वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-7, verse-3

ऋत्विजौ द्वावभिमतौ तस्यास्तामृषिसत्तमौ ।
वसिष्ठो वामदेवश्च मन्त्रिणश्च तथापरे ॥३॥

3. ṛtvijau dvāvabhimatau tasyāstāmṛṣisattamau ,
vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca mantriṇaśca tathāpare.

3. ṛtvijau dvau abhimatau tasya āstām ṛṣisattamau
vasiṣṭhaḥ vāmadevaḥ ca mantriṇaḥ ca tathā apare

3. tasya dvau abhimatau ṛṣisattamau ṛtvijau vasiṣṭhaḥ
ca vāmadevaḥ ca āstām tathā ca apare mantriṇaḥ

3. His two esteemed chief priests, the best among sages, were Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva. Likewise, there were other ministers.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋत्विजौ (ṛtvijau) - two priests

• द्वौ (dvau) - two

• अभिमतौ (abhimatau) - esteemed, desired, beloved

• तस्य (tasya) - his

• आस्ताम् (āstām) - were (dual)

• ऋषिसत्तमौ (ṛṣisattamau) - two best among sages

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (a proper name); most excellent

• वामदेवः (vāmadevaḥ) - Vāmadeva (a proper name); pleasing deity

• च (ca) - and

• मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - ministers, counselors

• च (ca) - and

• तथा (tathā) - likewise, so, thus

• अपरे (apare) - others

Words meanings and morphology

ऋत्विजौ (ṛtvijau) - two priests

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ṛtvij

ṛtvij - sacrificial priest

द्वौ (dvau) - two

(numeral)

अभिमतौ (abhimatau) - esteemed, desired, beloved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of abhimata

abhimata - desired, beloved, esteemed

Past Passive Participle

from √man with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: man (class 4)

तस्य (tasya) - his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

आस्ताम् (āstām) - were (dual)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect

3rd person dual Imperfect Active Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

ऋषिसत्तमौ (ṛṣisattamau) - two best among sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ṛṣisattama

ṛṣisattama - best of sages

superlative compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (ṛṣi+sattama)

• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative suffix -tama
  Root: sad (class 1)

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (a proper name); most excellent

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (a proper name); most excellent

superlative form of vasu (good)

वामदेवः (vāmadevaḥ) - Vāmadeva (a proper name); pleasing deity

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāmadeva

vāmadeva - Vāmadeva (a proper name); pleasing deity

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vāma+deva)

• vāma – lovely, pleasing, beautiful
  adjective (masculine)
• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

conjunction

मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - ministers, counselors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mantrin

mantrin - minister, counselor

derived from mantra

Root: man (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

conjunction

तथा (tathā) - likewise, so, thus

(indeclinable)

adverb

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent