മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶pw S` D]À¯n Ak³ Smtj¡v Wo§n. AkapsX Nm Ipk«n tbm]n C^p¶ Ak³ bmkmX Smtj¡p k`n¨p Wo¡n. A^s¡«p fpNant`¡p]À¯n AkÀ ASntWmXv hiN^n¨p.

bqÀ®fm]pw WPvW]m¡n sb«kÀ N®pNÄ C_psN]X¨p Ak³s_ fp¶n NnX¶p. AkWpw khv{S§saÃmw Du^n hz]w WPvWWm]n fm_n.

AkapsX l^o^¯nt`¡v bXÀ¶pN]_n] Ak³ fm]]psX Njp¯n BUyw D½k¨p. bns¶ Ip*pNÄ Smtjm«p Wo§n AkapsX fp`NÄ¡nX]n F¯n. AkapsX fp`NÄ¡nX]ns` kn]À¸v ^pIn ^pIn¨_nª Ak³ ko*pw Smtj¡v Wo§n. AkapsX sbm¡nant`¡v Ak³s_ Wm¡v Wqjv¶n_§n. AkapsX ssNNÄ Ak³s_ S`fpXn bnXn¨p k`n¨p. ko*pw Smtj]v¡v Wo§n] Ak³s_ Ip*pNÄ sI¶khmWn¨Sv Hä t^mfw tbm`pfnÃm¯ AkapsX t]mWn]n B\v.

Ak³s_ dmiy tNanNan fUWK`w H`n¨n_§n] AkapsX t]mWn]n Ak³s_ Wm¡v In{Sw ^In¨p. AkÄ¡v hin¡mkp¶Sn`pw A¸p_fm]n^p¶p ASv. Ak³s_ S` AkÄ AkntX¡v bnXn¨fÀ¯n.

AkapsX bpan¸v Wn_ª fUWK`w Ak³ Btkmaw ^pIn¨p. bns¶ fpOw AknsXWn¶v D]À¯n]tlgw AkapsX Nm`pNÄ C^pklt¯¡pw ANän. ASnWptlgw Ak³s_ `nwPw AkapsX t]mWn]nt`¡v hmkVmWw tNän. AkapsX N®n Wn¶pw N®pWoÀ¯pÅnNÄ HjpNn.

AkÄ¡v tkUWn¡mSn^n¡pkm³ kas^ hmkVmWfm\v Ak³ Ak³s_ Np«sW ANt¯¡v WX¯ns¡m*n^p¶Sv. Np_¨p tW^s¯ {lfc`fm]n Ak³s_ `nwPw bqÀ\fm]pw AkapsX DÅn NX¶p. Ak³ hmkVmWw ASnsW AW¡n SpX§n. Np_¨v hf]w Njnªt¸mtj¡pw AkÄ¡v tkUW Np_ªp SpX§n.

AkÄ b_ªp.

“”””CWn bSps¡ sI]vtSm.”

Ak³s_ A^s¡«v hmkVmWw fpNant`¡pw Smtj¡pw I`n¨p. Akapw A^s¡«v I`n¸n¨v AktWmsXm¸w hiN^n¨p.

Ak³s_ BUys¯ AWpekw B]SnWm sbs«¶v Ss¶ AkWp k¶p. `nwPw lÀUn¡m_m]t¸mÄ Ak³ ASnsW bp_t¯¡v FXp¯p. AkapsX t]mWn SX¯nt`¡v Ss¶ Ak³s_ bm¯pÅnNÄ HjpNn.

At¸mjm\v Ak³ Ak³s_ `nwP¯n`pw AkapsX t]mWn]n`pw bän]n^n¡p¶ tIm^]nt`¡v {l²n¨Sv.

Ak³s_ fpOemkw N*v In^n¨p sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.

“”””tIm^ N*p Wo BklyfnÃm¯Sv H¶pw knIm^nt¡* ASv FWn¡v bn^n]Zv B]Sv.”

“””” WnW¡v fmh¯n ^*pSk\ Bt\m bo^n]Zv Bkp¶Sv. ^*mjvI fp³bv WnW¡v bo^n]Zv B]Sv FWn¡_n]mw.”

AkÄ Np_¨p tW^w H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. bns¶ b_ªp.

“”””^mip Fs¶ N`ym\w Njn¨p F¦n`pw Fs¶ H¶v sSm«n«p NqXn]nÃ.”

Wµ³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv