योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-58, verse-22

तमसौ पूजयामास पप्रच्छ च महामुनिम् ।
संदेहदुर्द्रुमस्तम्भपरशुं सर्वकोविदम् ॥ २२ ॥

tamasau pūjayāmāsa papraccha ca mahāmunim ,
saṃdehadurdrumastambhaparaśuṃ sarvakovidam 22

22. tam asau pūjayāmāsa papraccha ca mahāmunim
saṃdeha-dur-druma-stambha-paraśum sarva-kovidam

22. asau tam ca mahāmunim saṃdeha-dur-druma-stambha-paraśum
sarva-kovidam pūjayāmāsa papraccha

22. The king (asau) honored that great sage (mahamuni), who was like an axe (paraśu) to the dense forest of doubt-trees (saṃdeha-dur-druma-stambha) and who was all-knowing (sarva-kovida), and then asked him.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - the sage Maṇḍavya (him, that one)

• असौ (asau) - the king (he, this one)

• पूजयामास (pūjayāmāsa) - worshipped, honored, adored

• पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked, inquired

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• महामुनिम् (mahāmunim) - the sage Maṇḍavya (the great sage)

• संदेह-दुर्-द्रुम-स्तम्भ-परशुम् (saṁdeha-dur-druma-stambha-paraśum) - an axe for the dense forest of doubt-trees, one who cuts down the pillar-like mass of difficult trees of doubt

• सर्व-कोविदम् (sarva-kovidam) - all-knowing, omniscient, skilled in everything

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - the sage Maṇḍavya (him, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

असौ (asau) - the king (he, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, he, she, it

पूजयामास (pūjayāmāsa) - worshipped, honored, adored

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of pūjay

Periphrastic Perfect

Formed with 'āmāsa' from the denominative root 'pūjay' (derived from 'pūjā' - worship).

Root: pūj (class 10)

पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked, inquired

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of prach

Root: prach (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

महामुनिम् (mahāmunim) - the sage Maṇḍavya (the great sage)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāmuni

mahāmuni - great sage, eminent ascetic

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+muni)

• mahā – great, large, eminent
  adjective
• muni – sage, ascetic
  noun (masculine)

संदेह-दुर्-द्रुम-स्तम्भ-परशुम् (saṁdeha-dur-druma-stambha-paraśum) - an axe for the dense forest of doubt-trees, one who cuts down the pillar-like mass of difficult trees of doubt

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃdeha-dur-druma-stambha-paraśu

saṁdeha-dur-druma-stambha-paraśu - an axe for the dense forest of doubt-trees

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃdeha+dur-druma-stambha+paraśu)

• saṃdeha – doubt, uncertainty, suspicion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dih
• dur-druma-stambha – a mass or pillar of bad/difficult trees
  noun (masculine)
• dur-druma – bad tree, difficult tree
  noun (masculine)
• stambha – pillar, trunk, mass, thicket
  noun (masculine)
• paraśu – axe, hatchet
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'mahāmunim'.

सर्व-कोविदम् (sarva-kovidam) - all-knowing, omniscient, skilled in everything

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarva-kovida

sarva-kovida - all-knowing, omniscient, skilled in everything

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+kovida)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• kovida – knowing, expert, skilled
  adjective
  Root: vid

Note: Modifies 'mahāmunim'.