birburi's

Updated: May 19, 2025

His mother said, "Is this the way in which you intended to fight, of a surety you would have met your death." Then she made him gather together the pieces of his sword and cover them with a wet cloth, and in a few minutes the pieces joined together; then she allowed him to go to the fight. When the battle began the Birburi's mother kept calling out "Well, Bosomunda, have you killed my son?"

Cecil Henry Bompas - Folklore of the Santal Parganas