മായാനന്ദനം 3 [ne-na] 1738

N¼nNp«³.sWäv _qw AtWzgn¨p H^pfmhfm]n WX¡pN]m\v bt£…H¶pw l^n]mNp¶nÔ
“”””CknsX _qw Nn«p¶ Nm^yw Hs¡ H^p dp²nfp«v Ss¶]m\v… MmWpw H¶v AtWzgn¡mw”
`nhn H¶pw fn*msS Ck^psX hwhm^w Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
Wµ³ fm]t]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”””ihvd³Zv CknsX¯s¶]pt*m?”
“”””CÃ.. sNm¡¯]n`m\v… Wn³s_ N`ym\w??”
Ak³ H^p bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”””B]n«nÃ..”
Np_¨ptW^w NqXn C^p¶v ko«p kntlg§Ä Hs¡ tImUn¨tlgw fm] ]m{S b_ªv AknsX Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp.
fm]]pw `nhn]pw tim«`nWv sk`n]nt`¡v WX¡p¶Sv tWm¡n Wµ³ C^p¶p.
tim«`n kmSn¡Â F¯n]t¸mÄ fm] Wn¶p. `nhnt]mXv Ft´m hwhm^n¡p¶p AkÄ.. ANs` C^n¡p¶SpsNm*v F´m\v hwhm^n¡p¶Sv F¶v AkWv tNÄ¡m³ NjnªnÃ.
fm] Sn^n¨p Wµ³s_ AXpt¯¡v WX¶p k¶p b_ªp.
“”””Mm³ F³s_ cv`män Hä]v¡m\v.. WnW¡v F³s_ NqsX k¶v Smfhn¨qsX?”
Ak³ H^n¡`pw {bSo£n¡m¯Sm]n^p¶p A§sW H^p HmcÀ. Np_¨ptW^w Bt`mIn¨ tlgw Ak³ b_ªp.
“””” Wn³s_ ihvd³ZnWv ASv Cãs¸«nsænt`m?”
“”””G]v.. A§sWm¶pw CÃ.. WnW¡v k^m³ h½Sfms\¦n Cu W¼_n knan¨m fSn.”
fm] AkapsX knhnänwPv NmÀZv Ak³s_ tWs^Wo«ns¡m*vb_ªp.
“”””CSm\v F³s_ W¼À..”
Wµ³ B knhnänwPv NmÀZv km§n]t¸mtj¡pw AkÄ Sn^nsN WX¶p.
fm] WX¶v tim«`nWp skan]n F¯n]t¸mÄ Aksa]pw Nm¯p Wn¶n^p¶ `nhn tImUn¨p.
“”””Wo F´v ssV^y¯n`m\v Hä]v¡v Smfhn¡p¶ cv`mänt`¡v AksW NqXn Smfhn¡pkm³ knan¨Sv?”
fm] H^p sI_pbp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”””FWn¡v AksW Wà knlzmhfm\v… H^p hf]¯v H^p b^nI]kpfnÃm¯ Fs¶ si¸v sI¿m³ AkWpw Ak³s_ ko«pNmtf D*m]n^p¶pÅq.”
AkÀ AknsX Wn¶pw WX¶p AN`pt¼mjpw Wµ³ knhnänwPv NmÀZnt`¡v tWm¡n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
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H^p Hmt«m]n fm] b_ªpsNmXp¯ A{ZÊn DÅ sN«nX¯nWv fp¶n Wµ³ k¶n_§n.
AksW]pw Nm¯v fm] cvamänWv skan]n Ss¶ Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p. H^p dmPn sNmÅmkp¶ hmVW§Ä fm{Stf Wµ³s_ N¿n D*m]n^p¶pÅp.
Hmt«m]n k¶n_§n] WµtWmXv fm] b_ªp.
“”””Wo Fs¶ F¯m_m]n F¶v knan¨p b_ªt¸mÄ Mm³ Smsj k¶p Wn¶p… tcmÀ¯v cvt`m_n B\v W½psX cv`mäv _qw.”
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””N¼Wn S¶ At¡mftZg³ Bt\m CSv?”
`ncvänWv AXpt¯¡v WX¡p¶SnWnX]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv