മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv D*m¡p¶ Sn^¡n`m]n^p¶p A½. `£vfn AknsX Ipän¸än Wn¸p*v.

sbs«¶m\v tUkp SnXp¡¯n AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_n k¶Sv.

tN_n k¶ DX³ tUkp A½t]mXv tImUn¨p.

“””” Wtµ«³ fm]pÅ F³s_ WnÝ]w DXsW WX¯\sf¶v A½m]n F³s_ AÑtWmXv b_tªm?”

A½ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”””W½Ä tW^s¯ b_ª sk¨n^p¶ Stà Wo]pw AkWpw S½n`pÅ N`ym\w Ss¶ WnÝ]n¡mw F¶v sk¨p.”

“””” Wtµ«³ h½Snt¨m WnÝ]¯nWv?”

“”””AksW´m CSn h½S Np_kv?”

“”””fmt]¨n]pw Wtµ«Wpw S½n Cã¯n`m\v.”

`£vfn H^p sM«t`msX]m\v ASv tN«Sv.

AkÄ tImUn¨p.

“”””tUkq Wo F´m b_ªSv?”

“”””hSyfm\v `¨p AkÀ S½n Cã¯n`m\v. AkÀ ASnsW¡p_n¨v Ft¶mXv hwhm^n¨n^p¶p.”

tUkqknWv CSnsW¡p_n¨v A_n]msf¶v Wµ³ A½]v¡v bpSn] A_nkm]n^p¶p.

A½ b_ªp.

“”””FWn¡pw CSv A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. bt£ AkÀ S½n N`ym\w Njn¡nÃ. fm] Cu N`ym\¯n Wn¶pw Hjnªp fm_ns¡mÅpw.”

CsSÃmw tN«psNm*v Wµ³s_ AÑWpw At§m«v k¶p.

`£vfn tImUn¨p.

“”””AsS´m fmt]¨n Hjnªpfm_p¶Sv?”

“”””Mm³ fm]t]mXv b_ªp. F³s_ tfm³ H^p ^*mwsN«v sN«p¶Sv FWn¡v Cãfà F¶v.”

H^p sM«t`msX]m\v Aks^Ãmw ASv tN«Sv.

`£vfn¡v Ct¸mjm\v fWÊn`m]Sv fm] F´psNm*m\v B¶v WnÝ]w Njnª DXsW AknsXWn¶p tbm]sS¶v.

tUkp b_ªp.

“”””fmt]¨n Cu N`ym\¯n Wn¶pw Hjnªp fm_pN]ms\¦n FWn¡v Wtµ«Wpfm]pÅ N`ym\¯nWpw CãfÃ.”

ASv tN«v A½ sM«n.

“”””tfmsa F´m Cu b_]p¶Sv?”

“”””AkÀ S½n B\v At½ tIt^*Sv. AkÀ S½n A{S]v¡v Cã¯n`m\v.”

“””” bt£ AsSm^p ^*mwsN«v Asà tfmsa.”

C{S]pw tW^w WnlÐWm]n^p¶p Aѳ b_ªp.

“”””W½ptXSpw ^*mwsN«v B]n^p¶ntÃ? F¶n«v W½Ä ht´mgt¯msX Kokn¨ntÃ? Cãs¸Xp¶kÀ S½n`tà tIt^*Sv? W½psX tfm³s_ ht´mgw Atà Wfp¡v k`pSv?”

ASptN«v `£vfn]pw b_ªp.

“”””ASm\v l^n.. AkÀ S½n`m\v H¶nt¡*Sv. A½ F{S]pw sbs«¶v fmt]¨ns] knan¨p hwhm^n¡v.”

A½ F´psI¿\sf¶_n]msS AknsX Wn¶p.

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