nēbukaathnēchaar raajaa oru silaiyai patriya kanavu kandu konja kaalatthukku piragu, oru periya thanga silaiyai seidhaan. adhai dhūraa samaveliyil nirutthi vaitthaan. dhēsatthil irundha mukkiyamaana aatkal ellaaraiyum angē vara sonnaan. saathraak, mēshaak, aabēthnēgōvum vara vēndiyirundhadhu. ‘ekkaalam, yaal, paingulal pōndra isai karuvigalin satthatthai kēttadhum, nīngal andha silai munnaal vilundhu vananga vēndum. appadi vanangaadha aatkalai erigira sūlaikkul pōttuviduvēn’ endru raajaa kattalai pōttaan. indha mūndru ebireya ilainyargalum silaiyai vananguvaargalaa, alladhu yegōvaavai mattumē vananguvaargalaa?

raajaa isai karuvigalai vaasikka sonnaan. saathraak, mēshaak, aabēthnēgōvai thavira matra ellaarum andha silaiyin munnaal vilundhu vananginaargal. adhai paarttha sila aatkal raajaavidam pōi, ‘andha ebireya aatkal mūndru pērum ungal silaiyai vanangavillai’ endru sonnaargal. avargalai nēbukaathnēchaar vara vaitthu, ‘andha silaiyai vananga ungalukku innoru vaaippu kodukkirēn. nīngal adhai vanangavillai endraal, sūlaikkul pōttuviduvēn. endha kadavulaalum ungalai en kaiyilirundhu kaappaatra mudiyaadhu’ endru sonnaan. adharku avargal, ‘raajaavē, engalukku innoru vaaippu vēndaam. engal kadavulaal engalai kaappaatra mudiyum. appadi avar kaappaatravillai endraalum andha silaiyai naangal vananga maattōm’ endru sonnaargal.

nēbukaathnēchaarukku bayangara kōbam vandhadhu. avan than aatkalidam, ‘sūlaiyai eppōdhaiyumvida ēlu madangu adhigamaaga sūdaakkungal’ endru sonnaan. piragu than vīrargalidam, ‘ivargalai katti, ullē pōdungal’ endraan. andha mūndru ebireya ilainyargalaiyum sūlaikkul pōttaargal. andha sūlai romba sūdaaga irundhadhaal, andha  vīrargal adhan pakkatthil pōnavudan posungivittaargal. aanaal, nēbukaathnēchaar sūlaikkul paartthapōdhu, angē mūndru pērukku badhilaaga naangu pēr nadandhukondirundhaargal. avan bayandhupōi than adhigaarigalidam, ‘naam mūndru pērai thaanē neruppil pōttōm? aanaal, naangu pēr irukkiraargalē! avargalil oruvar dhēvathūdhar maadhiri irukkiraarē!’ endru sonnaan.

nēbukaathnēchaar andha sūlaikku pakkatthil pōi, ‘unnadhamaana kadavulin ūliyargalē, veliyē vaarungal!’ endru kūppittaar. saathraak, mēshaak, aabēthnēgō endha kaayamum illaamal andha neruppilirundhu veliyē vandhaargal. avargaludaiya thōl, mudi, thuni edhuvumē karugavillai. avargalmēl neruppin vaadaikūda illai.

appōdhu nēbukaathnēchaar, ‘saathraak, mēshaak, aabēthnēgōvin kadavuldhaan periyavar. avar thannudaiya thūdharai anuppi avargalai kaappaatrinaar. avargaludaiya kadavulai pōla vēru endha kadavulum illai’ endru sonnaan.

enna nadandhaalum andha mūndru ebireyargalai pōla nīyum yegōvaavukku unmaiyaaga iruppaayaa?