മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨p. Ak³s_ ssNNÄ AkapsX bn¶ns` fmwha tPma§an HmXnWX¶p.

Ak³ tImUn¨p.

“”””fm].. Mm³ Wns¶ knkmiw Njnt¨ms«?”

“”””F³s_ NWyNmSzw NkÀs¶Xp¯p F¶ H^p NpätdmVw sNm*m\v Cu tSm¶Â F¦n ASp tk*.”

“”””ASpsNm*tà fm]. FWn¡v Wns¶ H^pbmXv H^pbmXv Cãfm\v.”

AkÄ Ak³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.

“”””^*pkÀgwfp¼v Wos]³s_ ko«nÂWn¶v tbm]t¸mÄ Mm³ F´pfm{Sw tkUWn¨p F¶v WnW¡v A_n]nÃ. KoknSNm`w sfm¯w FWn¡v Wns¶ Ft¶msXm¸w tk\w.”

AkapsX N®pNan Wn¶v N®pWoÀ HjpNn. Ft¶m Wãs¸«p tbm]n F¶v N^pSn] KoknSw Sn^n¨p Nn«p¶Sm]n AkÄ¡v tSm¶n.

AkapsX N®pNan D½k¨psNm*v Ak³ b_ªp.

“”””A½s]]pw tUkpknsW]pw Mm³ b_ªp fWÊn`m¡ns¡mÅmw. MmWnWn Wns¶ BÀ¡pw kn«psNmXp¡nÃ.”

Ak³s_ sW©nt`¡v fpOffÀ¯n. N®pNÄ AX¨v AkÄ NnX¶p. KoknS¯ns`m^n¡`pw Nn«n]n«nÃm¯ H^p hp^£nSSzfm\v AkÄ¡v co sI]vSSv.

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dmPnt`¡v {ZÊpNÄ FXp¯p sk¡p¶SnWnX]n Wµ³ knan¨p tImUn¨p.

“””” fmt]… Wo CSpks^ Npan¨v D_§n]ntÃ?”

AkapsX _qfn Wn¶pw ASnWpÅ f_pbXn Ak³s_ NmSpNan F¯n.

“””” Npan¨p NjnªpXm.. {ZÊv fm_ns¡m*n^n¡pN]m\v Mm³.

“”””sbs«¶v s_Zn]mNm³ tWm¡v Wo..”

“”””Wo F´nWm C{S sk{bmas¸Xp¶Sv.. Wm`v f\n¡m\v dÊv, hf]w Ct¸mÄ ^*v NjnªtS]pÅq.”

ASnWp f_pbXn]m]n Ak³ bns¶ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

fä¶mÄ AWpK¯n]psX knkmiWnÝ]w B\v, ASnWv tbmNpkmWm]n s_Zn]mkpN]m\v Wµ³. fm]]pw Ak³s_ NqsX Wm«nt`¡v tbmNp¶p*v. `£vfn]psX WnÝ]w Njnªp fm]]psX Nm^yw ko«n AkS^n¸n¡pkmWm\v Wµ³ s_ ¹m³.

sbs«¶m\v tNmanwPv sd lÐw AknsX fpj§n]Sv.

fm] knan¨pb_ªp.

“”””Wµm B^m\v H¶p tWm¡nt].. Mm³ {ZÊv fm_n Njnªn«nÃ.”

Wµ³ tbm]n tZmÀ Sp_¡pt¼mÄ H^p 27, 28 k]Êv tSm¶n¡p¶ H^mam]n^p¶p fp¶nÂ. Ko³hv bm³_pw gÀ«pw tkgw, H^p NqanwPv ¥mhpw sk¨n«p*v.

Wµ³ tImUn¨p.

“””” B^m?”

“””” fm]]psX cv`mäv CSpSs¶]tÃ?”

“”””AsS?”

“”””fm] Dt*m CknsX? Mm³ fm]s] Nm\m³ k¶Sm\v.”

Wµ³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv