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On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.
He had successfully avoided meeting his landlady on the staircase. His garret was under the roof of a high, five-storied house and was more like a cupboard than a room. The landlady who provided him with garret, dinners, and attendance, lived on the floor below, and every time he went out he was obliged to pass her kitchen, the door of which invariably stood open. And each time he passed, the young man had a sick, frightened feeling, which made him scowl and feel ashamed. He was hopelessly in debt to his landlady, and was afraid of meeting her.
This was not because he was cowardly and abject, quite the contrary; but for some time past he had been in an over strained irritable condition, verging on hypochondria. He had become so completely absorbed in himself, and isolated from his fellows that he dreaded meeting, not only his landlady, but anyone at all. He was crushed by poverty, but the anxieties of his position had of late ceased to weigh upon him. He had given up attending to matters of practical importance; he had lost all desire to do so. Nothing that any landlady could do had a real terror for him. But to be stopped on the stairs, to be forced to listen to her trivial, irrelevant gossip, to pestering demands for payment, threats and complaints, and to rack his brains for excuses, to prevaricate, to lie—no, rather than that, he would creep down the stairs like a cat and slip out unseen.
This evening, however, on coming out into the street, he became acutely aware of his fears.
රස්කොල්නිකොව් යන දිසාව,
ඔහු වෙසෙන පරිසරය,
ඔහු සහ ගෙහිමි ස්ත්‍රිය අතර
පවතින සම්බන්ධය,
ඔහු මුහුණ පා ඇති ගැටළුව
ඔහුගෙ සිතේ බර
ආදියට හේතු විග්‍රහ කරමින්..
ඉතාම හෙමින් ඒ හරහා යද්දි
ඩොස්ටොයෙව්ස්කි ඒ එක ඡේදයෙන්
අපේ සිතේ මවන චිත්ත රූපය
කොතරම් ප්‍රබලද
කොතරම් පුළුල්ද කියා හිතුණා.
The text of
ඔහු වෙසෙන පරිසරය,
ඔහු සහ ගෙහිමි ස්ත්‍රිය අතර
පවතින සම්බන්ධය,
ඔහු මුහුණ පා ඇති ගැටළුව
ඔහුගෙ සිතේ බර
ආදියට හේතු විග්‍රහ කරමින්..
ඉතාම හෙමින් ඒ හරහා යද්දි
ඩොස්ටොයෙව්ස්කි ඒ එක ඡේදයෙන්
අපේ සිතේ මවන චිත්ත රූපය
කොතරම් ප්‍රබලද
කොතරම් පුළුල්ද කියා හිතුණා.
මේ තරුණයාගේ චිත්ත පීඩනය විසින්
ඔහු කුමක් සඳහා පොළඹවනු ඇත්දැයි
කතාවෙ නම අනුව අපි දන්නවා.
මේ කුඩා කොටසෙන්
ඩොස්ටොයෙව්ස්කි අපේ සිතේ මවන
රස්කොල්නිකොව්ගෙ මානසික පීඩනය දැනෙනවිට ඔහු කරන අපරාධය කුමක්ද කියා අපට ඇති කුතුහලය වැඩි වෙනවා.
ඔහු කුමක් සඳහා පොළඹවනු ඇත්දැයි
කතාවෙ නම අනුව අපි දන්නවා.
මේ කුඩා කොටසෙන්
ඩොස්ටොයෙව්ස්කි අපේ සිතේ මවන
රස්කොල්නිකොව්ගෙ මානසික පීඩනය දැනෙනවිට ඔහු කරන අපරාධය කුමක්ද කියා අපට ඇති කුතුහලය වැඩි වෙනවා.
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