മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tfmapw S½n`pÅ knkmiw MmWm{Pin¨n^p¶p.”

fm] A½]psX fpO¯v Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p.

“”””bt£ A¶s¯ tbms` AÃ C¶v tfmapsX H^p N`ym\w NjnªSm\v. F³s_ fN³ H^p ^*mw sN«p Nm^ns] N`ym\w Njn¡p¶Sv FWn¡v CãfÃ.”

H^p sM«t`msX]m\v fm] ASv tN«Sv. AkÄ¡v Sn^n¨v H¶pw b_]pkm³ NjnªnÃ.

“”””ASpsNm*v Wµ³ CSnsW¡p_n¨v Ft¶mXv hwhm^n¡p¶SnWv fp³bv tfmsa CSp Wn¶pw Hjnªp fm_n tbmN\w.”

A½ _qfn Wn¶pw C_§nt¸m]n. fm]]v¡v AknsXWn¶pw I`n¡pkm³ B]nÃ. sW]vSpNq«n] H^m]n^w hzbvW§Ä fp¶n SNÀ¶p kojp¶Sv tbms` AkÀ¡v tSm¶n. N®pWoÀ Nknan`qsX H`n¨n_§n.

AkÄ In´n¨p.

“”A½ b_ªSv l^n]m\v. Fs´ms¡ b_ªm`pw MmsWm^p ^*mw sN«pNm^n Ss¶]m\v. WµsW tbms` H^mÄ¡v H^p ^*mw sN«pNm^n H^n¡`pw tI^nÃ. A½ b_ªSn F´m\v sSäv. Wµ³ In´n¨nà F¦n`pw Mm³ F¦n`pw CSnsW¡p_ns¨Ãmw In´n¡\fm]n^p¶p.’

AkÄ Np_¨ptW^w _qfns` N«n`n C^p¶p. F¶n«v fpO¯v NqXn HjpNn C_§n] N®pWoÀ SpX¨p Naªp. F¶n«kÄ _qfnWp bp_t¯¡n_§n.

sI_p¡³s_ ko«pNmÀ F¯n]n^p¶p. Wµ³ In^n¡p¶ fpOkpfm]n FÃm]nXkpw HmXnWX¡pN]m\v.

“”Wµ³ Ct¸mÄ H¶pw A_n]^pSv.. WnÝ]w Njn]p¶ks^ Ak³ ht´mgt¯msX C^n¡\w.’

AkÄ fpO¯v H^p bp©n^n k^p¯n.

hf]w Njnªv sbm]vs¡m*n^p¶p. knkmiWnÝ]w Njnªp sI_p¡Wpw ko«pNm^pw Sn^n¨ptbm]n ASnWnX]n Ft¸msjms¡t]m Wµ³ A½]psX AXp¯v k¶v Fs´ms¡t]m tImUn¨n^p¶p. ASnsWÃmw AkÄ ]m{´nNfm]n D¯^w WÂNn. Np«n¡v A_n]mSn^n¡pkm³ b^fmkVn {lfn¨p.

sI_p¡³ ko«pNmÀ FÃmw tbm]tlgw Wµ³ fm]s] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AknsXs]§pw N*nÃ. Ak³ AkapsX _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

AkapsX _qfn F¯n] Wµ³ N*Sv dmPpNÄ dmPv bm]v¡v sI¿p¶ fm]s] B\v.

Ak³ ASnl]t¯msX tImUn¨p.

“”””Wo F´m dmsPÃmw FXp¡ps¶?”

Ak³s_ fpO¯v tWm¡msS fm] b_ªp.

“”””Mm³ Sn^nsN tbmNp¶p.”

“”””F´m C{S sbs«¶v tbmNp¶Sv? W½psX Nm^yw A½t]mXv hwhm^nt¡t*?”

sbs«¶pSs¶ fm] f_pbXn b_ªp.

“”””tk*…””

AkapsX f_pbXn tN«v Wµ³ sM«n.

“”””Wo F´m b_tª?”

“”””W½psX N`ym\¡m^yw A½t]mXv hwhm^nt¡* F¶v. FWn¡v Cu N`ym\¯nWv N¼nNp«³.sWäv