योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-61

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आलोलमाल्यवसनाभरणाङ्गरागा बाष्पाकुलाततचलालकवल्लरीकाः ।
आनन्दमन्दरनिरन्तरमथ्यमानात्कामार्णवात्समुदिता इव राजलक्ष्म्यः ॥ ६१ ॥

ālolamālyavasanābharaṇāṅgarāgā bāṣpākulātatacalālakavallarīkāḥ ,
ānandamandaranirantaramathyamānātkāmārṇavātsamuditā iva rājalakṣmyaḥ 61

61. ālolamālyavasanābharaṇāṅgarāgāḥ
bāṣpākulātatacalālakavallarīkāḥ
ānandamandaranirantaramathyamānāt
kāmārṇavāt samuditāḥ iva rājalakṣmyaḥ

61. With swaying garlands, disheveled garments, disordered ornaments, and body-anointments, and with widespread, trembling tendrils of hair agitated by tears, they were like royal goddesses of fortune (rājalakṣmī) who had arisen from the ocean of desire (kāmārṇava) that was being incessantly churned by the Mandara mountain of delight (ānanda).

Words meanings summery:

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आलोलमाल्यवसनाभरणाङ्गरागाः (ālolamālyavasanābharaṇāṅgarāgāḥ) - whose garlands, garments, ornaments, and body-anointments were swaying/disordered

बाष्पाकुलाततचलालकवल्लरीकाः (bāṣpākulātatacalālakavallarīkāḥ) - whose widespread, trembling tendrils of hair were agitated by tears

आनन्दमन्दरनिरन्तरमथ्यमानात् (ānandamandaranirantaramathyamānāt) - from that which was incessantly churned by the Mandara mountain of delight

कामार्णवात् (kāmārṇavāt) - from the ocean of desire

समुदिताः (samuditāḥ) - arisen, emerged, appeared

इव (iva) - like, as if

राजलक्ष्म्यः (rājalakṣmyaḥ) - royal goddesses of fortune, royal beauties

Words meanings and morphology

आलोलमाल्यवसनाभरणाङ्गरागाः (ālolamālyavasanābharaṇāṅgarāgāḥ) - whose garlands, garments, ornaments, and body-anointments were swaying/disordered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ālolamālyavasanābharaṇāṅgarāga

ālolamālyavasanābharaṇāṅgarāga - one whose swaying garlands, garments, ornaments, and body-anointments

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ālola+mālya+vasana+ābharaṇa+aṅgarāga)

ālola – swaying, tremulous, moving
adjective
from ā- + √lul (to sway)
Prefix: ā
Root: lul (class 1)
mālya – garland
noun (neuter)
vasana – garment, clothing
noun (neuter)
ābharaṇa – ornament, decoration
noun (neuter)
Prefix: ā
Root: bhṛ (class 3)
aṅgarāga – body-anointment, cosmetic paste for the body
noun (masculine)
Compound of aṅga (body) and rāga (color, passion, anointment)

Note: Describes the royal goddesses of fortune.

बाष्पाकुलाततचलालकवल्लरीकाः (bāṣpākulātatacalālakavallarīkāḥ) - whose widespread, trembling tendrils of hair were agitated by tears

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bāṣpākulātatacalālakavallarīka

bāṣpākulātatacalālakavallarīka - one whose widespread, trembling tendrils of hair are agitated by tears

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāṣpa+ākula+ātata+cala+alaka+vallarī)

bāṣpa – tears, vapor
noun (masculine)
ākula – agitated, confused, filled with
adjective
Prefix: ā
Root: kul (class 1)
ātata – widespread, stretched, expanded
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From ā- + √tan (to stretch) + kta suffix
Prefix: ā
Root: tan (class 8)
cala – moving, trembling, unsteady
adjective
From √cal (to move)
Root: cal (class 1)
alaka – curl, lock of hair, tendril
noun (masculine)
vallarī – creeper, tendril
noun (feminine)

Note: Describes the royal goddesses of fortune.

आनन्दमन्दरनिरन्तरमथ्यमानात् (ānandamandaranirantaramathyamānāt) - from that which was incessantly churned by the Mandara mountain of delight

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ānandamandaranirantaramathyamāna

ānandamandaranirantaramathyamāna - being incessantly churned by the Mandara mountain of delight

Present Passive Participle

Compound of ānandamandara (Mandara of delight), nirantara (incessant), and mathyamāna (being churned)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ānandamandara+nirantara+mathyamāna)

ānanda – delight, joy, bliss
noun (masculine)
mandara – Mandara mountain (used as a churning stick in mythology)
proper noun (masculine)
nirantara – incessant, continuous, without gap
adjective
From nir- (without) + antara (interval)
Prefix: nis
mathyamāna – being churned
adjective
Present Passive Participle
From √math (to churn) + śānac suffix
Root: math (class 1)

Note: Modifies kāmārṇavāt, meaning 'from the one being churned'.

कामार्णवात् (kāmārṇavāt) - from the ocean of desire

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāmārṇava

kāmārṇava - ocean of desire

Compound of kāma (desire) and arṇava (ocean)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+arṇava)