മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv K´p.”

“””” bnt¶.. ^m{Sn]tà bm³_n Hs¡ C«p WX¡p¶Sv. Wn³s_ kj¡v tbXn¨m Mm³ ^m{Sn {dm CXp¶Sv Ss¶.”

AkÄ Ct¸mÄ A§sW]m\v. AktWmXv F´pw Hm¸\m]n hwhm^n¡pw. ASn H^p Wm\t¡Xpw AkÄ¡v tSm¶m_nÃ.

Np¡nwPv Njnªv AkÀ Bim^w Njn¡m³ C^p¶p. Bim^w Hs¡ Njn¨p Njnªp FÃmsfmSp¡n H^p b¯v f\n¡v tlgw dn]_pfm]n AkÀ dm¡\n]nt`¡v tbm]n.

BUyfm]n dn]À NpXn¡p¶Sn³s_ H^p {SnÃn B]n^p¶p AkÄ.

dn]À sbm«n¨v Ak³ AkapsX N¿n sNmXp¯p AkWpw NpXn¡m³ SpX§n.

Ak³s_ IkÀ¸v AkÄ¡v Cãs¸«nsæn`pw B S\p¯ Nmän Wn`mk¯n^p¶v bSps¡ ASv NpXn¡m³ AkÄ¡v Wà ^hw tSm¶n.

Hs^®w NpXn¨p Njnªt¸mtj¡pw AkÄ¡v S`]v¡v Ft´m tbms` tSm¶n.

Wµ³ AktamXv tImUn¨p.

“”””bnämt]m?”

“””” S`]v¡v sI_n] bnXp¯w tbms` D*v.”

“”””`n¡À H¶v ss{X sI]vSp tWm¡pt¶m?”

AkÄ H¶v Bt`mIn¨p b_ªp.

“”””F´m]m`pw NpXn¨p. ASpw NqXn H¶v sXÌv sI]vtS¡mw.”

Wµ³ _qfn tbm]n km§n] Np¸n FXp¯p sNm*pk¶p.

AkÄ¡v H^p sbPv fm{Stf Ak³ sNmXp¯pÅq.

dn]_pw H^p sb¤pw B]t¸mÄ Ss¶ AkÄ¡v S`]v¡v WÃtbms` bnXn¨p.

bNpSn tdmV¯n C^n¡p¶ fm]s] Nm\pkm³ AkWv Wà ^hw tSm¶n.

AkapsX gÀ«n³s_ fpNan`s¯ ^*p d«¬ Sp_¶pNnX¸p*v. Asæn`pw AkÄ Ak³s_ fp¼n {ZÊnPv H¶pw {l²n¡m_nÃ.

Np_¨p tW^w NqXn AknsX C^p¶ tlgw Wµ³ tImUn¨p.

“”””Wfp¡v _qfnt`¡v tbmNmw.”

“”””tbmNmw. bt£ FWn¡v Fjpt¶Â¡m³ bäpsf¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ.”

Wµ³ H¶v In^n¨p. bns¶ sbs«¶v tSm¶n] H^p Btkl¯n Ak³ Fjpt¶äp Aksa ssNNan tNm^ns]Xp¯v AkapsX _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

AkWn Wn¶pw C§sW H^p Wo¡w AkÄ {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ. bt£ Ak³s_ ssNNan A§sW NnX¡p¶Sv AkÄ BhzUn¨p.

Aksa N«n`n sNm*ptbm]n NnX¯n]tlgw Ak³ Sn^nªp WX¶t¸mÄ fm] sbs«¶v Ak³s_ ssNNan N]_n¸nXn¨p.

F¶n«v b_ªp.

“”””Zm C¶v Ft¶msXm¸w NnX¡v Wo. FWn¡v Hä]v¡v NnX¡m³ k¿.”

Ak³ H¶v Bt`mIn¨p. bns¶ AkapsX AXp¯v NnX¶p.

AkÄ Ak³s_ tWs^ tWm¡n I^nªpNnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. AkWpw ASptbms`Ss¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv