മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv dÊnWv ANt¯¡v WX¶p. hoäv W¼À N*pbnXn¨v hoänt`¡v C^p¶p. kn³tZm hoäv B\v. CWn]pw H^p f\n¡qt_maw D*v AknsX Wn¶pw FXp¡m³.

fWÊnWpÅn Wn¶pw kn§nk^p¶ N^¨n bnXn¨v WnÀ¯m³ sbXm¸mXv sbXpN]m]n^p¶p Ak³.

Ak³ N®X¨v hoänt`¡v Im^n]n^p¶p. sNm¡¯ s_]nÂtk tÌgWn k¨v fm]s] N*Spw Aksa ko«nt`¡v Nq«ns¡m*p k¶Spw SpXÀ¶v CSpks^ D*m]Spw FÃmw Ak³s_ fWÊn H^p hnWnf tbms` sSanªp k¶p.

F´nWm AkÄ F³s_ KoknS¯nt`¡v N]_nk¶Sv. H^p fm`mOs]t¸ms` NX¶pk¶v F³s_ irU]kpw fp_ntk¸n¨v Ct¸mÄ b_¶p tbm]n^n¡p¶p.

hmkVmWw Ak³ D_¡¯nt`¡v kjpSnko\p. Ft¸mtjm N®p Sp_¶t¸mjm\v Sm³ AXp¯n^n¡p¶ BapsX tSman S` k¨m\v NnX¡p¶Sv F¶v AkWv fWÊn`m]Sv.

Ak³ sbs«¶v S` tSman Wn¶pw D]À¯n. B tSman³s_ DXfØsW N*t¸mjm\v Ak³ l^n¡pw ASnl]n¨Sv. fm] B]n^p¶p ASv.

Sm³ Nm\p¶Sv hzbvWfmt\m hSyfmt\m F¶v AksW Np_¨ptW^t¯¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ.

fm] AksW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.

“”””fm] Wo F´m CknsX?”

“”””A½ knan¨n^p¶p. tUk N`ym\¯nWv h½Sn¡p¶nsöv.. ASv Wns¶ H¶v A_n]n¡m³ b_ªp.”

fm]]pw SmWpw S½n`pÅ dÔw A¶v fWÊn`m¡n]Sv sNm*m\v tUkp N`ym\¯nWv h½Sn¡m¯Sv F¶v Wµ³ Duin¨p.

fm] b_ªp.

“””” fsäm^p Nm^yw NqXn Wnt¶mXv b_]pkm³ A½ b_ªp.”

“”””F´m?”

“”””A½ WnW¡v tk*n fsäm^p sb¬Np«ns] N*pbnXns¨¶v?”

Ak³ BNmw£t]msX tImUn¨p.

“”””ASm^m?”

fm] H^p NÅ bp©n^nt]msX tImUn¨p.

“”””A½ N*pbnXn¨ sb®pw NqXn Wn³s_ NqsX Wm«nt`¡v k^p¶Sn WnW¡v knt^mVfpt*m?”

WµWv BUyw Nm^yw fWhn`m]nÃ. bns¶ fm]]psX fpO¯v sSanªp Wn¡p¶ bp©n^n N*t¸mÄ AkWv fWÊn`m]n.

A½ SWn¡p tk*n N*p bnXn¨n^n¡p¶ sb®v fm]]m\v.

Ak³ S§Ä C^n¡p¶Sv dÊn`m\v F¶pÅ Nm^yw f_¶p fm]]psX Ip*pNan GsSms¡ Ipwdn¨p.

WµsW S«nfmäns¡m*v fm] b_ªp.

“”””Zm.. W½Ä dÊn B\v C^n¡p¶Sv.”

Ak³ b_ªp.

“”””CWn Fs¶ kn«p tbmkpN]ms\¦n Mm³ Wns¶ sNm¶p Na]pw.”

Ak³s_ sW©nt`¡v fpOffÀ¯n sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.

“”””CWn irU]fnXn¸v kn«p Mm³ Ft§m«pfnÃ.”

AkÄSs¶kn«ptbmNmSn^n¡m³F¶k®wAk³s_ssNNÄAkapsXN¿nÂIpän¸nXn¨n^p¶pAt¸mjpw.

AkhmWn¨p.

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