Jambavan looked over the great host of vanaras and turned to Lord Hanuman, who was standing apart and silent, and asked why he did not speak.1
Then Jambavan spoke of Hanuman's mother. Anjana Devi, he said, is the wife of the vanara Kesari. She is the famed Punjikasthala, foremost of the apsaras, and by a curse she was born into the vanara race, able to take whatever shape she wished.2
One day, taking human form, the daughter of the vanara lord Kunjara was walking on the summit of a mountain, in a garland and silk. As she stood there, Lord Vayu, the Wind, gently drew away her yellow cloth.3
Lord Vayu was overcome by desire; beside himself, he embraced her with his long arms.4
Frightened, Anjana Devi asked who it was that wished to lay violent hands on her chastity. Lord Vayu answered that he was doing her no wrong and that she should not be afraid.5
He went on: by embracing her, he said, he had entered her womb in thought, and she would bear an intelligent son of great prowess, strength and energy, who would equal Vayu himself in bounding and leaping.6
So, Jambavan told Hanuman, his mother gave birth to him in a cave.7
Later in his speech Jambavan told him plainly: Hanuman is the son of Kesari by his wife, and he is also the son of the Wind, equal to him in the power of leaping.8