{"id":1560,"date":"2026-06-13T07:20:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T14:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2026-06-13T08:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T15:28:04","slug":"my-kanhaiya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/my-kanhaiya\/","title":{"rendered":"The Call of &#8220;My Kanhaiya\u201d &#8211; Raji Chandra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Raji Chandra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Feeling the sweet weight of my longing,<br \/>\nI wandered to the banks of the holy river.<br \/>\nRipples danced to the rhythm of the breeze,<br \/>\nAnd the fragrance of wildflowers filled the air.<\/p>\n<p>The peacock\u2019s cry echoed through the woods,<br \/>\nCalling for its distant mate,<br \/>\nAnd a soothing peace enwrapped my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Then, carried by the tender wind,<br \/>\nCame a melody \u2014 gentle, haunting, divine.<br \/>\nSomething deep within me stirred\u2026<br \/>\nA forgotten memory awakened.<\/p>\n<p>Following the sound, I drifted through the trees,<br \/>\nMy anklets chiming like whispers of hope.<br \/>\nBut alas, the music began to fade \u2014<br \/>\nAnd my heart sank into silence.<\/p>\n<p>I sat beneath a shaded tree,<br \/>\nTears shimmering like pearls of surrender.<br \/>\nAnd suddenly \u2014 from behind that very tree \u2014<br \/>\nFlowed the same soul-stirring melody again.<\/p>\n<p>There He stood \u2014 dark as a raincloud,<br \/>\nEyes shining with playful grace,<br \/>\nA smile that stilled my breath,<br \/>\nAnd a flute that spoke to my very soul.<\/p>\n<p>In that sacred moment, time dissolved \u2014<br \/>\nAnd lifetimes of love awakened within me.<br \/>\nFor before me stood my eternal Kanhaiya,<br \/>\nThe music, the memory, the Beloved \u2014 all one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author&#8217;s Note:<\/strong> This poem reflects the journey from seeking the Divine in sacred places to realizing His presence everywhere \u2014 within the heart, within nature, and within the quiet moments of everyday life. The flute of Kanhaiya becomes a symbol of that eternal call guiding the soul gently back toward remembrance and love, when you surrender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raji Chandra Feeling the sweet weight of my longing, I wandered to the banks of the holy river. Ripples danced to the rhythm of the breeze, And the fragrance of wildflowers filled the air. The peacock\u2019s cry echoed through the woods, Calling for its distant mate, And a soothing peace enwrapped my heart. Then, carried [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-footsteps-vedanta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1561,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560\/revisions\/1561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}