOH˘nÌ qã≤i# |Öˇ¡O ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ Ü«¸i_®=∞ãπ,
>ˇe=∂Yãπ ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ UOѶ"≤ ∞≥ _®<£, Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ KÕuÖ’ áêe|ãπ, ѶÖ≤ ’+≤Ü∞« ãπ ^è•\˜H˜
>ˇã≤ûѨãπÅ∞ <ÕʼnõÄe<å~°∞. Ѷ≤Ö’+≤Ü«∞ãπ QÆi˚ã¨∂Î J<åfl_»∞– ''>ˇã≤ûѨãπ! =∂
Ü«∞[=∂xx =∂Oã¨YO_»O`À H˘\˜ì ¿ÇÏà◊# KÕã≤#O^Œ∞‰õΩ hH© tHõ∆! ÃÑ^ŒÌ
áÈ@∞QÍ_ç=xQÆ^• q„~°gy =∂@Å∞ g∞^Œ =∂@Å∞ ¿Ñe<å=Ù. J#∞ÉèíqOK«∞——
D™êi X_≥ã≤ãπ ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ ZÔQÖÏãπ, >ˇe=∂Yãπ ^è•\˜H˜ eÜ≥Ú„ÔH\˜ãπÅ∞
<ÕʼnõÄÅQÍ =∂~°}HÍO_» f„=`«~"° ∞≥ Oÿ k. q∞ye# Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅÖ’ Kå=ÙHõà◊ HõxÊOK«QÍ
cè`å=ǨïÖˇ·# "åà◊√¡ *’sQÆÅ∞ "≥O@Ѩ_ç#ѨC_»∞ áêiáÈ`«∞#fl Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ =∞O^ŒÖÏ,
J@∞~Ú@∂ Ѩ~°∞ÔQ`«∞Î`«∞O>Ë "åà◊¡#∞ "Õ\Ï_ç "≥O\Ï_ç X_≥ã≤ãπ P`«x J#∞K«~°∞Å∞
^ŒÜ∂« ^•H˜}∆ ϺÅ∞ ÖˉΩõ O_® K«OѨ™êQÍ~°∞. ~°HOÎõ =~°^ÖŒ á·ˇ ê~°QÍ, K«ã∂¨ #Î fl"åà◊√¡ ÃÑ_»∞#Î fl
QÍ=ÙˆHHõÅ`À P P=~°}O`å „Ñ¨u^èŒfixOK«™êyOk.
eÜ≥Ú_çãπ J<Õ"å_»∞ ѨiÔQ`«∞ΉõΩO@∂ =zÛ X_≥ã≤ãπ HÍà◊√¡ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx–
''â◊~°}∞! â◊~°}∞! X_≥ã≤ãπ! <åg∞^Œ ^ŒÜ«∞=ÙOK«∞. <Õ#∞ D WO\˜Ö’ Z=iH© H©_»∞
KÕÜ«∞ÖË^Œ∞. <Õ#∞ *’ºu+¨µ¯_çfl. XHõ PQÆ~ü (Augur)#∞ =∞$`«∞ºÉÏi#∞Oz `«Ñ≤ÊOz#
H©iÎ h‰õΩ Åaèã¨∞ÎOk. ##∞fl =∞xflOK«∞—— Jx ^Œ∞ódOK«™êQÍ_»∞. ''h=Ù PQÆ~ü"Õ
J~Ú`Õ <Õ#∞ uiy~å##fl ^è≥·~°ºO`À<Õ QÆ^• <å ~ÚO\˜Ö’ uO@∂ <å ÉèÏ~°º‰õΩ
q"åÇ¨Ï „Ѩuáê^Œ#, |Ǩï=∞`«∞Å∞ ѨOáê=Ù. J#∞Éèqí OK«∞—— JO@∂ X_≥ãã≤ π HõxHõ~O°
ÖˉõΩO_® ZÔQÖÏãπ#∞ K«OÑ≤# HõuÎ`À<Õ eÜ≥Ú_çãπ "≥∞_» #iH˜ „áê}O f™ê_»∞.
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ÃÑq¶ ∞Ü«∞ãπ J<Õ QÍÜ«∞‰õΩ_çx, "≥∞_®<£ J<Õ „Ѩ^•è # ѨiKå~°‰Ωõ _çfl >ˇe=∂Yãπ
JÉèíº~°÷##∞ =∞xflOz X_≥ã≤ãπ "åà◊¡#∞ „áê}ÏÅ`À =kÖÏ_»∞. "åo¡^ŒÌih P=~°}
|Ü«∞@ "Õz=ÙO_»=∞x ѨOѨQÍ "åo¡^ŒÌ~°∂ „|`«∞‰õΩr=Ù_® J#∞‰õΩO@∂ Eºãπ
^Õ=Ùx ã¨xflkèÖ’ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl "åiÖ’ WOHÍ P Kå=ÙÉèíÜ«∞O áÈHõ Páê^Œ=∞ã¨ÎHõO
=}∞‰õΩ`«∞<åfl~°∞.
â◊„`«∞âı+¨O ÖˉõΩO_® JO^Œih K«OѨQÍ ã¨=Ú„^Œf~°O "≥O|_ç K«zÛ#
KÕѨÖÏ¡ QÆ∞@ìÅ∞QÍ Ñ¨_ç=Ù#fl P â◊"åefl pè`«¯iã¨∂Î X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞
>ˇe=∂Yãπ#∞ Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂#∞ fã¨∞‰õΩ~°=∞‡x ѨOÑ≤<å_»∞.
P"≥∞ =zÛ â◊„`«∞=ÙÅ â◊"åÅ QÆ∞@ìÅ =∞^茺 Jig~° ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~°∞_»∞QÍ
HõxÑ≤ã¨∞Î#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ K«∂ã≤Ok. Z^Œ∞Ì#∞ "Õ\Ï_ç K«OÑ≤ P =∂O™êxfl u#QÍ <À~°∞
=^Œ#O ~°HõÎã≤HõÎ"≥∞ÿ# ã≤OǨÏOÖÏ L#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ K«∂ã≤ ã¨O`À+¨Ñ¨_»∞`«∂ [Ü«∞[Ü«∞
^è•fi<åÅ∞ KÕã¨∂Î X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ ã¨g∞Ñ≤OzOk.
P"≥∞#∞ K«∂ã≤ X_≥ãã≤ π J<åfl_»∞– ''^•Ü«∞=∂‡! h =∞#ÃãO`« ã¨O`À+≤Oz<å
D ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’, â◊„`«∞=ÙÅ â◊"åÅ =∞^茺 ã¨O|~°Ñ¨Ù ˆHHõÅ∞ Lz`«O HÍ^Œ∞. D
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ ^Œ∞âıÛ+¨Åì ‰õΩ `«Q∞Æ =¸ÅºO ÅaèOzOk. h=Ù `≥eÜ«∞Ѩ~K° åeûO^Õq∞@O>Ë
D ~ÚO\˜ ѨiKåiHõÅ∞QÍ LO@∂ ™êfiq∞„^ÀǨÏO KÕã≤#"åà‹¡=~°∞? ZO`«=∞Ok?——
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ J#flk– ''=∞# WO\˜Ö’ Ü«∂Éèˇ·=∞Ok ѨiKåiHõÅ∞<åfl~°∞.
gà◊¡Ö’ Ѩ<≥flO_»∞=∞Ok P Ü«Ú=‰õΩʼnõΩ ÖÁOyáÈ~Ú ##∂fl, ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∂
kèHõ¯iOKÕ"å~°∞. h P[˝ J~Ú`Õ <Õ#∞ "åà◊¡#∞ WHõ¯_»‰õΩ Ñ≤Å∞K«∞‰õΩ=™êÎ#∞——
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ "≥à◊¡QÍ<Õ X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# "åà◊¡`À J<åfl_»∞– ''P ѨiKåiHõÅ∞
~åQÍ<Õ D â◊"åÅ#∞ D_»∞Û‰õΩ"≥o¡ |Ü«∞@ P=~°}Ö’ Ѩ_"» ~Õ ÚOK«O_ç. D ‰õΩsÛÅ#∞
|Å¡Å#∞ Hõ_çyOz â◊√„ÉèíO KÕã≤<åHõ ã≤QÆ∂æÅ*Ï˚ÖËx Ü«Ú=`«∞efl WO\˜ „ѨǨÏsQÀ_»
=^ŒÌ D ^Œ∞~å‡~°∞æÅ Hõ`«∞ÎÅ`À<Õ á⁄_çz „áê}ÏÅ∞ fÜ«∞O_ç. „Ѩu áÈ@∞‰õΩ "åà◊√¡ P
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ ^ŒQ~æÆ ° Ѩ_∞» ‰õΩx KÕã#≤ ™êfiq∞„^ÀǨÏO QÆ∞~°∞‰Î Ωõ ~å"åe. Wk q∞QÆ`å"åà◊‰¡ Ωõ
QÆ∞}áê~î°O HÍ"åe——
WO`«Ö’ U_»∞ÊÅ∂, ÃÑ_»ÉÁ|ƒÅ∞ ÃÑ_»∞`«∂ P Ü«Ú=`«∞Å∞ `«=∞ QÆ^∞Œ Å#∞Oz
P=~°}Ö’H˜ =KåÛ~°∞. XH˘¯Hõ¯ â◊"åxfl |Ü«∞@ P=~°}Ö’H˜ D_»∞Û‰õΩáÈ~Ú =~°∞ã¨QÍ
Ѩ_»∞HÀɡ\Ïì~°∞. ~°HõÎã≤HõÎ"≥∞ÿ# |ÖË¡bfl, ‰õΩsÛÅ#∞, P=~°}#∞ hà◊¡`À Hõ_çy â◊√„ÉèíO
KÕ™êHõ "åà◊¡#∞ „ѨǨÏs QÀ_» =^ŒÌ‰õΩ H˘xáÈ~Ú <ÕʼnõΩ ÉÏÔ~_»O`« ^Œ∂~°OÖ’ HÍà◊√¡
"ÕÖÏ_ÕÖÏ KÕã≤ Lif™ê~°∞. HÍ¿ãѨ٠HÍà◊√¡ yÅyÅÖÏ_»∞`«∞O_»QÍ P ¢ã‘ÎÅ „áê}ÏÅ∞
QÍeÖ’ Hõeã≤áÈÜ«∂~Ú.
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PYi Kå=Ù "≥∞ÖÏOkäÜ«∞ãπk. "å_çx P=~°} |Ü«∞@‰õΩ D_»∞Û‰õΩO@∂
=zÛ =Ú‰õį, K≥=ÙÅ∞, [#<ÕO„kÜ«∂Å#∞, HÍà◊¥¡ KÕ`«∞efl XH˘¯Hõ¯\˜ #~°∞‰õΩ`«∂
z„`«Ç≤ÏOã¨Å∞ ÃÑ\˜ì "å}˜‚ K«OÑ≤áê~°"Õ™ê~°∞. ~°HõÎã≤HõÎ"≥∞ÿ# HÍà◊¥¡ KÕ`«∞efl Hõ_çy
â◊√„ÉèíO KÕã¨∞‰õΩ<åflHõ P =ÚQÆ∞æ~°∂ X_≥ã≤ãπ =^ŒÌ‰õΩ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞.
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂`À X_≥ã≤ãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂! Ö’xH˜ "≥o¡ QÆO^èŒHÍxfl
fã¨∞‰õΩ~å. QÆO^èŒHõ ^èŒ∂=∂Å`À D P=~°}Ö’x ^Œ∞~åfiã¨# JO`å áÈ~Ú â◊√„ÉèíO
HÍ"åe. P `«~°∞"å`« ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∞, q∞QÆ`å ѨiKåiHõÅ#∞ WHõ¯_» ã¨=∂"Õâ◊Ѩ~°K«∞——
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ J#flk– ''h =∂@Å∞ Z#fl`«y#q. h=Ù K≥Ñ≤Ê#>Ë¡ KÕ™êÎ#∞.
h ~ÚO\˜Ö’ D =∂ã≤áÈ~Ú ziy# |@ìÅ`À LO_»_»O ã¨||∞HÍ^Œ∞. =∞Oz
JOwx, =¢™êÎÅ#∞ `≥™êÎ#∞. ^èŒiOK«∞!——
X_≥ãã≤ π J<åfl_»∞– ''P q+¨Ü∞« O `«~∞° "å`«! =ÚO^Œ∞ QÆO^èHŒ Íxfl fã¨∞‰õΩx~å!
D P=~°}#∞ x"åã¨Ü≥∂QƺO KÕ^•ÌO!——
P"≥∞ "≥o¡ QÆO^èHŒ Íxfl `≥zÛ, Jyflx „Ѩ[fieOѨKãÕ ≤ =∞O_»∞`«∞#fl ÉÁQÆ∞Åæ ∞#fl
ÃÑ^ŒÌ Ñ¨à‹¡~°OÖ’ QÆO^èŒHõO áÈã≤Ok. „ѨHÍâ◊=O`«"≥∞ÿ# *ÏfiÅÅ∞ ÉèíQÆÉèíQÆ=∞x
=∞O_»∞`«∞O_»QÍ QÆO^èŒHõѨ٠Pq~°∞¡ Éèí∞QÆÉèí∞QÆ=∞O@∂ P=~°} JO`å "åºÑ≤Oz,
QÆ^∞Œ Å∂, WÅ∞¡ JO`å â◊√„ÉèOí HÍ™êy<å~Ú. Ü«¸iH˜Ü ¡ ∂« "≥o¡ q∞QÆ`å ѨiKåiHõÅ#∞
fã¨∞‰õΩx~åQÍ "åà◊¡O^Œ~°∂ `«=∞ Ü«∞[=∂xx K«∂ã≤# P#O^ŒO`À P`«xx
K«∞@∞ì=Ú\˜ì P`«x #∞^Œ∞~°∞#∞, Éèí∞*Ïefl, KÕ`«∞efl =Ú^•Ì_»∞`«∂ P#O^ŒÉÏëêÊÅ∞
HÍ~°Û™êy<å~°∞. "åix QÆ∞~°∞ÎѨ\ ˜ì# X_≥ã≤ãπ ‰õÄ_» "åà◊¡#∞ ¿Ñ~°∞¿Ñ~°∞<å ѨÅHõiã¨∂Î
`«#‰õÄ ^Œ∞óYO =ÚOK«∞‰õΩ~åQÍ Hõhfl~°∞ HÍiÛ<å_»∞.
DÖ’QÍ Ü«¸iH˜Ü ¡ ∂« `«# Ü«∞[=∂#∞~åÖˇ#· ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ QÆk =^Œ‰Ì Ωõ "≥oO¡ k.
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Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ ã¨~åã¨i ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ QÆkH˜ "≥o¡, Ü«∞[=∂#∞~åe â◊Ü«∞º
ѨHõ¯<Õ xÅ|_ç J#flk– ''ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ! J=∂‡~¸! x„^ŒÖË! „Ѩu~ÀA UHõ∆}O
HÀã¨O Hõà√◊ ¡ HÍÜ«∞Å∞ HÍKÕÖÏ "ÕzK«∂¿ã^•x"À P Hõ} ∆ O ~å<Õ=zÛOk. X_≥ãã≤ π
=KåÛ_»∞. =pÛ~å=_»"∞Õ x#∞fl "ÕkOè z# P á⁄QÆ~∞° É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl cèÉ`íè û« OQÍ
K«Oáê_»∞——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ J#flk– ''ÃÑ^ŒÌ=∂‡! ZO^Œ∞HõO`« #=∞‡ÖËx =∂@Å∞
K≥|∞`å=Ù? ^Õ=`«Å∞ „Ѩ*Ï˝=O`«∞}˜‚ Ñ≤zÛ"å_çQÍ KÕÜ∞« QÆÅ~°∞. `≥eqÖËx K«=@
^Œ^ŒÌ=∞‡#∞ ã¨HõÅ q^•ºáê~°OQÆ`«∞_çQÍ =∂~°ÛQÆÅ~°∞. h=Ù XHõѨC_»∞ ÉÏQÍ
`≥eqQÆÅ^•x"Õ HÍ^Œ##∞. WѨC_»∞ =Úkq∞ g∞^ŒÑ¨_»QÍ ^Õ=`«Å∞ h |∞kúx
=∞O^ŒyOKÕÖÏ KÕ™ê~°∞. J~Ú<å <å ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞O XHõѨHõ¯ ^Œ∞ódã¨∞ÎO>Ë ##∞fl
P@Ѩ\ Oì˜ K«_O» ã¨|ÉË<å! QÍ_è» x„^Œ#∞Oz ÖËÑ≤ W@∞=O\˜ QÍÜ«∞Ѩ~K° Õ "å~°ÅÎ ∞
K≥Ñʨ ‰õÄ_»^∞Œ ã¨∞=∂! <å „Ñ≤Ü∞« `«=Ú_»∞ X_≥ãã≤ π ##∞fl q_çz „\ÏÜü∞ #QÆ~åxH˜
"≥o¡#ѨÊ\˜#∞Oz WѨÊ\˜=~°‰õΩ Ѩ@ìx x„^Œ D~ÀA Ѩ_ç`Õ h=Ù P x„^•^Õ=`«
H“ye #∞Oz ##∞fl |Å=O`«OQÍ |Ü«∞@‰õΩ ÖÏQÆ∞`«∞<åfl=Ù. h=Ù HÍHõ
WOÔH=Ô~·<å D =∂@Å∞ K≥a`Õ =∞~°∞Hõ∆}O "åà◊¡#∞ WO\’¡Oz ѨOÑ≤OKÕã≤
LO_Õ^•xfl. =Ü«∞ã¨∞ g∞i# ^•xq QÆ#∞Hõ <å P„QÆǨÏO #∞Oz `«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞
‰õΩ<åfl=Ù!——
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ `«QÆæÖË^Œ∞– ''<Õ#∞ x["Õ∞ K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞ J=∂‡~¸!
X_≥ã≤ãπ uiy=zÛ# =∂@ Ü«∞^•~°÷O. h Ѩل`«∞_»∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ‰õÄ D ã¨OQÆu
`≥Å∞ã¨∞. Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅÃÑ· ѨQÆf~°∞Û‰õΩ<ÕO`« =~°‰õΩ hH© q+¨Ü«∞O K≥ѨÊ=^ŒÌ#fl
`«O„_ç =∂@#∞ J`«_»∞ áê\˜OKå_»∞.
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ P#O^ŒO`À =∞OK«O g∞k #∞Oz Zyi QÆO`Õã≤ kyOk.
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂#∞ H“QÆeOK«∞‰õΩx =Ú^•Ì_»∞`«∂ Hõà◊¡#∞O_ç P#O^ŒÉÏëêÊÅ∞
HÍ~°∞`«∞O_»QÍ J#flk– ''J`«#∞ =KåÛ_®? P á⁄QÆ~°∞É’`«∞ Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ P@#∞
XHõ¯_Õ Hõ\ ˜ìOKå_®? K≥ѨC Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂! x[O K≥ѨC!——
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ J#flk– ''<Õ#∞ P =∂~°}HÍO_»#∞ K«∂_»ÖË^Œ∞. HÍx P
Ü«Ú=‰õΩÅ Kå=ÙˆHHõÅ#∞ q<åfl#∞. "Õ∞=∞O^Œ~°O P_»"åà◊¡O ÉèíÜ«∞O`À =∂
QÆkÖ’ XHõ =¸Å #H˜¯ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl=Ú. >ˇe=∂Yãπ =zÛ ##∞fl Ñ≤eKÕO`«
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=~°‰Ωõ <Õ#∞ P QÆkÖ’<Õ a‰õΩ¯a‰õΩ¯=∞O@∂ L<åfl#∞. "Õ\Ï_»∞`«∞#fl L„QÆãO≤ ǨÏOÖÏ
L#fl X_≥ãã≤ π ~°∂ѨO â◊„`«∞ÉèÜ í ∞« OHõ~O° QÍ q∞`«$ã¨∞O^Œ~O° QÍ ÉèÏã≤OzOk. â◊"åefl
P=~°} #∞Oz `˘ÅyOz, QÆO^èŒHõ ^èŒ∂=∂Å`À â◊√z QÍqOz# Ñ≤=∞‡@ x#∞fl
fã¨∞‰õΩ~°=∞‡x ##∞fl P`«_»∞ ѨOÑ≤Oz<å_»∞. Ѩ^Œ `«b¡! J`«xHÀã¨O Z<åflà’¡
Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂™ê=Ù. J`«_»∞ ã¨r=OQÍ `«# ~ÚO\˜H˜ =zÛ<å_»∞. â◊„`«∞ã¨OǨ~°O
KÕã≤ x#∂fl, `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çx ^ŒH˜¯OK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ^Œ$_è»OQÍ J#flk– ''P ^Œ∞~å‡~°∞æÅH˜ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ `«y# tˆH∆
qkèOKå_»∞. WHõ X_≥ã≤ãπ ã¨OQÆ`«O\Ï"å, J`«_»∞ uiy =KåÛ_»O>Ë <Õ#∞
WѨÊ\˜H© #=∞‡ÖˉõΩ<åfl#∞——
Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂ J#flk– ''Z@∞=O\˜ =∂@ÅO@∞<åfl=Ù a_®¤! h <À\˜
#∞Oz ~å"åeû# =∂@Å∞ HÍqq. Z<åflà◊¡ #∞OKÀ Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂ã¨∞Î#fl h Éèí~°Î
h ~ÚO@ J_»∞QÆ∞ÃÑ_ç`Õ #=∞‡_®xH˜ x~åHõiã¨∞<Î åfl=Ù. WOHÀ |∞∞A=Ù K≥ÉÏÎ#∞
q#∞. Kå<åflà◊„H˜`«O X_≥ã≤ãπ `˘_»‰õΩ QÍÜ«∞O HÍQÍ U~°Ê_ç# =∞K«Û#∞ P`«x
HÍà◊¡#∞ â◊√„ÉèíO KÕã¨∞Î#flѨÙ_»∞ <Õ#∞ K«∂™ê#∞. <Õ#∞ QÆ∞~°∞ÎѨ@ìQÍ X_≥ã≤ãπ ##∞fl
Z=iH© K≥Ñʨ =^ŒxÌ „Ѩ=∂}O KÕ~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. <Õ#∞ K≥ÑÊ≤ Ok J|^Œ=Ì ∞~Ú`Õ
<å „áê}ÏÅ∞ f~Ú!——
Ü«¸iH˜Ü ¡ ∂« #∞ J#∞ã¨iOz ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ „H˜O^Œ‰Ωõ ky=zÛ P=~°}Ö’x
XHõ ‰õΩsÛÃÑ· ‰õÄ~°∞Û#flk. WѨÊ\˜H© P"≥∞‰õΩ ã¨Oâ◊Ü∞« O f~°Ö^Ë ∞Œ . P"≥∞HÔ ^Œ∞~°∞QÍ
^Œ∂~°OQÍ QÀ_»ÑH¨ ¯õ # L#fl ‰õΩsÛÖ’ X_≥ãã≤ π ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. W^ŒiÌ =∞^蕺 xâ◊≈|ÌO
~å[º"Õ∞eOk. HÍ¿ãѨ\ ˜H˜ P"≥∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ =^Œ<åxfl xt`«OQÍ Ñ¨ijeOzOk.
J~Ú<å zOÑ≤iQÆ∞_»¤Å`À, K≥ki# A@∞ì`À L#fl X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ QÆ∞~°∞ÎѨ@ìÖËHõ
áÈ~ÚOk. >ˇe=∂Yãπ J<åfl_»∞– ''J=∂‡! h ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞"Õ∞q∞\˜"åfià◊ WO`«
Hõiî#OQÍ L#flk. Z^Œ∞~°∞QÍ Éèí~°Î#∞ ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩx ZO^Œ∞HõO`« PÖ’zã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù?
ѨO^˘q∞‡^Õà◊¡ `«~°∞"å`« WO\˜H˜ =zÛ# ÃÑxq∞\˜x ѨÅ∞HõiOK«_®xÔHO^Œ∞‰õΩ
*ÏQÆ∞KÕã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù?——
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ ã¨=∂^è•#q∞zÛOk– ''‰õΩ=∂~å! Pâ◊Û~°ºO`À <å‰õΩ =∂@Å∞
~å=_»O ÖË^Œ∞. J~Ú<å =∂H˜^ŒÌiˆH `≥eã≤# H˘xfl q+¨Ü«∂Å∞<åfl~Ú. <å‰õΩ
`≥eã≤# <å „Ñ≤Ü«∞`«=Ú_≥·# X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞ Hõ∆}OÖ’ QÆ∞iÎOK«QÆey# <å
ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞"≥∞O^Œ∞HÀ *ÏѨºO KÕ™ÈÎOk——
X_≥ã≤ãπ z~°∞#=Ùfi #"åfi_»∞– ''>ˇe=∂Yãπ! F~°∞Ê =Ç≤ÏOK«∞. `«fi~°Ö’
P"≥∞ ##∞fl QÆ∞iÎã∞¨ OÎ k. <Õ#∞ D zOÑ≤i ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÅÎ `À zO^Œ~=° O^Œ~Q° Í L<åfl#∞.
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=ÚO^Œ∞ =∞#"≥∂Ѩx KÕÜ«∂e. =∞#O D #QÆ~åxH˜ =¸Åã¨ÎOÉèÏÖÏ¡O\˜
Ü«Ú=‰õΩefl K«Oáê=Ú. "åi |O^èŒ∞q∞„`«∞Å „ѨfHÍ~åyflx ZÖÏ `«@∞ìHÀ"åe
PÖ’zOKåeû# ã¨=∞Ü«∞q∞k. <å‰õΩ `Àz# LáêÜ«∂xfl K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞.
ã¨~åfiÅOHÍ~° Éè∂í +≤`∞« Öˇ#· ¢ãÅΑ ∞ "≥O@~åQÍ, QÍÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ áê@Å∞ áê_»∞`«∞O_»QÍ,
XHõ ÃÑo¡ Tˆ~yOѨÙÖÏ WHõ¯_ç #∞Oz "≥o¡áÈ^•O. #QÆ~° „Ѩ[ʼnõΩ "≥O@<Õ
J#∞=∂#O ~å^Œ∞. =∞#O ˆH∆=∞OQÍ =∞# ã¨∞~°H˜∆`« ™ê÷=~°=Ú#fl á⁄ÖÏÅ"ÕѨÙ
"≥o¡áÈ=K«∞Û——
>ˇe=∂Yãπ `«y# U~åÊ@∞¡ KÕã≤<å_»∞. WO\˜Ö’x ã¨O^Œ_ç q#fl"åà◊√¡
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ Z=~Àfl q"åǨÏO KÕã∞¨ ‰õΩ#fl@∞¡#flk. P <≥~*° Ï} `«# Éè~í ΰ =KÕÛ=~°‰Äõ
"Õz LO_»ÖË^Œ∞ K«∂âß"å! Jx QÆ∞ã¨QÆ∞ÖÏ_»∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞.
WO`«Ö’ Ü«¸i<À"£∞ `«=∞ Ü«∞[=∂x X_≥ã≤ãπ‰õΩ ™êfl#O KÕ~ÚOz
ã¨∞"åã¨# #∂<≥Å`À â◊s~åxfl =∞~°Ì#QÍqOzOk. Z^ä≥<å =∞Ç≤Ï=∞`À X_≥ã≤ãπ
=∞iO`« JO^ŒQÍ_çQÍ, ^Œ$_è» â◊s~°∞_çQÍ HõxÊOKå_»∞. ^≥·"åOâ◊ ã¨OÉèí∂`«∞_≥·#
g~°∞_çQÍ "≥eyáÈ`«∂ #∂`«# =¢™êÎÅ#∞ ^èŒiOz X_≥ã≤ãπ #_»z =ã¨∞ÎO>Ë
JO^Œ~°∂ Hõà◊¡Ñ¨ÊyOz K«∂_»™êy<å~°∞. x#fl\˜ #_»∞O=Oy Hõ$Oy Hõ$tOz
#@∞¡#fl aK«ÛQÍ_çH,˜ <Õ\ ˜ nè~À^•`«∞_Î ,·≥ ã≤OǨÏOÖÏ #_»∞ã¨∞#Î fl X_≥ãã≤ ‰π Ωõ áÈeHõ
^˘~°H#õ O`« JO^ŒOQÍ, J^Œ∞ƒù`O« QÍ P`«_∞» HõxÑ≤OKå_»∞. ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ‰Ωõ Z^Œ∞~°∞QÍ
‰õÄ~°∞Ûx J<åfl_»∞– ''h ã¨"≥∂‡Ç¨Ï#"≥∞ÿ# ~°∂áêxH˜ WO`« Hõiî#ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞O P
^Õ=Ù_≥ÖÏ WKåÛ_À <å‰õΩ J~°÷O HÍ=_»OÖË^Œ∞. ѨO^è˘q∞‡^Õà◊¥¡ <å<å HõëêìÅ∞
Ѩ_ç WO\˜H˜ uiy=zÛ# ÃÑxq∞\˜H˜ UO ѨsHõ∆Å∞ ÃÑ_»^•=∞#∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl=Ù
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ?—— J<åfl_»`«_»∞.
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ J#flk– ''g~°∞_®! <Õ#∞ QÆifi+≤xª , JǨÏOÉèÏ=Ù~åÅ#∞ HÍ^Œ∞.
h g~°`«fiO`À Xà◊√¡ =∞izáÈ~ÚÖË#∞. h=Ù W^ä•HÍ#∞ =ke „\ÏÜü∞ "ÕѨÙ
"≥àı¡Ñ¨C_»∞#fl ~°∂ѨO <å =∞kÖ’ xezáÈ~ÚOk. 㨈~! Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂! P`«x
â◊Ü∂« ºQÆ$ǨÏO #∞Oz fã≤# =∞OK«OÃÑ· ^Œ∞ѨÊ\˜x, Lxfl =¢™êÎÅ#∞ HõÑÊ≤ P`«xH˜
q„âßOu fã¨∞‰õΩ<Õ J=HÍâßxfl=Ùfi!——
P"≥∞ P =∂@efl J`«xx ѨsH˜∆OK«_®xˆH J#flk. X_≥ã≤ãπ HÀѨO`À
‰õΩ`«‰Ωõ `«ÖÏ_çáÈÜ«∂_»∞– ''ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ! h =∂@Å∞ ##∞fl f„=OQÍ QÍÜ«∞ѨiKå~Ú.
Z=~°∞ <å ѨOki=∞OKåxfl JHõ¯_ç#∞Oz ÃÑHõeOK«QÆey# â◊H˜Î Hõey#"å~°∞?
P =∞OK«O x~å‡}OÖ’<Õ XHõ ~°Ç¨Ï㨺O ^•QÆ∞#flk. ^•xfl <å KÕ`«∞Ö’Î <Õ#∞
ã¨fiÜ«∞OQÍ `«Ü«∂~°∞KÕ™ê#∞. XHõѨC_»∞ D WO\˜ P=~°}Ö’ F =∞Ǩ 'FH±—
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∆ ÚO_≥_kç . ^•x "≥Ú^ŒÅ∞ K«∞@∂ì <Õ#∞ <å â◊Ü∂« ºQÆ$Ǩxfl xi‡OKå#∞.
P =$HõÑ∆ Ù¨ "≥Ú^ŒÅ∞#∞ Ѩx=Ú@¡`À K«^∞Œ #∞KÕã≤ ^•x Pã¨~åQÍ <Õ#∞ ѨOki =∞OKåxfl
xi‡OKå#∞. P ѨOki =∞OKåxH˜, |OQÍ~°∞, "≥O_ç, ^ŒO`«Ñ¨Ù #y+‘Å#∞ K≥H˜¯Oz
^•xH˜ Z^Œ∞KÌ ~« ‡° Ѩ٠Ѩ\ Åì© #∞ ayOKå#∞. =∂#==∂„`«∞_≥=_»∂ P ѨOki =∞OKåxfl
gã¨"≥∞`«∞Î Hõ^ŒeOK«ÖË_»∞. =∞i WѨC_≥=Ô~·<å P ã¨ÎOÉèÏxfl ~°OѨO`À HÀã≤ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ
[iáêˆ~"≥∂ <å‰õΩ `≥b^Œ∞——
P =∂@Å∞ q#fl"≥O@<Õ P"≥∞ =∞#ã¨∞Ö’ L#fl J}∞=∂„`«"∞≥ #ÿ J#∞=∂#O
`˘ÅyáÈ~ÚOk. Ѩ~°∞ÔQ`«∞ΉõΩO@∂ =zÛ P`«x "≥∞_»K«∞@∂ì `«# ã¨∞‰õΩ=∂~°"≥∞ÿ#
KÕ`«∞Ö’Î Å`«ÖÏ JÅ∞¡‰õΩx P`«x #∞^Œ∞\˜x K«∞OaOzOk.
ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ J#flk– ''<å ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞=∂! HÀÑ≤OK«=^Œ∞Ì! ##∞fl J~°÷O KÕã¨∞HÀ!
^Õ=`«ÖOˇ ^Œ∞HÀ =∞#ÃÑ· P„QÆÇÏ≤ Oz W<Õflà◊√¡ q_»n™ê~°∞. Hõhã¨O D #_ç=Ü«∞ã¨∞Ö’#<åfl
=∞~°Å Hõeã≤ rqOK«É’`«∞<åflO. ##∞fl Hõq∆ ∞OK«∞. <å =∞#ã¨∞Ö’ Z=Ô~<· å =∂Ü«∞QÍ_»∞
h ~°Ç¨Ï™êºÅ#∞ „QÆÇ≤ÏOz "å\˜ P^è•~°O`À ##∞fl "≥∂ã¨O KÕ™êÎ_Õ"≥∂##fl ÉèíÜ«∞O
xez L#flk. ÃÇÏÖˇ<£ ‰õÄ_® Psæ=ÙÅ∞ `«#HÀã¨O Ü«Ú^•úxH˜ ã≤^ÑúŒ _¨ `» å~°x TÇ≤ÏOz
=ÙO>Ë `å#∞ P "≥∂ǨxH˜ ÖÁOy LO_Õk HÍ^Œ∞. P"≥∞ KÕã≤# `«Ñ¨C=Å¡ J<ÕHõ=∞Ok
ã¨O™ê~åÅ∞, ‰õΩ@∞OÉÏÅ∞ z<åflaè#fl"≥∞ÿáÈÜ«∂~Ú. h‰õΩ =∂„`«"Õ∞ JiÊOz# D
â◊s~åxfl hHÀã¨O *Ï„QÆ`«Î fã¨∞HÀ=_»O `«Ñ¨CHÍ^Œ∞ Hõ^•! `˘_»ÃÑ· QÍÜ«∞O,
ѨOki=∞OK«O ~°ÇϨ 㨺O, g~°`fi« O Wq D „ѨÑO¨ K«OÖ’ XHõ¯ X_≥ãã≤ Hˆπ K≥O^Œ∞`å~Ú.
=ÚYºOQÍ Ñ¨Oki=∞OK«O ~°ÇϨ 㨺O h‰õΩ, <å‰õΩ, <å‰õΩ J~°}OQÍ =zÛ# ѨiKåiHõ‰Ωõ
`«Ñ¨Ê Z=iH© `≥b^Œ∞. nx`À <å J#∞=∂<åÅ∞ Ѩ\ÏѨOK«Öˇ·<å~Ú—— JO@∂ P"≥∞
P#O^ŒOQÍ P`«xx H“yeOK«∞‰õΩ#flk.
W^ŒÌ~°∂ JÖÏ XHõi ã¨Ê~å≈ã¨∞MÏxfl XHõ~°∞ J#∞Éèíqã¨∂Î KåÖÏ¿ãѨ٠JÖÏ
xÅ|_®¤~°∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ `«#‰õΩ \˜Ô~+≤Ü«∞ãπ HÍÅ*Ï˝x K≥Ñ≤Ê# q+¨Ü«∂xfl q=iOKå_»∞.
''WO\˜H˜ uiy"≥o¡<åHõ ‰õÄ_® <å‰õΩ ã≤÷q∞`«O LO_»^Œ∞. <Õ#∞ J<ÕHõ^ÕâßÅ∞
u~°∞QÆ∞`«∂O_»QÍ, <å Éèí∞[OÃÑ· L#fl `≥_»∞¤#∞ K«∂ã≤ F JѨiz`«=ºH˜Î h Éèí∞[OÃÑ·
L#fl |Å¡K≥Hõ¯ ^è•<åºxfl `«∂~åÊ~°|>Ëì^• Jx J_çˆQO`«=~°‰õÄ ^Õâ◊k=∞‡iQÍ<Õ
LO\Ï#@. <Õ#∞ P ^Õâ◊OÖ’ áêl_®<£ ^Õ=ÙxH˜ F Q˘„Ô~#∞, Z^Œ∞Ì#∞, ѨOkx
|e~ÚzÛ, W^ä•H͉õΩ uiy=zÛ #∂~°∞ Ѩâ√◊ =Ùefl (Hecatombs)#∞ ^Õ=`å „Ñ‘uQÍ
|e~ÚzÛ# `«~°∞"å`Õ áêl_®<£‰õΩ <åÃÑ·x P„QÆǨÏO K«ÖÏ¡~°∞`«∞O^Œx \˜Ô~+≤Ü«∂ãπ
K≥ á êÊ_» ∞ . J~Ú`Õ <å‰õ Ω =$^•ú Ñ ¨ º OÖ’ <≥ Ñ ≤ Ê ÖË x 㨠∞ <åÜ« ∂ 㨠=∞~° } O
„áêÑ≤Îã¨∞ÎO^Œ<åfl_»∞—— J<åfl_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ.
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WO`«Ö’ Ü«¸iH˜¡Ü«∂, Ü«¸i<À"£∞Å∞ ^ŒOѨ`«∞Å â◊Ü«∞º#∞ ã¨∞O^Œ~°OQÍ
fiÛk^•Ì~°∞. >ˇe=∂Yãπ, Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ, Ѷ≤ÖÁ+≤Ü«∞ãπÅ∞ P@áê@Å<åÑ≤Oz ¢ã‘ÎÅ#∞
`«=∞ QÆ^Œ∞Ö’¡ q„â◊q∞OK«=∞x P*Ï˝Ñ≤OKå~°∞.
`«=∞ QÆkÖ’ ѨOki=∞OK«O g∞^Œ UHõâ◊Ü«∂ºQÆ`«∞Öˇ·# P „¿Ñ=∞ ^ŒOѨ`«∞Å∞
`«=∞ â◊s~åÅ∞ `«$Ñ≤ÎѨ_ÕÖÏ ~°u™œMϺxfl J#∞ÉèíqOz<å~°∞. J#O`«~°O ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ
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=∞iz JO^Œ~°∂ J#fl^Œ=Ú‡ÖÏ¡ Hõeã≤ LO_ÕÖÏ, âßOu ™œMϺÅ∞ "≥e¡qi¿ãÅÏ
"åix Pj~°fikOK«∞——
Eºãπ ^Õ=Ùx =^ŒÌ ÃãÅ=Ù fã¨∞‰õΩx Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« XeOѨãπ tY~°O
#∞Oz Éèí∞qH˜ |Ü«∞ÖËÌiOk.
eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπ QÆ$ǨÏOÖ’ JO^Œ~°∂ Éè’[<åÅ∞ =ÚyOKå~°∞. _˘eÜ«∞ãπ
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ |Ü«∞@ ~°Ç¨Ï^•iÃÑ· QÆ∞OѨÙQÍ =ã¨∞Î#fl [<åxfl K«∂ã≤ X_≥ã≤ãπ#∞
ÃÇÏK«ÛiOKå_»∞. X_≥ã≤ãπ, >ˇe=∂Yãπ, Ü«Úq∞Ü«∞ãπ, Ѷ≤ÖÁ+≤Ü«∞ãπʼnõΩ `À_»∞QÍ
_˘eÜ«∞ãπ =∞iÜ«Ú P`«x P~°∞QÆ∞~°∞ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞, eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπÅ∞ Hõ=Kåefl ^èŒiOz
PÜ«Ú^èŒáê}∞Öˇ· `«Å∞Ѩ٠`≥~°K«∞‰õΩx WO\˜ "≥Å∞ѨʼnõΩ =KåÛ~°∞.
WO`«Ö’ "≥∞O\Ï~ü ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl Z^ä≥<å X_≥ã≤ãπ ѨH∆Í# xÅ|_çOk.
>ˇe=∂Yãπ, X_≥ã≤ãπÅ#∞ Ü«Ú^Àúz`«"≥∞ÿ# ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÎÖ’¡ K«∂ã≤# eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπ P#O^ŒOQÍ
J<åfl_»∞– ''^Õ=`«ÖÏ~å! ZO`« ã¨∞k#O D<å_»∞! <å ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∂, =∞#=_»∂
â◊`«$ã¨OǨ~åxH˜ ã¨~°fiã¨#fl^Œ∞úÖˇ· L<åfl~°∞! <Õ#∞ <å â◊H˜Îx K«∂Ñ≤™êÎ#∞—— JO@∂<Õ
^Õ=`«ezÛ# |ÅO`À `«# KÕuÖ’x D>ˇ#∞ |ÅOQÍ `«=∞ g∞^Œ‰õΩ ^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩ=ã¨∞Î#fl
QÆ∞OѨÙÃÑ· qã≤~å_»∞. Jk ã¨~åã¨i "≥o¡ Ü«ÚÑ≤^ä≥ãπ â◊s~°OQÆ∞O_® ^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩáÈ~Ú
P`«x „áê}ÏÅ∞ fã≤Ok. J`«_»∞ qQÆ`«r=Ù_≥· <ÕÅg∞^Œ Ѩ_»QÍ<Õ Hõ∆}O PÅ㨺O
KÕÜ«∞‰õΩO_® X_≥ã≤ãπ, >ˇe=∂YãπÅ∞ P QÆ∞OѨÙÃÑ· Ѩ_ç `«=∞ Hõ`«∞ÎÅ∂, |ÖË¡Å`À
JO^Œih K«O¿ÑO^Œ∞‰õΩ =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ ^Œ∂H˜<å~°∞. JO^Œ~°∂ "åà◊¡ KÕ`«∞Ö’¡ K«KÕÛ"åˆ~
HÍx Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« J_»∞¤Ñ¨_ç P*Ï˝Ñ≤OzOk.
''WO`«=~°‰õÄ [iy# cèÉèí`«û Ü«Ú^ŒúO KåÅ∞! WOH˘Hõ¯ K«∞Hõ¯ ~°HõÎO <ÕÅÃÑ·
zO^Œ~å^Œ∞. Ü«Ú^•úxfl PÑ≤ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ xÅ|_»O_ç—— P =∂@Å∞ qx W^ä•HÍ #QÆ~°
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„Ѩ[Å∞ ÉèÜ í ∞« O`À =}˜HᘠÈÜ«∂~°∞. "åi KÕ`∞« Ö’¡x Hõ`∞« ÅÎ ∞, |ÖËÅ¡ ∞ <ÕÅg∞^Œ Ѩ_<ç å~Ú.
|`«∞‰õΩr=Ù_® J#∞‰õΩO@∂ "åà◊√¡ "≥#∞flK«∂Ñ≤ #QÆ~O° Ö’H˜ áêiáÈ~Ú<å~°∞. cèH~õ O° QÍ
QÆiã˚ ∂¨ ,Î X_≥ãã≤ π "åà◊¡ "≥O@|_ç "Õ\Ï_»É’~Ú<å_»∞. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ XHõ ÉèÜ í ∞« OHõ~"° ∞≥ #ÿ
Ñ≤_»∞QÆ∞ â◊|ÌO`À ÃÇÏK«ÛiHõ#∞ ѨOÑ≤<å_»∞. Z^ä≥<å ^Õ=`« X_≥ã≤ãπ`À J#flk–
''eÜ«∂Ô~ìãπ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_®! X_≥ã≤ãπ! K«`«∞~°HõàÏѨÜ≥∂xnè! WHõ KåÅ∞! Ü«Ú^•úxH˜
ã¨fiã≤ÎK≥ѨC. Eºãπ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ Ü«Ú^•úxfl PѨ=∞x ÃÇÏK«ÛiHõ#∞ ѨOÑ≤<å_»∞. P`«x
P[˝#∞ áê\˜OK«∞——
Z^ä≥<å =∂@#∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ q#Ü«∞OQÍ ã‘fiHõiOKå_»∞. W~°∞ѨH∆ÍÅ =∞^茺
âßâ◊fi`« âßOu XѨÊO^ŒO ‰õΩkiOk. "≥∞O\Ï~ü (Mentor) ~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl Z^ä≥<å
^Õ=`« `«# "åHÍÛ`«∞~°ºO`À J™ê^茺"≥∞ÿ# Ѩxx ã¨∞™ê^茺O KÕã≤ W^ä•HÍ „Ѩ[ʼnõΩ
âßOu ™œÉèÏQͺÅ#∞ „Ѩ™êkOzOk. Ü«Ú^ŒúO Hõ#∞=∞~°∞QÆ∞ HÍQÍ âßOu ZÖˇ¡_»ÖÏ
qiã≤ W^ä•HÍ Éè’QÆÉèÏQͺÅ`À `«∞Å`«∂QÆ™êyOk.
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X_≥ã‘û `«~°∞"å`«
X_≥ã≤ãπ `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ >ˇe=∂Yãπ`À Hõeã≤ `«# QÆ$Ǩxfl, ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ#∞
J#∞Éèíqã¨∂Î `«# ÉèÏ~°º ÃÑ<≥Ö’Ñπ#∞ HÍOH˜∆ã¨∞Î#fl =~°∞Å#∞ (The Suitors)#∞
K«OÑ≤"ÕâßHõ, J`«xH˜, P„QÆǨÏO K≥Ok# W^ä•HÍ „Ѩ[ʼnõΩ =∞^茺 Z^ä≥<≥ ^Õ=`«
=∞^茺=iÎ`«fiO`À âßOu XѨÊO^ŒO ‰õΩ^Œ∞~°∞ÎOk. =∞$`«∞ʼnõΩ JO`«º„H˜Ü«∞Å∞ [iQÍHõ
|Å∞Å∞, âßOu„H˜Ü∞« Å∞ [iÑ≤ X_≥ãã≤ π Ѩiâ◊√^Œ∞_ú Ò`å_»∞. P `«~∞° "å`« Zeãπ (Elis)
„áêO`åxH˜ "≥o#¡ X_≥ãã≤ π áêeÔH<˚ åãπ (Polyxenos) J<Õ J`«}‚˜ HõÅ∞™êÎ_∞» . P`«_∞»
„\Áá¶⁄xÜ«∞ãπ (Trophonius) rq`«Ki« „`« z„uOK«|_ç# áê„`«#∞ HÍ#∞HõQÍ W™êÎ_∞» .
(„\Áá¶⁄xÜ«∞ãπ, PQÆ"≥∞_çãπÅ∞ (Agamedes) - Ziæ#ãπ (Erginus) ‰õΩ=∂~°∞Å∞.
"åo¡^ŒÌ~°∞ _≥eÊùÖ’ (Delphi)Ö’ Já⁄Ö’ (Apollo)‰õΩ ^Õ"åÅÜ«∂xfl xi‡™êÎ~°∞.
^Õ=`«Å∞ ã¨O`«∞+¨µÖì ·ˇ "åiH˜ J=∞~°`åfixfl™êÎ~∞° . "åi Hõ^Œä #∞OKÕ ''^Õ=`«ÅH˜+"ì¨ ∞≥ #ÿ "å~°∞
Ѩã≤`«#OÖ’<Õ =∞~°}˜™êÎ~°∞ – those whom goods love die young" J#fl
<å#∞_ç =zÛO^ŒO\Ï~°∞) X_≥ã≤ãπ W^ä•H͉õΩ uiy =zÛ \˜Ô~ã≤Ü«∂ãπ (Tiresias)
*Ï˝x ã¨ÅǨ „ѨHÍ~°O ^ä≥ãπ„á⁄+≤Ü«∂ (Thesprotia)‰õΩ "≥o¡ ^Õ=`«Å‰õΩ PÅÜ«∂xfl
xi‡Oz |Å∞eflzÛ ã¨O`«$Ñ≤ΠѨ~°∞™êÎ_»∞. JHõ¯_» ^ä≥ãπ„á⁄+≤Ü«∞<£ ~å}˜ Hõe¡_çÔH
(Kallidike)#∞ q"åǨÏ=∂_»QÍ "åiH˜ áêeá⁄Ü≥∞\˜ãπ (Polypoites) [x‡™êÎ_»∞.
P `«~∞° "å`« ^äã≥ „π á⁄+≤Ü∞« #¡‰Ωõ , „aQÀ~Ú (Brygoi) ~å[ºO =∞^躌 [iy# Ü«Ú^ŒOú Ö’
Hõe_¡ HÔç =∞~°}㘠∞¨ OÎ k. ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ áêeá⁄Ü≥∞\˜ã#π ∞ ~åAQÍ Ñ¨\Ïìa¿è +HõO [iÑ≤Oz
X_≥ã≤ãπ W^ä•H͉õΩ =∞~°e=™êÎ_»∞.
JHõ¯_» Z~ÚÜ«∂ (Aeaea) nfiѨOÖ’ ã≤~Ô û (Circe)‰õΩ [x‡Oz# Ѩل`«∞xH˜
'>ˇeQÀ#ãπ— (Telegonus - Born far away) J#fl ¿Ñ~°∞ ÃÑ\˜Oì k. Z^ä<≥ å ã¨ÅǨ`À
P`«xH˜ `«O„_ç X_≥ã≤ãπ ѨÙ@∞ìѨÓ~Àfi`«Î~åÅ∞ K≥ѨÊQÍ P`«_»∞ `«O„_çx HõÅ=_®xH˜
Lqfià◊¥¡~°∞`å_»∞. 'ã≤Ô~û— J`«xH˜ q+¨H˜~°}ÏÅ∞ J=∞iÛ# |ÖË¡xfl HÍ#∞HõQÍ WzÛ
W^ä•H͉õΩ ѨOѨÙ`«∞Ok. <ÒḦ́Ѩ=∂^ŒO [iy W^ä•HÍ f~°O KÕ~°∞‰õΩ#fl >ˇeQÀ#ãπ
JHõ¯_» ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ L#fl Ѩâ◊√=Ùefl ^˘Oye™êÎ_»∞. P Ѩâ◊√=ÙÅ Ü«∞[=∂x J_»¤yOK«QÍ
W^ŒiÌ =∞^躌 f„="≥∞#ÿ áÈ~°∞ [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞Ok. `«# |ÖˇO¡ `À >ˇeQÀ#ãπ P`«xx á⁄_»=QÍ
q+¨H~˜ }° ÏÅ `åH˜_Hç ˜ QÍÜ«∞Ѩ_ç =∞~°}Ï=ã¨Ö÷ ’H˜ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ#flѨÙ_»∞ [iy# ã¨OÉèÏ+¨}Ö’
W^ŒÌ~°∂ XHõ~˘flHõ~°∞ QÆ∞iΙêÎ~°∞. P"Õ^Œ#`À >ˇeQÀ#ãπ ^Œ∞óYѨ_»∞Î#flѨC_»∞ X_≥ã≤ãπ
`«#‰õΩ \˜Ô~ã≤Ü«∂ãπ K≥Ñ≤Ê# *’㨺O q=iOz Wk ^Õ=`«Å J#∞[˝`À<Õ [iyOk.
ÉÏ^èÑŒ _¨ =» ^ŒxÌ J#∞#~Ú™êÎ_∞» . (`«#‰õΩ =$^•úѺ¨ OÖ’ ã¨∞<åÜ«∂㨠=∞~°}O (gentle
death) =ã¨∞ÎO^Œ#fl^Õ *’㨺O) X_≥ã≤ãπ =∞$`«^ÕǨxfl fã¨∞‰õΩx >ˇÖˇ=∂Yãπ,
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ÃÑ<≥Ö’¿ÑÅ`À áê@∞ Z~ÚÜ«∂ (Aeaea) nfiáêxH˜ =zÛ `«e¡ 'ã≤~Ô û—‰õΩ JѨÊy™êÎ_∞»
>ˇeQÀ#ãπ. X_≥ã≤ãπ ^ÕǨxH˜ ^ŒÇ¨Ï# „H˜Ü«∞Å∞ [iQÍHõ 'ã≤Ô~û— `«# =∞O„`«â◊H˜Î`À
JO^Œih J=∞~°∞efl QÍqã¨∞ÎOk.
D Wu=$`«=Î ∞O`å >ˇeQ˘x HÍ=ºOÖ’ q=iOK«|_çOk. >ˇeQ˘x HÍ=ºO
WuǨã¨K„« HõO (Epic Cycle)Ö’ z=ik. X_≥ãã≤ ,π ã≤~Ô ûÅ „Ѩ}Ü«∞ѶŨ O >ˇeQ˘#ãπ
(Telegonus - born far away) `«O„_çx "≥^Œ∞‰õΩ`«∂ ~å=_»O, J#∞HÀx
Ѩiã≤÷`«∞ÅÖ’ `«O„_ôH˘_»∞‰õΩÅ =∞^茺 [iy# áÈ\Ï¡@ qëê^•O`«O HÍ=_»O D
HÍ=º=$`åÎO`«O. ã≤<≥^ä•<£ (Cinaethon) ÖË^• Ü«¸QÆ=∂‡<£#∞ (Eugammon)
D HÍ=ºHõ~Qΰ Í ÉèÏqã¨∞<Î åfl~°∞. =¸ÅHÍ=ºOÖ’x ~Ô O_»∞ ѨO‰õΩÅÎ ∞ =∂„`«"∞Õ WѨC_»∞
ÅÉèºí =∞=Ù`«∞<åfl „á⁄Hõã¡ π „"åã≤# '„H˜™⁄ì=∂^ä—≥ #∞Oz >ˇeQ˘x Hõ^#Œä ∞ ã‘fiHõiOz<å~°∞.
Ô~O_»∞ ÉèÏQÍÅ∞QÍ – ^ä≥ãπ„á⁄\˜ãπ (Thesprotis), >ˇeQ˘xQÍ (Telegony) L#fl
D HÍ=ºO „H©ã¨∞ÎѨÓ~°fiO 631Ö’ ~°zOѨ|_ç#kQÍ ÉèÏqã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞.
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Bard Singing to the Suitors

Nausicaa Throwing the Ball

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Penelope Carrying the Bow to the Suitors

The Meeting of Odysses and Penelope

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Odyssey notes--Wikisource
The Odyssey (Greek: Odysseia) is one of two major ancient
Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the
Iliad, the other work traditionally ascribed to Homer. The poem is
fundamental to the modern Western canon. Indeed it is the second—
the Iliad being the first—extant work of Western literature. It was
probably composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere
in Ionia, the Greek-speaking coastal region of what is now Turkey.

The poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (or

Ulysses, as he was known in Roman myths) and his long journey
home following the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach
Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed he
has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with
a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres or Proci, competing for
Penelope's hand in marriage.

It continues to be read in the Homeric Greek and translated

into modern languages around the world. The original poem was
composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos (epic poet/singer), perhaps
a rhapsode (professional performer), and was more likely intended
to be sung than read. The details of the ancient oral performance, and
the story's conversion to a written work inspire continual debate
among scholars. The Odyssey was written in a regionless poetic dialect
of Greek and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. Among
the most impressive elements of the text are its non-linear plot, and
that events seem to depend as much on the choices made by women
and serfs as on the actions of fighting men. In the English language
as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic
voyage.

The Odyssey begins ten years after the end of the ten-year
Trojan War, and Odysseus has still not returned home from the war.
Odysseus' son Telemachus is twenty and is sharing his absent father’s
house on the island of Ithaca with his mother Penelope and a crowd
of 108 boisterous young men, "the Suitors", whose aim is to persuade
Penelope to marry one of them, all the while enjoying the hospitality
of Odysseus' household and eating up his wealth.
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Odysseus’ protectress, the goddess Athena, discusses his fate

with Zeus, king of the gods, at a moment when Odysseus' enemy, the
god of the sea Poseidon, is absent from Mount Olympus. Then,
disguised as a Taphian chieftain named Mentes (otherwise known as
“Mentor”), she visits Telemachus to urge him to search for news of
his father. He offers her hospitality; they observe the Suitors dining
rowdily while the bard Phemius performs a narrative poem for them.
Penelope objects to Phemius' theme, the "Return from Troy" because
it reminds her of her missing husband, but Telemachus rebuts her
objections.
That night Athena, disguised as Telemachus, finds a ship and
crew for the true Telemachus. The next morning, Telemachus calls
an assembly of citizens of Ithaca to discuss what should be done with
the suitors. Accompanied by Athena (now disguised as his friend
Mentor), he departs for the Greek mainland and the household of
Nestor, most venerable of the Greek warriors at Troy, now at home in
Pylos. From there, Telemachus rides overland, accompanied by
Nestor's son, Peisistratus, to Sparta, where he finds Menelaus and
Helen, now reconciled. He is told that they returned to Sparta after a
long voyage by way of Egypt. There, on the island of Pharos, Menelaus
encountered the old sea-god Proteus, who told him that Odysseus
was a captive of the nymph Calypso. Incidentally, Telemachus learns
the fate of Menelaus’ brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and
leader of the Greeks at Troy: murdered on his return home by his
wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
Then the story of Odysseus is told. He has spent seven years
in captivity on Calypso's island, Ogygia. Calypso falls deeply in love
with him but he has consistently spurned her advances. She is
persuaded to release him by Odysseus' great grandfather, the
messenger god Hermes, who has been sent by Zeus in response to
Athena's plea. Odysseus builds a raft and is given clothing, food and
drink by Calypso. When Poseidon finds out that Odysseus has
escaped, he wrecks the raft, but Odysseus swims ashore on the island
of Scherie, helped by a veil given by the sea nymph Ino, the home of
the Phaeacians, where, naked and exhausted, he hides in a pile of
leaves and falls asleep. The next morning, awakened by the laughter
of girls, he sees the young Nausicaa, who has gone to the seashore
with her maids to wash clothes, after Athena appeared to her in a
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dream and told her to. He appeals to her for help. She encourages
him to seek the hospitality of her parents, Arete and Alcinous, or
Alkinous. Odysseus is welcomed and is not at first asked for his name.
He remains for several days, takes part in a pentathlon, and hears the
blind singer Demodocus perform two narrative poems. The first is
an otherwise obscure incident of the Trojan War, the "Quarrel of
Odysseus and Achilles"; the second is the amusing tale of a love
affair between two Olympian gods, Ares and Aphrodite. Finally,
Odysseus asks Demodocus to return to the Trojan War theme and tell
of the Trojan Horse, a stratagem in which Odysseus had played a
leading role. Unable to hide his emotion as he relives this episode,
Odysseus at last reveals his identity. He then begins to tell the story
of his return from Troy.
After a piratical raid on Ismaros in the land of the Cicones,
he and his twelve ships were driven off course by storms. They visited
the lethargic Lotus-Eaters who gave two of his men their fruit which
caused them to forget their homecoming, and then were captured by
the Cyclops Polyphemus, escaping by blinding him with a wooden
stake. While they were escaping, however, Odysseus foolishly told
Polyphemus his identity, and Polyphemus told his father, Poseidon,
that Odysseus had blinded him. Poseidon then curses Odysseus to
wander the sea for ten years, during which he would lose all his crew
and return home through the aid of others. After their escape, they
stayed with Aeolus, the master of the winds and he gave Odysseus a
leather bag containing all the winds, except the west wind, a gift that
should have ensured a safe return home. However, the sailors foolishly
opened the bag while Odysseus slept, thinking that it contained gold.
All of the winds flew out and the resulting storm drove the ships
back the way they had come, just as Ithaca came into sight.
After unsuccessfully pleading with Aeolus to help them again,
they re-embarked and encountered the cannibalistic Laestrygonians.
All of Odysseus’s ships except his own entered the harbor of the
Laestrygonians’ Island and were immediately destroyed. He sailed
on and visited the witch-goddess Circe. She turned half of his men
into swine after feeding them cheese and wine. Hermes warned
Odysseus about Circe and gave Odysseus a drug called moly, a
resistance to Circe’s magic. Circe, being attracted to Odysseus'
resistance, agreed to bargain with him. His men will be changed back
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to their human form in exchange for Odysseus' love. They remained
with her on the island for one year, while they feasted and drank.
Finally, guided by Circe's instructions, Odysseus and his crew crossed
the ocean and reached a harbor at the western edge of the world,
where Odysseus sacrificed to the dead and summoned the spirit of
the old prophet Tiresias to advise him of how to appease the gods
upon his return home. Next Odysseus met the spirit of his own mother,
who had died of grief during his long absence. From her, he learned
for the first time news of his own household, threatened by the greed
of the suitors. Here, too, he met the spirits of famous women and
famous men. Notably he encountered the spirit of Agamemnon, of
whose murder he now learned, who also warned him about the dangers
of women (for Odysseus' encounter with the dead, see also Nekuia).

Returning to Circe’s island, they were advised by her on the

remaining stages of the journey. They skirted the land of the Sirens,
who sang an enchanting song that normally caused passing sailors to
steer toward the rocks, only to hit them and sink. All of the sailors
except for Odysseus, who was tied to the mast, had their ears plugged
up with beeswax. They then passed between the six-headed monster
Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis, and landed on the island of
Thrinacia. There, Odysseus’ men ignored the warnings of Tiresias
and Circe, and hunted down the sacred cattle of the sun god Helios.
This sacrilege was punished by a shipwreck in which all but Odysseus
drowned. He was washed ashore on the island of Calypso, where she
compelled him to remain as her lover for seven years before she was
ordered by Zeus to release Odysseus.

Having listened with rapt attention to his story, the Phaeacians,

who are skilled mariners, agree to help Odysseus get home. They
deliver him at night, while he is fast asleep, to a hidden harbour on
Ithaca. He finds his way to the hut of one of his own former slaves,
the swineherd Eumaeus. Athena disguises Odysseus as a wandering
beggar in order to learn how things stand in his household. After
dinner, he tells the farm laborers a fictitious tale of himself: he was
born in Crete, had led a party of Cretans to fight alongside other
Greeks in the Trojan War, and had then spent seven years at the court
of the king of Egypt; finally he had been shipwrecked in Thesprotia
and crossed from there to Ithaca.
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Meanwhile, Telemachus sails home from Sparta, evading an
ambush set by the suitors. He disembarks on the coast of Ithaca and
makes for Eumaeus’s hut. Father and son meet; Odysseus identifies
himself to Telemachus (but still not to Eumaeus) and they determine
that the suitors must be killed. Telemachus gets home first.
Accompanied by Eumaeus, Odysseus now returns to his own house,
still pretending to be a beggar. He is ridiculed by the suitors in his
own home, especially by one extremely impertinent man named
Antinous. His son is beat up by the larger men to show his "transition
to manhood", and Odysseus attempts to stop the fight; as a result,
Antinous throws a chair at him and laughs at him. Odysseus meets
Penelope and tests her intentions with an invented story of his birth
in Crete, where, he says, he once met Odysseus. Closely questioned,
he adds that he had recently been in Thesprotia and had learned
something there of Odysseus’s recent wanderings.
Odysseus’s identity is discovered by the housekeeper,
Eurycleia, as she is washing his feet and discovers an old scar
Odysseus had received during a boar hunt. He'd received the scar
when he was hunting with the sons of Autolycus. They had been told
to go boar hunting so that they could prepare a meal with the meat.
The three climbed Mount Parnassus and eventually came across a
boar in a large and deep meadow. Because of the meadow's depth,
the three hunters were ambushed by the seemingly invisible boar and
when Odysseus first saw the animal, he rushed at it but the animal
was too fast and slashed him in the right thigh. Despite being gored
by the boar, Odysseus still hit his mark and stabbed the boar through
the shoulder. Odysseus' bleeding was staunched by a spell that was
chanted by the sons of Autolycus and he received great glory and
treasure for his bravery.[5] Having seen this scar, Eurycleia tries to
tell Penelope about Odysseus' true identity, but Athena makes sure
that Penelope cannot hear Eurycleia. Meanwhile, Odysseus swears
her to secrecy, and she promises not to tell.
The next day, at Athena’s prompting, Penelope maneuvers
the suitors into competing for her hand with an archery competition
using Odysseus' bow. The man who can string the bow and shoot it
through a dozen axe heads would win. Odysseus takes part in the
competition himself: he alone is strong enough to string the bow and
shoot it through the dozen axe heads, making him the winner. He
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then turns his arrows on the suitors and with the help of Athena,
Telemachus, Eumaeus and Philoteus the cowherd, he kills all the
suitors. Odysseus and Telemachus hang twelve of their household
maids, who had betrayed Penelope or had sex with the suitors, or
both; they mutilate and kill the goatherd Melanthius, who had mocked
and abused Odysseus. Now at last, Odysseus identifies himself to
Penelope. She is hesitant, but accepts him when he mentions that
their bed was made from an olive tree still rooted to the ground.
Many modern and ancient scholars take this to be the original ending
of the Odyssey, and the rest to be an interpolation.
The next day he and Telemachus visit the country farm of his
old father Laertes, who likewise accepts his identity only when
Odysseus correctly describes the orchard that Laertes had previously
given him.
The citizens of Ithaca have followed Odysseus on the road,
planning to avenge the killing of the suitors, their sons. Their leader
points out that Odysseus has now caused the deaths of two generations
of the men of Ithaca: his sailors, not one of whom survived; and the
suitors, whom he has now executed. The goddess Athena intervenes
and persuades both sides to give up the vendetta, a deus ex machina.
After this, Ithaca is at peace once more, concluding the Odyssey.
Odysseus’ name means “trouble” in Greek, this meaning both
giving and receiving trouble, as is often the case in his wanderings.
An early example of this is the previously mentioned boar hunt, in
which Odysseus is injured by the boar and responds by killing it.
Odysseus' heroic trait is his metis, or "cunning intelligence": he is
often described as the "Peer of Zeus in Counsel." This intelligence is
most often manifested by his use of disguise and deceptive speech.
His disguises take forms both physical (altering his appearance) and
verbal, such as telling the Cyclops Polyphemus that his name is ??t??,
"Noman", then escaping after blinding Polyphemus. When asked by
other Cyclopes why he is screaming, Polyphemus replies that "No
man" is hurting him, so the others assume that, "If alone as you are
[Polyphemus] none uses violence on you, why, there is no avoiding
the sickness sent by great Zeus; so you had better pray to your father,
the lord Poseidon". The most evident flaw that Odysseus sports is
that of his arrogance and his pride, or hubris. As he sails away from
the island of the Cyclopes, he shouts his name and boasts that no one
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can defeat the "Great Odysseus". The Cyclops then throws the top
half of a mountain at him and prays to his father, Poseidon, saying
that Odysseus has blinded him. This enrages Poseidon, causing the
god to thwart Odysseus' homecoming for a very long time.
The Odyssey opens in medias res (in the middle of things),
meaning that the plot begins in the middle of the overall story, and
that prior events are described through flashbacks or storytelling.
This device is imitated by later authors of literary epics, for example,
Virgil in the Aeneid, as well as modern poets such as Luís de Camões
in Os Lusíadas or Alexander Pope in The Rape of the Lock.
In the first episodes, we trace Telemachus' efforts to assert
control of the household, and then, at Athena’s advice, to search for
news of his long-lost father. Then the scene shifts: Odysseus has
been a captive of the beautiful nymph Calypso, with whom he has
spent seven of his ten lost years. Released by the intercession of his
patroness Athena, through the aid of Hermes, he departs, but his raft
is destroyed by his divine enemy Poseidon, who is angry because
Odysseus blinded his son, Polyphemus. When Odysseus washes up
on Scherie, home to the Phaeacians, he is assisted by the young
Nausicaa and is treated hospitably. In return, he satisfies the
Phaeacians' curiosity, telling them, and the reader, of all his adventures
since departing from Troy. The shipbuilding Phaeacians then loan
him a ship to return to Ithaca, where he is aided by the swineherd
Eumaeus, meets Telemachus, regains his household, kills the suitors,
and is reunited with his faithful wife, Penelope.
All ancient and nearly all modern editions and translations of
the Odyssey are divided into 24 books. This division is convenient
but it may not be original. Many scholars believe it was developed
by Alexandrian editors of the 3rd century BC. In the Classical period,
moreover, several of the books (individually and in groups) were
given their own titles: the first four books, focusing on Telemachus,
are commonly known as the Telemachy. Odysseus' narrative, Book
9, featuring his encounter with the cyclops Polyphemus, is
traditionally called the Cyclopeia. Book 11, the section describing
his meeting with the spirits of the dead is known as the Nekuia. Books
9 through 12, wherein Odysseus recalls his adventures for his
Phaeacian hosts, are collectively referred to as the Apologoi:
Odysseus' "stories". Book 22, wherein Odysseus kills all the suitors,
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has been given the title Mnesterophonia: "slaughter of the suitors".
This concludes the Greek Epic Cycle, though fragments remain of
the "alternative ending" of sorts known as the Telegony.
This Telegony aside, the last 548 lines of the Odyssey,
corresponding to Book 24, are believed by many scholars to have
been added by a slightly later poet. Several passages in earlier books
seem to be setting up the events of Book 24, so if it were indeed a
later addition, the offending editor would seem to have changed earlier
text as well. For more about varying views on the origin, authorship
and unity of the poem see Homeric scholarship.
Events in the main sequence of the Odyssey (excluding
Odysseus' embedded narrative of his wanderings) take place in the
Peloponnese and in what are now called the Ionian Islands. There are
difficulties in the apparently simple identification of Ithaca, the
homeland of Odysseus, which may or may not be the same island
that is now called Ithake. The wanderings of Odysseus as told to the
Phaeacians, and the location of the Phaeacians' own island of Scheria,
pose more fundamental problems, if geography is to be applied:
scholars, both ancient and modern, are divided as to whether or not
any of the places visited by Odysseus (after Ismaros and before his
return to Ithaca) are real.
In 2008, scientists Marcelo O. Magnasco and Constantino
Baikouzis at Rockefeller University used clues in the text and
astronomical data to attempt to pinpoint the time of Odysseus's return
from his journey after the Trojan War.
The first clue is Odysseus' sighting of Venus just before dawn
as he arrives on Ithaca. The second is a new moon on the night before
the massacre of the suitors. The final clue is a total eclipse, falling
over Ithaca around noon, when Penelope's suitors sit down for their
noon meal. The seer Theoclymenus approaches the suitors and
foretells their death, saying, "The Sun has been obliterated from the
sky, and an unlucky darkness invades the world." The problem with
this is that the 'eclipse' is only seen by Theoclymenus, and the suitors
toss him out, calling him mad. No-one else sees the sky darken, and
it is therefore not actually described as an eclipse within the story,
merely a vision by Theoclymenus.
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Doctors Baikouzis and Magnasco state that "[t]he odds that
purely fictional references to these phenomena (so hard to satisfy
simultaneously) would coincide by accident with the only eclipse of
the century are minute." They conclude that these three astronomical
references "'cohere,' in the sense that the astronomical phenomena
pinpoint the date of 16 April 1178 BC" as the most likely date of
Odysseus' return.

This dating places the destruction of Troy, ten years before,

to 1188 BC, which is close to the archaeologically dated destruction
of Troy VIIa circa 1190 BC.

The Athenian tyrant Peisistratos, who ruled between 546 and

527 BC, is believed to have established a Commission of Editors of
Homer to edit the text of the poems and remove any errors and
interpolations, thus establishing a canonical text.

The earliest papyrus fragments date back to the 3rd century

BC. The oldest complete manuscript is the Laurentianus from the
10th or 11th century. The editio princeps of both the Iliad and the
Odyssey is by Demetrius Chalcondyles in Florence, most likely from
1488.

The Telegony comprises two distinct episodes: Odysseus'

voyage to Thesprotia, and the story of Telegonus. Probably each of
the two books of the Telegony related one of these episodes. In current
critical editions only two lines of the poem's original text survive.
For its storyline we are dependent primarily on a summary of the
Telegonus myth in Proclus' Chrestomathy. The poem opens after the
events depicted in the Odyssey. According to Proclus' summary, the
Telegony opens with the burial of Penelope's suitors. Odysseus makes
sacrifices to the Nymphs. He makes a voyage to Elis, where he visits
an otherwise unknown figure Polyxenos, who gives him a bowl
depicting the story of Trophonius. Odysseus returns to Ithaca and
then travels to Thesprotia, presumably to make the sacrifices
commanded by Tiresias in Odyssey 11. There he weds the Thesprotian
queen Kallidike, who bears him a son, Polypoites. Odysseus fights
for the Thesprotians in a war against the neighbouring Brygoi; the
gods participate in the war, Ares routing Odysseus and the
Thesprotians, countered by Athena, ever Odysseus' patron; Apollo
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intervenes between the battling gods. However, Kallidike is killed in
the war, Polypoetes succeeds to the kingdom and Odysseus returns
to Ithaca.
Meanwhile, it transpires that Circe, with whom Odysseus had
an affair for a year in the Odyssey (books 10-12), has born his son,
Telegonus ("born far away"). He grows up living with Circe on the
island of Aeaea. On the goddess Athena's advice Circe tells him the
name of his father. In a detail inserted into the account in pseudo-
Apollodorus' Epitome of the Bibliotheke she gives him a supernatural
spear to defend himself which is tipped with the sting of a poisonous
stingray and was made by the god Hephaestus. A storm forces
Telegonus onto Ithaca without his realising where he is. As is
customary for Homeric heroes in unfriendly land, he commits piracy,
and unwittingly begins stealing Odysseus' cattle. Odysseus comes to
defend his property.
During the ensuing fight, Telegonus kills Odysseus with his
unusual spear, thereby partially fulfilling Tiresias' prophecy in
Odyssey 11 that death would come to Odysseus "out of the sea" (i.e.
the poison of the ray). (In another respect, however, Odysseus' death
contradicts the prophecy of Tiresias, who predicted (Od. 11.135) that
a "gentle death" would come to Odysseus "in sleek old age") As
Odysseus lies dying, he and Telegonus recognise one another, and
Telegonus laments his mistake. Telegonus brings his father's corpse,
Penelope, and Odysseus' other son Telemachus, back to Aeaea, where
Odysseus is buried and Circe makes the others immortal. Telegonus
marries Penelope, and Telemachus marries Circe.
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Bibliography

The Odyssey English Translations

1. Wikisource
2. George Chapman, 1616 (couplets)
3. Alexander Pope, 1713 (couplets); Project Gutenberg edition;
4. Samuel Butler, 1898 (prose), Project Gutenberg edition;
5. E. V. Rieu, 1945, prose
6. Robert Fitzgerald, 1963 (ISBN 0-679-72813-9)
7. Richmond Lattimore, 1965 (ISBN 0-06-093195-7)
8. Allen Mandelbaum, 1990
9. Robert Fagles, 1996 (ISBN 0-14-026886-3);
10. Martin Hammond, 2000, prose
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