वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-1, verse-21

आयकर्मण्युपायज्ञः संदृष्टव्ययकर्मवित् ।
श्रैष्ठ्यं शास्त्रसमूहेषु प्राप्तो व्यामिश्रकेष्वपि ॥२१॥

21. āyakarmaṇyupāyajñaḥ saṃdṛṣṭavyayakarmavit ,
śraiṣṭhyaṃ śāstrasamūheṣu prāpto vyāmiśrakeṣvapi.

21. āyakarmaṇi upāyajñaḥ saṃdṛṣṭavyayakarmavit
śraiṣṭhyam śāstrasamūheṣu prāptaḥ vyāmiśrakeṣu api

21. āyakarmaṇi upāyajñaḥ saṃdṛṣṭavyayakarmavit
śāstrasamūheṣu vyāmiśrakeṣu api śraiṣṭhyam prāptaḥ

21. He is resourceful in matters of income and knowledgeable about estimated expenditures. He has attained pre-eminence in collections of scriptures, even among those of mixed subjects.

Words meanings summery:

• आयकर्मणि (āyakarmaṇi) - in matters of income/revenue

• उपायज्ञः (upāyajñaḥ) - knowing expedients/means, resourceful

• संदृष्टव्ययकर्मवित् (saṁdṛṣṭavyayakarmavit) - knowing the tasks of perceived/estimated expenditure

• श्रैष्ठ्यम् (śraiṣṭhyam) - excellence, pre-eminence

• शास्त्रसमूहेषु (śāstrasamūheṣu) - among collections of scriptures/sciences

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained, obtained, reached

• व्यामिश्रकेषु (vyāmiśrakeṣu) - in mixed (subjects/sciences)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

आयकर्मणि (āyakarmaṇi) - in matters of income/revenue

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of āyakarmaṇ

āyakarmaṇ - income, revenue work

compound of āya and karman

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āya+karman)

• āya – income, revenue, coming in
  noun (masculine)
  from ā + i 'to go'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: i (class 2)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  from root kṛ 'to do'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

उपायज्ञः (upāyajñaḥ) - knowing expedients/means, resourceful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāyajña

upāyajña - knowing means or expedients

compound of upāya and jña (from jñā 'to know')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upāya+jña)

• upāya – means, expedient, method, stratagem
  noun (masculine)
  from upa + i 'to go'
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)
• jña – knowing, skilled in, expert
  adjective
  agent noun/adjective
  from root jñā 'to know'
  Root: jñā (class 9)

संदृष्टव्ययकर्मवित् (saṁdṛṣṭavyayakarmavit) - knowing the tasks of perceived/estimated expenditure

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃdṛṣṭavyayakarmavit

saṁdṛṣṭavyayakarmavit - one who knows the business of estimated expenses

compound of saṃdṛṣṭavyayakarma and vit (from vid 'to know')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃdṛṣṭavyayakarma+vit)

• saṃdṛṣṭavyayakarma – estimated expenditure work
  noun (neuter)
  compound of saṃdṛṣṭa and vyayakarma
• vit – knowing, conversant with
  adjective
  agent noun
  from root vid 'to know'
  Root: vid (class 2)

श्रैष्ठ्यम् (śraiṣṭhyam) - excellence, pre-eminence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śraiṣṭhya

śraiṣṭhya - excellence, superiority, pre-eminence

derived from śreṣṭha (superlative of praśasya 'excellent') with suffix -ya

शास्त्रसमूहेषु (śāstrasamūheṣu) - among collections of scriptures/sciences

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of śāstrasamūha

śāstrasamūha - collection of scriptures or sciences

compound of śāstra and samūha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+samūha)

• śāstra – scripture, science, treatise, rule
  noun (neuter)
  from śās 'to instruct'
  Root: śās (class 2)
• samūha – collection, multitude, crowd, aggregate
  noun (masculine)
  from sam + ūh 'to push, to gather'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ūh (class 1)

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained, obtained, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - attained, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

from pra + āp 'to obtain'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: The subject is implied 'he'.

व्यामिश्रकेषु (vyāmiśrakeṣu) - in mixed (subjects/sciences)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of vyāmiśraka

vyāmiśraka - mixed, variegated, composite

derived from vyāmiśra (vi + ā + miśra 'to mix')

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: miśr (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'śāstrasamūheṣu' implied.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)