Forsooth, you stand here with all your branches and twigs and leaves, simply because, O Shalmali, you are protected by the Wind for some reason or reasons (unknown to us)!
त्वं पुनः कारणैनं रक्ष्यसे शाल्मले यथा। वायुना सपरीवारस्तेन तिष्ठस्यसंशयम्॥