योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-75, verse-18

इति निश्चित्य तिष्ठन्तौ तौ वनाद्वनगामिनौ ।
अनानन्दं परानन्दं नासुखं न च मध्यमम् ॥ १८ ॥

iti niścitya tiṣṭhantau tau vanādvanagāminau ,
anānandaṃ parānandaṃ nāsukhaṃ na ca madhyamam 18

18. iti niścitya tiṣṭhantau tau vanāt vanagāminau
anānandam parānandam na asukham na ca madhyamam

18. tau vanāt vanagāminau iti niścitya tiṣṭhantau
anānandam parānandam na asukham na ca madhyamam

18. Having thus determined, those two, wandering from forest to forest, remained in a state that was neither ordinary joy nor sorrow, neither unhappiness nor mediocrity, (but instead) supreme bliss (parānanda).

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

• निश्चित्य (niścitya) - having determined, having decided, having resolved

• तिष्ठन्तौ (tiṣṭhantau) - remaining, standing (dual)

• तौ (tau) - those two

• वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

• वनगामिनौ (vanagāminau) - forest-goers, wanderers of the forest (dual)

• अनानन्दम् (anānandam) - not joyful, sorrowless, devoid of joy, beyond ordinary joy

• परानन्दम् (parānandam) - supreme joy, ultimate bliss

• न (na) - not, nor

• असुखम् (asukham) - not sorrow, not unhappiness, happiness

• न (na) - not, nor

• च (ca) - and, also

• मध्यमम् (madhyamam) - middling, mediocre, indifferent

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

निश्चित्य (niścitya) - having determined, having decided, having resolved

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from ni-√ci (to collect, ascertain) with suffix -tya.

Prefix: ni

Root: √ci (class 5)

तिष्ठन्तौ (tiṣṭhantau) - remaining, standing (dual)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tiṣṭhat

tiṣṭhat - standing, remaining, existing

Present Active Participle

Formed from √sthā (to stand) in the present stem (tiṣṭha-) with suffix -at.

Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'tau'.

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to two masculine subjects.

वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

वनगामिनौ (vanagāminau) - forest-goers, wanderers of the forest (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vanagāmin

vanagāmin - forest-goer, wanderer of the forest

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+gāmin)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• gāmin – going, moving, leading to
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √gam (to go) with suffix -in.
  Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tau'.

अनानन्दम् (anānandam) - not joyful, sorrowless, devoid of joy, beyond ordinary joy

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anānanda

anānanda - not joy, absence of joy, sorrowless, beyond ordinary joy

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of ānanda.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ānanda)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• ānanda – joy, happiness, bliss
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√nand (to rejoice).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √nand (class 1)

Note: Refers to the state they remained in.

परानन्दम् (parānandam) - supreme joy, ultimate bliss

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parānanda

parānanda - supreme joy, ultimate bliss

Karmadhāraya compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (para+ānanda)

• para – supreme, ultimate, highest, other
  adjective (masculine)
• ānanda – joy, happiness, bliss
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√nand (to rejoice).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √nand (class 1)

Note: Refers to the state they remained in.

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

असुखम् (asukham) - not sorrow, not unhappiness, happiness

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asukha

asukha - not sorrow, happiness, comfort

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of sukha.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sukha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• sukha – happiness, joy, comfort
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the state they remained in.

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

मध्यमम् (madhyamam) - middling, mediocre, indifferent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhyama

madhyama - middle, central, middling, mediocre, indifferent

From madhya.

Note: Refers to the state they remained in.