മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX sWän]n tIÀ¯pk¨p.

AkÄ tbm`pf_n]msS AkapsX ssNNÄ AksW Ipän¸nXn¨p. Wµ³ hmkVmWw AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Ss¶ km]v¡pÅn`m¡n Wn_ªp. AkapsX DfnWo^v H^p tS³ SpÅn tbms` AkWp tSm¶n.

BNml¯p sSanªpWn¶ I{µtWmsXm¸w CSnsWms¡ hm£n]m]n tUkpkpw AknsX Wn¡p¶Sv AkÀ A_nªnÃ.

B^psXt]m AX¡n¸nXn¨ N^¨n tN«v fm] sbs«¶v AkWn Wn¶pw AN¶pfm_n. B^psX N^¨n`m\v ASv F¶v A_n]m³ Ipäpw tWm¡n] AkÀ N*Sv C^p«n Wn¡p¶ tUkpknsW]m\v.

fm] sbs«¶v _qfnt`¡v HmXn. _qfn F¯n]n«pw AkÄ¡v H^p hfmVmWkpw AÃm]n^p¶p. F{StW^w _qfn At§m«pfnt§m«pw WX¶psk¶v AkÄ¡_n]nÃ. kas^ hf]§Ä¡p tlgw kmSn`n Bt^m fp«p¶Sv tN«v AkÄ tImUn¨p.

“”””B^m?”

“”””Zn MmWm.. Wo kmSn Sp_¡v”

Wµ³s_ lÐw fWÊn`m] AkÄ sbs«¶v tbm]n kmSn Sp_¶p.

kmSn Sp_¶pXsW fm] tImUn¨p.

“”””Zm… Npj¸fmt]m?”

“”””Npj¸sfm¶pfnÃ. Aksa Nm^y§saÃmw b_ªp fWÊn`m¡n. BUyw Nps_ N^ªp.”

ASv tN«t¸mjm\v fm]]v¡v hfmVmWfm]Sv.

fm] b_ªp.

“”””Wmsa MmWpw NqXn AktamXv H¶vhwhm^n¡mw.. F´m]m`pw FWn¡v AktamXv H^p £f tImUn¡\w, Wo]pfm]pÅ N`ym\w AkÄ H^pbmXv hzbvWw N*Sm\v.”

Np_¨ptW^t¯¡v Wµ³ H¶pw b_ªnÃ. bns¶ b_ªp.

“”””Ct¸mÄ tbm]n NnX¶p D_§nt¡m. Wmsa ^mkns` Fjpt¶Ât¡*Sv AtÔ

AkapsX Nknan H^p D½ sNmXp¯p Wµ³ _qfnWv skan]nt`¡v WX¶p.

^mkns` fpS dÔp¡saÃmw ko«n F¯n¯pX§n. fm]]pw `£vfn]pw ^mkns` Ss¶ t£{S¯n tbm]n sSmjpSp k¶p.

t£{S¯n tbm]n k¶ fm] N*Sv Npan¨v skÅfp*pw gÀ«pw DXp¯pWn¡p¶ WµsW B]n^p¶p. AkÄ Ak³s_ AXp¯v sI¶v ssN¿n`n^p¶ IµWw Ak³s_ sWän]n sSm«p sNmXp¯p.

F¶n«v tImUn¨p.

“”””Fs¶ Nm\m³ F§sW D*v?”

AkÄ H^p Ipk¸v NaÀ hm^n B]n^p¶p DXp¯n^p¶Sv. Wà skap¯ AkÄ¡v Ipk¸v NaÀ W¶m]n tI^p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””hpµ^n B]n«p*v.”

AkapsX fpO¯v Wm\¯n N`À¶ H^p bp©n^n knXÀ¶p.

At¸mjm\v AkÄ Aks^ Ss¶ {l²n¨p Wn¡p¶ tUkpknsW N*Sv.

fm] tUk³s_ AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. F¶n«v AXps¯m¶pw B^pfnà F¶v tWm¡n]tlgw lÐwSmjv¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv