മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv D_s¡ knan¨p b_ªp.

“”””fmt].. Wns¶ Nm\m³ B\v k¶n^n¡p¶Sv.”

fm] _qfn Wn¶pw knan¨p b_ªp.

“”””H^p fnWnäv, Mm³ Um k^p¶p.”

Wµ³ A]mtamXv b_ªp.

“”””AkÄ Ct¸mÄ k^pw.. ANt¯¡v C^n¡mw.”

ANt¯¡v WX¡p¶SnWnX]n A]mÄ WµtWmXv tImUn¨p.

“”””Sm³ fm]]psX B^m\v.”

“”””Mm³ AkapsX {c*v B\v.. Wµ³.”

“”””CknsX Ss¶]mt\m Smfhw?”

“”””AsS..”

At¸mtj¡pw fm] AkntX¡v k¶p.

“”””B^m Wµm k….”

AkntX¡v WX¶p k^nN]m]n^p¶ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ A¿msa N*t¸mÄ WnÝ`fmkpN]pw km¡pNÄ fp_n]pN]pw sI]vSp.

bns¶ Ip*pNÄ bSps¡ f{´n¨p.

“”””^mipÂ…””

Wµ³ Nm^yw fWÊn`mNmsS Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p AknsX.

A]mÄ b_ªp.

“”””WµWv Fs¶ fWÊn`m]n¡m\nÃ. Mm³ ^mipÂ…fm]]psX eÀ¯mkv.”

H¶pw WnÀ¯n]tlgw ^mip b_ªp.

“”””eÀ¯mkv F¶v b_]m³ Njn]nÃ… fp³ eÀ¯mkv, ASm\v l^n.”

H^p fp¶_n]n¸pfnÃmsS ^mip sbs«¶v fp¶n k¶p Wn¶t¸mÄ sM«n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p fm]. Wµ³s_ AkØ]pw fsäm¶m]n^p¶nÃ.

thmc]nt`¡v C^p¶psNm*v ^mip b_ªp.

“”””FWn¡v fm]]psX Np_¨v Nm^y§Ä b_]pkm³ D*m]n^p¶p. ASv b_ªpX³ Ss¶ Mm³ sbm]vs¡mÅmw.”

fm] WµtWmXv tIÀ¶pWn¶p Ak³s_ ssN¿n fp_psN bnXn¨p.

^mip WµsW H¶p tWm¡n.

AkÀ hwhm^n¡p¶SnWnX]n Sm³ Wn¡p¶Sv l^n]à F¶v tSm¶n] Wµ³ fm]t]mXv b_ªp.

“”””Wn§Ä hwhm^n¨ Wn¡v.. Mm³ At¸mtj¡pw Wn³s_ {ZÊv bm¡v sI¿mw.”

Ak³ fm]]psX ssN knXn]n¸n¨v sNm*v AkapsX _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

^mip fm]s] H¶v tWm¡n.

AkÄ en¯n]n Im^n Wn¶v sNm*v tks_ FknsXt]m tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p At¸mÄ.

^mip b_ªp.

“”””Mm³ tNmtaKn bYn¡p¶ hf]¯v H^p sb¬Np«n]pfm]n {b\]¯n`m]n^p¶p. H^pfn¨p H^p KoknSkpw ht´mgN^fm] H^p NpXpwdkpw M§Ä hzbvWw N*n^p¶p. F¶m knVn H^p BN-vhnZ³_n³s_ ^qb¯n F¶n Wn¶pw Aksa S«ns]Xp¯t¸mÄ Mm³ SNÀ¶ptbm]n. B SNÀ¨ Fs¶ sNms*¯n¨Sv fUy¯n³s_]pw f]¡pf^p¶n³s_]pw H^p t`mNt¯¡m\v.”

^mip H¶pWnÀ¯n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv