योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-21, verse-32

शाखाप्रतानगहना कट्वम्लफलमालिनी ।
सुतालोत्तालतामेति चिन्ता कान्तानुसारिणी ॥ ३२ ॥

śākhāpratānagahanā kaṭvamlaphalamālinī ,
sutālottālatāmeti cintā kāntānusāriṇī 32

32. śākhā-pratāna-gahanā kaṭu-amla-phala-mālinī
su-tālottālatām eti cintā kāntā-anusāriṇī

32. kāntā-anusāriṇī cintā śākhā-pratāna-gahanā
kaṭu-amla-phala-mālinī su-tālottālatām eti

32. Worry (cintā), which follows a beloved woman, becomes a dense thicket of branches and creepers, bears bitter and sour fruits, and reaches an extremely agitated and tumultuous state.

32. הדאגה הרודפת אחר האישה האהובה הופכת לזקופה וגבוהה כמו עץ תמר נשא, כשהיא סבוכה בענפים ומלאה בפירות מרים וחמוצים.

Words meanings summery:

• शाखा-प्रतान-गहना (śākhā-pratāna-gahanā) - dense with branches and creepers

• कटु-अम्ल-फल-मालिनी (kaṭu-amla-phala-mālinī) - adorned with bitter and sour fruits, bearing bitter and sour fruits

• सु-तालोत्तालताम् (su-tālottālatām) - the state of being extremely tumultuous/agitated

• एति (eti) - goes, reaches, attains, comes

• चिन्ता (cintā) - worry, anxiety, thought, consideration

• कान्ता-अनुसारिणी (kāntā-anusāriṇī) - following a beloved woman, pursuing a beloved

Words meanings and morphology

शाखा-प्रतान-गहना (śākhā-pratāna-gahanā) - dense with branches and creepers

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śākhā-pratāna-gahana

śākhā-pratāna-gahana - dense or difficult to penetrate due to branches and creeping plants

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śākhā+pratāna+gahana)

• śākhā – branch, bough, limb
  noun (feminine)
• pratāna – creeper, tendril, spreading, extension
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'pra-tan' (to stretch forth, to spread).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: tan (class 8)
• gahana – dense, impenetrable, deep, thicket, difficult
  adjective (neuter)

कटु-अम्ल-फल-मालिनी (kaṭu-amla-phala-mālinī) - adorned with bitter and sour fruits, bearing bitter and sour fruits

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaṭu-amla-phala-mālin

kaṭu-amla-phala-mālin - having a garland or series of bitter and sour fruits

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kaṭu+amla+phala+mālin)

• kaṭu – bitter, pungent, acrid, harsh
  adjective
• amla – sour, acidic
  adjective
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• mālin – garlanded, adorned with, having a series of
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'mālā' (garland) with the suffix '-in'.

सु-तालोत्तालताम् (su-tālottālatām) - the state of being extremely tumultuous/agitated

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sutālottālatā

sutālottālatā - state of great agitation, extreme tumultuousness, a very high and turbulent state

Compound formed from 'su' (very) and 'tālottālatā'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+tālottālatā)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  indeclinable
  Intensifying prefix.
• tālottālatā – tumultuousness, agitation, high-tossed condition (often in reference to palm trees swaying violently)
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of 'tāla' and 'uttālatā'.

एति (eti) - goes, reaches, attains, comes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

चिन्ता (cintā) - worry, anxiety, thought, consideration

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, consideration, anxiety, worry, reflection

Derived from the root 'cit' (to perceive, to think).

Root: cit (class 10)

कान्ता-अनुसारिणी (kāntā-anusāriṇī) - following a beloved woman, pursuing a beloved

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāntā-anusārin

kāntā-anusārin - one who follows a beloved woman

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāntā+anusārin)

• kāntā – beloved woman, wife, charming, beautiful
  noun/adjective (feminine)
• anusārin – following, conforming to, pursuing, accompanying
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from 'anu-sṛ' (to follow, to go after) with the agent suffix '-in'.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

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