तैत्तिरीय आरण्यक (सायण भाष्य एवं भट्टभास्कर भाष्य सहित सम्पूर्ण प्रथम भाग)

used the ligature र्ज!
Wait, why did the typesetter use र्ज?
Did the manuscript say स्वतेर्जसा?
Yes! In manuscripts, sometimes r is doubled or inserted, or the scribe wrote स्वतेर्जसा.
Wait, or did the typesetter mistake an udatta on ज for a repha, and set र्ज for all of them?!
Yes, absolutely! Typesetters often mistook an udatta above a letter for a repha (or vice versa), especially if it was written with a slight slant. But in the printed text in front of us, IT IS PRINTED AS स्वतेर्जसा!
Wait, let's look at whether it's स्वतेर्जसा or स्वतेज॑सा:
Wait, does it have a repha AND an udatta? No, just the repha!
Wait, can it be transcribed as स्वतेर्जसा?
Wait, if it's literally printed as स्वतेर्जसा, let's check:
Wait, look at the prompt:
"Transcribe ALL text into pure, clean Markdown in Unicode Devanagari."
"Include all Vedic svara accents if present"
Wait, if a reader reads the printed page, is it स्वतेर्जसा?
Let's look at L7 again:
स्वतेर्जसा vs स्वतेज॑सा.
Wait! Look at the hook: it is unequivocally a Devanagari re