മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n sNm*v Wµ³ b_ªp.

“”””F¶v B^p b_ªp? `£vfn]psX WnÝ]w Njnªm DX³ Mm³ W½psX Nm^yw ko«n b_]pN]m\v. bns¶ W½psX N`ym\w… ASpNjnªm bns¶ Wns¶ KoknS¯n N^]pkm³ Mm³ h½Sn¡pN]nÃ.”

fm] H¶v bp©n^n¡m³ {lfn¨p.

Wµ³ AkapsX S` S³s_ sW©n tIÀ¯p k¨p. F¶n«v ssN sNm*v Aksa Ipän¸nXn¨p.

AkÄ fpOw Ak³s_ sW©nt`¡v AfÀ¯n N®pNaX¨v NnX¶p.

fm]]psX l^o^¯n Wn¶pw Caw IqXv S³s_ l^o^¯nt`¡v NX¡p¶Sv Ak³ A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX l^o^¯n FknsX tk\sf¦n`pw hzmS{´yfm]n sSmXpkmWpÅ Akh^w SWn¡p*v. AkÄ FSnÀ¡pN]nÃ. bt£ H^p sNm¨pNp«n]psX fpOemkt¯msX S³s_ sW©nXn¸v H^p Sm^m«v bm«p tbms` tN«v N®X¨p NnX¡p¶ Aksa l`ys¸Xp¯p¶Sv AkWv tSm¶n]nÃ. AkWpw bSps¡ N®pNaX¨p D_¡¯nt`¡v kjpSnko\p. AkapsX fpXnNÄ Ak³s_ fpOt¯¡v bm_n¸_¶p kojp¶p*m]n^p¶p.

ko«pfpä¯v H^p Hmt«m k¶p Wn¡p¶ lÐw tN«t¸mtj `£vfn HmXn koXnWp skan]nt`¡v k¶p.

Hmt«m]n Wn¶pw WµWpw fm]]pw skan]n C_§n]t¸mtj¡pw `£vfn Ak^psX AXps¯¯n.

fm]s] sN«n¸nXn¨psNm*v `£vfn tImUn¨p.

“”””hpOfmt\m tI¨n? tI¨n Ct¸mÄ bj]SnWpw hpµ^n B]n«p*v.”

“”””F³s_ `¨pkpw hpµ^n B]n«p*v.”

CSp N*v Wµ³ b_ªp.

“”””Wn³s_ hz´w htimU^³ CknsX Wn¸p*v. Fs¶ H¶v ssf³Zv sI¿Xn.

`£vfn In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.

“”””tI«³ Cu CX]v¡v CknsX Wn¶v At§m«v tbm]Stà DÅq.. tI¨ns] N*n«v ^*pkÀgt¯mafm]n.”

At¸mtj¡pw A½]pw bp_¯pk¶p. A½ fm]t]mXv kntlg§sams¡ tImUn¨ tlgw ANt¯¡v Nq«ns¡m*ptbm]n.

bntäUnkhw knkmiWnÝ]w B]SnWm Wµ³ bN sfm¯w Sn^¡n`m]n^p¶p.

b´`nXm³ k¶ tKm`n¡ms^]pw dÔp¡sa]pw sNm*v koXv At¸mtj Wn_ªn^p¶p.

fm] AknsX F¯n Np_¨p hf]¯nWNw Ss¶ FÃmk^pfm]pw hwhm^n¨p Njnªt¸mtj¡pw ^*pkÀgw fp¼v AknsX D*m]n^p¶ fm]]m]n Njnªn^p¶p.

AkÄ Ft¸mjpw H^p NphrSn¯^§apw B]n Wµ³s_ bn¶ms` Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p. Bkly¯n NjnªpÅ Ak^psX Cu AXp¸w AknsX H^mÄ {l²n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. tUkp…

^m{Sn Bim^w Njn¨p Njnª Wµ³ fm]t]mXv sX_hnt`¡v k^m³ B^pw Nm\msS BPyw Nm\n¨ tlgw fpNant`¡v tbm]n.

Wµ³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv