മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp.

“”””Mm³ tUkpkntWmXv sI]vSSv sSäms\¶v A_n]mw. Ft¶mXv £fn¡\w.”

“”””tI¨n sSsäm¶pw sI]vSn«nÃ. Asæn Ss¶ Wtµ«³ H^n¡Â tbm`pw Ft¶mXv b_ªn«nà Fs¶ Cãfms\¶v.. MmsWm^p sbm«n.. Fs´ms¡t]m hzbvW§Ä N*p.”

AkapsX hz^¯ns` tkUWfm] Sn^n¨_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

fm] b_ªp.

“”””Mm³ B{Pin¨Sv H¶pw ssUkw FWn¡v S¶n«nÃ. WµsW F¦n`pw FWn¡v hz´fm¡\w.”

tUkp In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”””Wtµ«³ Cãw tI¨ns]]m\v.. At¸mÄ tIt^*Spw Wn§Ä S½n Ss¶]m\v.”

Wn_ªp SpX§n] N®pNÄ f_¡pkm³ F¶k®w tUkp AknsX Wn¶pw Sn^nªp WX¶p.

Wµ³ fm]]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. Ak³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ N*Sv Wn_ªp SpX§n] N®pNtamXv Wn¡p¶ fm]s] B\v.

Wµ³ AkapsX tSman fp_psN bnXn¨p sNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”””F´m fm] CSv. F´nWm N^]ps¶?”

“”””MmsWt´m sSäv sI]vSSv tbms` tSm¶p¶p.”

“”””Wo H^p sSäpw sI]vSn«nÃ. b^hvb^w hvtWin¡p¶Sv H^p sSämt\m?”

At¸mtj¡pw dÔp¡saÃmw F¯n¯pX§n. Wµ³ Ht^m Sn^¡nt`¡v Wo§n. At¸msjÃmw fm]]pw Ak³s_ bn¶ms` Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX hmfobyw WµWpw B{Pin¨n^p¶p.

At¸mjm\v Wµ³s_ A½ k¶v fm]s] knan¨Sv.

“”””tfmsa H¶n§p k^ptfm. H^p Nm^yw sI¿m³ D*m]n^p¶p.”

fm] In^n¨psNm*v Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.

“”””F´m A½m Nm^yw?”

“””” km.. b_]mw.”

A½ Aksa]pw Nq«n fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p.

fp_n]n N]_n] DXsW A½ kmSn AX¨p. F´m Nm^yw F¶_n]msS fm] BNmw£t]msX A½s] tWm¡n.

“”””tfmsa Mm³ H^p Nm^yw tImUn¨m hSyw b_]ptfm?”

fm] BNmw£t]msX tImUn¨p.

“”””F´m A½m?”

“”””tfmav WµWpw S½n Cã¯n`mt\m?”

sbs«¶pÅ Cu tImUy¯n fm] bN¨p tbm]n. AkÄ fpOw Smjv¯n Wn¶p.

“””” Wn§Ä CknsX k¶t¸mÄ fpS Mm³ Wn§sa {l²n¡pN]m\v. Wn§apsX Ht^m sb^pfmä¯n Wn¶pw FWn¡§sW]m\v tSm¶n]Sv. tfmav hSyw b_.”

“”””M§Ä S½n Cã¯n`m\v A½.”

B H^p D¯^w A½ {bSo£n¨n^p¶SnWm AkÀ¡v {btSyNn¨v sM«s`m¶pw D*m]nÃ.

“”””tfmav hpµ^n]m\v. AkWpfm]n Wà tIÀ¨]pw D*v. ^*pkÀgw fp¼v tfmanknsX Wn¶t¸mÄ AkWpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv