മായാനന്ദനം 3 [ne-na] 1738

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AksW.. Np«p F¶m\v tb^v.. H^p bmkw b¿³”
Np_¨ptW^w sk]näv sI]vSt¸mtj¡pw fhm`tUml Ak^psX fp¶ns`¯n.
AkÄ Njn¨p SpX§n]t¸mÄ Wµ³ tImUn¨p.
“”””F§sW]p*v?”
“”””sNmÅmw..”
AkWpw Njn¨pSpX§n.
Np_¨p tW^s¯ WnlÐS]v¡p tlgw Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””fm]… WnW¡v F´m\v bän]Sv?”
t¹änt`¡v tWm¡n Njn¨psNm*n^p¶ AkÄ H¶v S` D]À¯n tImUn¨p.
“”””F´p bäm³?”
“”””FWn¡_n]mkp¶ fm] C§sW AÃm]n^p¶p. tNmtaKns` km]mXn F¶v knant¸^pÅ Ft¸mjpw Hmt^m¶v hwhm^n¨p sNm*n^n¡p¶ fm] Ct¸mÄ FknsX]m\v.”
AkÄ fpO¯v k`n] emk kySymhsfm¶pw NqXmsS fhm` tUml Njn¨p sNm*p Ss¶ b_ªp.
“”””Nm`w Hmt^m^p¯^n`pw Ht^m fmäw k^p¯nsà Wµm?”
“”””B fmä§Äs¡Ãmw Ht^m Nm^\§apw D*mNpw.. F´m\v Wn³s_ Cu fmä¯nWv Nm^\w?”
AkÄ ssN¿n bn¨ns]Xp¯ fhm`tUml Sn^nsN t¹änt`¡v k¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”Wo F´m F³s_ N`ym\¯nWv k^mªSv?”
Ak³ Np_¨p tW^t¯¡v H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.. bns¶ b_ªp.
“””” ASv WnW¡v CãfnÃm¯ H^p N`ym\w B]n^p¶ntÃ? ASnt`¡v MmsW´nWm k^p¶Sv?”
“””” Òpw… AsS CãfÃm¯ N`ym\w.. ASpsNm*v Ss¶ Mm³ Ct¸mÄ ssZtkmjvhv B]n«v H^p kÀgfm]n.”
ASv H^p sM«t`msX]m\v Ak³ tN«Sv.
“”””Wn§Ä tkÀbn^ntªm?”
“””” N`ym\w Njnªp H^p kÀgw M§Ä H^p AZvKÌvsf³_v ss`cv Kokn¨p.. ASnWptlgw M§Ä b^hvb^w So^pfmWn¨p tkÀbn^n]m³.”
Wµ³ tUgyt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”””C§sW tkÀbn^n]m³ B]n^p¶p F¦n Wo F´nWm AksW N`ym\w Njn¨Sv?”
AkÄ N^ªpsNm*v b_ªp.
“”””F³s_ 2 AWn]¯nfm^psX ss`cv sh]vcv B¡m³..”
“”””F´m?”
“”””F³s_ Aѳs_ dnhnWhv FÃmw SNÀ¶p Wn¡p¶ hf]¯m\v ^mip`n³s_ N`ym\ Bt`mIW FWn¡v k¶Sv.. Fs¶ ^mip`nWv sN«n¨p sNmXp¡pN]ms\¦n Aѳs_ NX§saÃmw ko«n sNmÅmw F¶m]n^p¶p ^mip`n³s_ Aѳs_ HmcÀ.. A¶v Mm³ Wn³s_ ko«n Wn¡pt¼mÄ F³s_ A½ k¶ N^ªpsNm*v F³s_ AWn]¯nfm^psX Wà KoknS¯nWp tk*n Mm³ ^mip`nsW sN«\w F¶v b_ªt¸mÄ FWn¡v FSnÀ¯v H¶pw b_]pkm³ NjnªnÃ..”
“”””AkÀ¡v tk*n Wo Wn³s_ KoknSw Naªn«v Ct¸mÄ F´m\v tWXn]Sv?”
“”””H¶pw tWXn]nà Wµm.. sN«n] eÀ¯mkv Ct¸mÄ Ft¶msXm¸fnÃ, N`ym\w NjnªSpfpS AÑtWmXpw A½t]mXpw Mm³ fn*n]n«nÃ… FWn¡v Ct¸mÄ B^pfnÃ.. Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv