Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Vayu

वायु · vāyu

God of the wind; father of Bhima and Hanuman

Both of his sons are remembered for strength no one could measure.

Vayu is the wind, the swiftest of the gods and the breath that keeps every creature alive. Kunti called him with her mantra and he fathered Bhima. In an earlier age he was the father of Hanuman, which makes the two heroes brothers. In chapter 10 Krishna says that among purifiers he is the wind, and in chapter 11 Arjuna addresses the cosmic form as Vayu.