മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AN¯p _qfnÂWn¶v Wµ³ CsSÃmw Cu tNÄ¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””SNÀ¨]n Wn¶pw SNÀ¨]nt`¡v sbm]vs¡m*n^p¶ F³s_ KoknSw ^£n¡pkmWm]n Aѳ Ns*¯n] fmÀ¤fm]n^p¶p Fs¶s¡m*v N`ym\w Njn¸n¡pN. ASnWv d`n]mXm]Sv fm]]pw. FWn¡v fsäm^p sb¬Np«ns] F³s_ KoknShOn B]n Nm\pkm³ Njn]nÃm]n^p¶p. ASpsNm*m\v Mm³ fm]s] H¶v sSmXpNtbm`pw sI¿mSn^p¶Spw ssZtkmjvhnWv hz]w S¿m_m]Spw.”

^mip fm]]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. AkÄ H^p emkkySymhkpw NqXmsS CsSÃmw tN«v Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”””Mm³ KoknS¯nt`¡v ko*pw Sn^ns¨¯n Cu hmiI^y¯n fm] Ct¸mjpw fsäm^p knkmi¯nWv S¿m_mNmsS Wn¡pN]ms\¶v A_nªp.MmWm\v fm]]psX KoknSw Wln¸n¨Sv Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. ASpsNm*v fm]]v¡v h½Sfms\¦n F³s_ KoknS¯nt`¡v H^n¡Â¡qXn fm]s] £\n¡pkm³ k¶Sm\v Mm³.”

fm] H^p sM«t`msX]m\v tN«Sv. bt£ AkÄ H¶pw {bSnN^n¨nÃ.

“”””fm] Bt`mIn¨p H^p So^pfmWw FXp¯v Fs¶ A_n]n¨m fSn.”

^mip S³s_ knhnänwPv NmÀZv tXdnan³ tf`n«v AknsXWn¶pw C_§n WX¶p.

dÊn AXp¯Xp¯v Ss¶]m]n^p¶p Wµ³s_]pw fm]]psX]pw hoäv.

Wµ³ fm]s] H¶p tWm¡n.

AkÄ kn³tZm]n NqXn bp_t¯¡p tWm¡n]n^n¡pN]m\v. Njnª Np_¨pUnkh§am]n AkapsX fpO¯v D*m]n^p¶ ht´mgw Ct¸mÄ Nm\mWnÃ. C¶p D¨]v¡v ^mip k¶p tbm]SnWp tlgfm\v fm]]n Cu fmäw.

AkapsX fXn]n C^p¶v ssNNant`¡v Wµ³ S³s_ ssN AfÀ¯n. AkÄ ASv A_nªSp tbm`pfnà kn³tZm]n Ss¶ S` Im^n AkÄ NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

Wµ³ bSps¡ AkapsX S` bnXn¨p Ss¶ tSmant`¡v Im^n k¨p. AkapsX N®pNan Wn¶pw N®pWoÀ HjpNn Ak³s_ tSman ko\p.

CSv N*v AkapsX fpXn]n St`mXn sNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p.

“”””F´m fm] CSv.. F´nWm Wo C§sW N^]ps¶?”

“”””MmsWÃmw H¶p f_¶p SpX§pN]m]n^p¶p.. F´nWm\v Ak³ ko*pw F³s_ fp¶n ks¶?”

“”””Ak³ k¶p, AksW ko*pw N`ym\w Njn¡m³ Sm`vb^yw Dt*m F¶v tImUn¨p. W½Ä Cà F¶v A_n]n¡p¶p.. AknsX SoÀ¶ntà Ak³s_ Nm^yw.”

“”””F³s_ KoknSw C§sW]m\v.. H¶p ht´mgn¨v SpX§pt¼mÄ N^]n¸n¡pkmWm]n Fs´¦n`pw N]_nk^pw.. KoknSNm`w sfm¯w N^]pkm³ fm{Sfm\v F³s_ knVn.”

AkapsX ^*p NknapNan`pw N¿fÀ¯n AkapsX fpOt¯¡v Ss¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv