മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WµtWmXv S³s_ l^o^¯v sSmX^pSv F¶v b_ªn«nÃ. S³s_ l^o^¯v hzmS{´yt¯msX sSmXpkm³ AWpkUn¨n«pÅ GNkyàn]pw WµWm\v. S³s_ l^o^¯n FknsX tk\sf¦n`pw sSmXpkm³ DÅ hzmS{´yw D*m]n^p¶n«pw H^n¡Â tbm`pw Ak³ F³s_ h½SfnÃmsS AWmklyfm]n F¶pw sSm«n«nÃ. A§sW]pÅ WµtWmXm\v Mm³ Np_¨p fp¼v l^o^¯n sSm«ptbmN^pSv F¶ b_ªSv.

AkapsX N®pNan Wn¶pw N®pWoÀ HjpNn. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ Ak³ t_mZn NqXn WX¶p k^p¶Spfm] N*p. Ak³s_ Nm`pNÄ CX_p¶p*v.

AkÄ HmXnt¸m]n kmSn Sp_¶p AksW]pw Nm¯p Wn¶p. Np_¨p hf]¯nWNw CX_p¶ Nm`pNtamsX Ak³ AkapsX fp¶ns`¯n.

Np_¨phf]w Wµ³ fm]]psX fpO¯v Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p. Ak³s_ km]nÂWn¶pw fUy¯n³s_ PÔw AkÄ Sn^n¨_nªp.

cv`mänWv ANt¯¡v N]_n] Ak³ kmSn`X¨p Npän]n«p. fm] Sn^nªv _qfnt`¡v WX¶t¸mÄ Ak³ AkapsX N¿n bnXn¨p.

AkÄ Sn^nªv AksW tWm¡n.

“”””F´mXn Ct¸mÄ Mm³ Wn³s_ l^o^¯v bnXn¡^pSv F¶v b_]m¯Sv?”

Wµ³ AkapsX tSman bnXn¨p SÅn. AkÄ bn_Nnt`¡v tbm]n en¯n]n CXn¨pWn¶p.

H^£^w fn*n]nà AkÄ. AkapsX AXps¯¯n] Ak³ AkapsX gÀ«ns` ^*p tNma_n`pfm]n bnXn¨p sNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”””Wn³s_ h½SfnÃmsS Mm³ Fs¶¦n`pw Wn³s_ l^o^¯n AWmklyfm]n sSm«n«pt*m?”

AkÄ H¶pw fn*n]nà Ak³s_ fpO¯v Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p.

Ak³ AkapsX tNmaÀ ^*p klt¯¡pfm]n k`n¨p. gÀ«ns` d«WpNÄ sbm«n gÀ«v ^*pklt¯¡m]n fm_n. {dm]n sbmSnª AkapsX fp`NÄ Ak³s_ fp¶nÂ… Akat¸mjpw H^£^w fn*n]nÃ. N®n Wn¶pw N®pWoÀ NqXn k¶nÃ.

{dm k`n¨p sbm«n¡pkmWm]n Ak³s_ ssN AkntX¡v sI]vSpsk¦n`pw sbs«¶v WnÝ`fm]n. Ak³ AkapsX fpOt¯¡v Ss¶ Np_¨p tW^w tWm¡n Wn¶p. F¶n«p b_ªp.

“”””Wo F³s_ fm] AÃ. F³s_ fm] H^n¡`pw C§sW B]n^p¶nÃ.”

Ak³ Akan Wn¶pw AN¶pfm_n. F¶n«v b_ªp.

“””” H^mjvI]v¡pÅn F³s_]pw tUkpkn³s_]pw knkmiw WnÝ]n¡p¶p. Wm«nt`¡v sIÃpkm³ A½ knan¨pb_ªp. Wmsa ^mkns` Mm³ Wm«nt`¡v tbmNpw. Mm³ tbmNp¶SnWpfp¼v Wo F´m\v Fs¶ N`ym\w Njn¡m¯Sn³s_ Nm^\sf¶v FWn¡_n]\w.”

Wµ³ Aksa kn«p AN¶pfm_n _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

fm] At¸mjpw WnÝ`]m]n en¯n]n Ss¶ Im^n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

^mkns` N¼nNp«³.sWäv