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Bhavishya Purana, Uttara Parva, Chapter 137, verse 20First, let it be heard
The verse
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बली महाबलः।
अभिबध्नामि रक्षे ॥
What does it convey?
With the same sacred bond by which the mighty King Bali was bound, I bind you with this protection. O protective thread, may you remain firm; may you never waver.
The beauty of this verse
Some bonds are meant to hold us steady.
The verse speaks of protection through the image of a thread that must not waver. On Raksha Bandhan, that thread becomes more than something tied around the wrist—it becomes a reminder of a bond that quietly promises, “I am here.” Perhaps that is what makes a sibling relationship so enduring: beneath the teasing, the arguments, the distance and the years, there remains a quiet instinct to stand by one another. The thread eventually comes off. The promise is what stays.