മായാനന്ദനം 3 [ne-na] 1738

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WX¶p.
imapw Nn¨Wpw FÃmw WX¶p N*v Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””FÃmw WÃ kr¯nt]msX B\tÃm hq£n¨n^n¡p¶Sv.”
AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””FÃmw km^nk`n¨v Ct«¡pkm^p¶p… Wo k^p¶SpsNm*v C¶s` FÃmw kr¯n¡v k¨Sm.”
“”””cpZn³s_ Nm^yw F§sW]m\v.. CknsX¯s¶ Np¡v sI¿pN]mt\m sI¿p¶Sv.”
“”””ASv FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv tbms`]m\v, hf]w Nn«pN]ms\¦n CknsX Np¡v sI¿pw..Asæn Np_¨v A¸p_¯v H^p tim«`p*v AknsX Wn¶pw Njn¡p.”
At¸mtj¡pw `nhn AkntX¡v k¶p. bns¶ Aks^Ãmw NqXn Ht^m kntlg§Ä b_ªv AknsX C^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 fm] b_ªp.
“”””G]v AÃ.. CSv F³s_ H^p _nt`äokn³s_ cv`mäv B\v, AkÀ `*WnshänÂZm\v.. Mm³ CknsX]m\v tKm`n sI¿p¶sS¶v A_nªv Ft¶mXv CknsX Smfhn¨psNmÅm³ b_ªp.”
AkÀ Hmt^m¶v hwhm^n¨v _qfns`¯n. H^p imÄ, 2 _qw, Nn¨¬, H^p dm¡\n.. H^p ko«nt`¡pÅ FÃm huN^y§apw B cv`män D*m]n^p¶p.
H^p _qw Iq*n¡m\n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””CSm\v F³s_ _qw..”
dm¡n DÅ H^p _qfnt`¡v AksW Nq«ns¡m*ptbm]n fm] b_ªp.
“”””CSm\v CWn Wµ³s_ _qw.”
Ak³ _qfn ANt¯¡v tWm¡n. hmfmWyw k`n¸fpÅ WsÃm^p _qw.
“”””Wµ³ _Ìv FXpt¯m.. Mm³ At¸mtj¡pw Im] C«p sNm*p k^mw.”
fm] Nn¨\nt`¡v tbm]t¸mÄ Wµ³ dmPv N«n`n sk¨v dm¡\n]nt`¡v WX¶p.
dm¡\n]n Wn¡pt¼mÄ Wà S\p¯ Nmäv kolp¶p*v. AknsX Wn¶pw GNtUlw H^p Nnt`mfoäÀ Uq^tf]pÅq NX`nt`¡v.
Ak³ H^p hnP^äv N¯n¨v k`n¨v ANt`¡v tWm¡nWn¶p.
sbs«¶m\v bn¶n Wn¶pw fm]]psX lÐw.
“”””Wo CknsX k¶v Wn¡pN]m]n^pt¶m.. Mm³ Im]]pfm]n tWs^ _qfnt`¡v tbm]n..”
Ak³ In^n¨psNm*v AkapsX N¿n Wn¶pw Im] ¥mhv km§n]t¸mÄ fm] b_ªp.
“”””Cu hnP^äv k`n¡p¶ lo`w CSpks^ NaªntÃ?”
hnP^äv Npän Smtj¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv