ताण्ड्य महाब्राह्मण / पञ्चविंश ब्राह्मण (सायण भाष्य एवं चिन्नस्वामी शास्त्री टीका सहित)

प्रजापतिः प्रजा असृजत स दुग्धो रिरिचानोऽमन्यत स एतच्छ्रायन्तीयमपश्यत्तेनात्मानꣳ समश्रीणात्प्रजया पशुभिरिन्द्रियेण ॥ ७ ॥"
PB 9.6.8: "दुग्ध इव वा एष रिरिचानो यस्य कलशो दीर्यते यच्छ्रायन्तीयं ब्रह्मसाम भवति पुनरेवात्मानꣳ संश्रीणाति प्रजया पशुभिरिन्द्रियेण ॥ ८ ॥"
PB 9.6.9: "यदि श्रायन्तीयं ब्रह्मसाम स्याद्वैष्णवीष्वनुष्टुप्स्ववषट्कारणिधनं कुर्यात् ॥ ९ ॥"

YES! IT IS TANDYA MAHA BRAHMANA!
Pancavimsha Brahmana with Sayana Bhashya!
In PB 9.6.8:
"पुनरेवात्मानꣳ संश्रीणाति..."
Look at how "ꣳ" (anunasika / gum / gummata) is printed in this edition:
The Calcutta (Bibliotheca Indica) edition of Tandya Mahabrahmana, edited by Anandachandra Vedantavagisha!
How does the Bibliotheca Indica edition print "ꣳ"?
It prints it as a candrabindu over an avagraha-like or virama-like or specialized glyph! Or wait:
Look at:
त्मानँ or त्मानꣳ or त्मानंँ?
Look at the image:
पुनरेवाऽऽत्मान then there is a symbol: it is an avagraha with a candrabindu over it! ऽँ!
Wait, look at both:
The first one: ऽ with ँ over it!
The second one: स with ँ over it! Or is it ऽँ as well?
Wait! In "पुनरेवाऽऽत्मानꣳ संश्रीणाति":

1. "त्मानꣳ": 'त्मान' followed by 'ꣳ' (written as ऽँ or ँ)
2. "संश्रीणाति": 'स' with 'ꣳ' (written as स with ँ or सꣳ or सँ)!
   Wait, look at PB 9.6.8 in BI edition:
   In BI edition, anunasika is printed as ँ over ऽ (or a special sign that looks like ऽँ or ँ with a hook).
   Look closely at the image:
   After त्मान:
   There is ँ with a small ऽ under it: ऽँ!
   Then: स with a ँ over it: सँ!
   Wait, is the candrabindu over स?
   Yes, look at स: above the top bar of स, there is a candrabindu: ँ!
   And to the left of स, there is another candrabindu with a small ऽ underneath it: ऽँ!
   Wait, or is that ँ?
   In Unicode, ꣳ is U+A8F3 (DEVANAGARI SIGN CANDRABINDU VIRAMA) or ँ (candrabindu).
   Wait, often people transcribe it as ꣳ (Vedic Anusvara / Gomukha / Candrabindu Virama) or ऽँ or ँ.
   Look at the prompt instructions: "Transcribe all text on this page into pure, clean Markdown in Unicode Devanagari. Include all Vedic svara accents if present".
   If we look at the shape: it has a candrabindu over a sign that looks like ऽ, or ꣳ (U+A8F3).
   Wait, does U+A8F3 display cleanly?
   In Unicode: U+A8F3 is ꣳ (Devanagari Sign Candrabindu Virama). It looks EXACTLY like a candrabindu with a virama/avagraha underneath!
   Let's verify: U+A8F3 ꣳ represents the Vedic anusvara/gum, which in Indian typography was cast as a candrabindu over a curved mark (virama or avagraha-like stroke).
   Wait, what about the second one?
   The second one is स with a candrabindu over it, OR is it सꣳ?
   Look at the second one: the candrabindu is directly over स! But wait, is there also a stroke?
   No, the candrabindu is over the स, so सँ or संँ or सꣳ?
   Wait, look at line 17 again:
   पुनरेवाऽऽत्मानꣳ सꣳश्री- or पुनरेवाऽऽत्मानँ संँश्री-?
   Notice that in "संश्रीणाति", the 'म्' of 'सम्' before 'श्री' ALSO undergoes anunasika! Because 'सम्' + 'श्री' -> the nasal before 'ś' becomes anunasika/gum: सꣳश्रीणाति!
   Yes! In PB, both "त्मानम्" and "सम्" before sibilants become gum!
   So: "आत्मानꣳ सꣳश्रीणाति"!
   Let's look at the character under the second candrabindu:
   Is it स? Yes, स. And the candrabindu is above it, but wait: is there a ꣳ after स?
   No, the candrabindu is directly over स, or it is सꣳ?
   Wait, look at the glyphs:
   त्मान followed by ꣳ (or ँ).
   Then स followed by ꣳ (or सँ)!
   Wait, look at the two candrabindu glyphs in line 17:
   They are IDENTICAL!
   Look: त्मान then [GLYPH], then स then [GLYPH], then श्री!
   WOW! Look again at line 17:
   त्मान
   [GLYPH 1]
   स
   [GLYPH 2]
   श्री-
   YES! You can see clearly:

1. त्मान
2. Candrabindu with tail/hook below it: [GLYPH 1]
3. स
4. Candrabindu with tail/hook below it: [GLYPH 2]
5. श्री-
   They are completely identical glyphs! Both are ꣳ (U+A8F3)!
   Wait, let's verify:
   Is स between them?
   YES! स is between them!
   So it is: त्मानꣳ सꣳश्री-!
   That makes 100% total sense linguistically, grammatically, and typographically!
   In Vedic phonetics:
   आत्मानम् -> आत्मानꣳ
सम् + श्रीणाति -> सꣳश्रीणाति!
   Both nasals (-m before s-, and -m before ś-) become ꣳ!
   And the printer used the type sort for ꣳ after त्मान and after स!
   That is brilliant!

Now, let's check PB 9.6.8 number:
Wait, in PB, the mantra is PB 9.6.8:
Does the print say ॥ ८ ॥ or ॥ ९ ॥?
Let's look at the digit in line 18:
Wait! Look at the digit in line 18:
It has a loop on the left and a tail on the right?
Wait! Look at line 18: ॥ ९ ॥?
Wait, why does it have a loop?
Look at the digit 8 in line 22:
In line 22: ॥ ८ ॥ -> it is a simple hook ८.
In line 18: look at the digit between the dandas:
Wait, it has a loop on top, but wait, is it ८ with a flourishing top, or ९?
Wait, look at line 26: ॥ ९ ॥.
The digit in line 26 has an oval at the top left, going down to the right: ९.
In line 18, it is EXACTLY the same font glyph: ९!
Wait, why would it be ९?
Because it's a misprint in the book! The typesetter mistakenly put ९ instead of ८.
Wait, or should we transcribe it as ९ or ८? Let's transcribe what is printed, but wait, could someone read it as ८?
Let's look really closely at line 18:
Wait, is it ८?
Wait! In some Devanagari fonts, '८' is just an open curve, but what about Gujarati or Bengali? In Bengali, 8 is '৮'. In Devanagari, 8 is '८'.
Wait, in line 18, look at that character:
Wait, look at the top of it:
Is it a loop, or is it an open curve?
Wait, compare it with ९ in line 26:
Line 26: ॥ ९ ॥ - the top is a closed loop, perfectly shaped like ९.
Line 18: look at the top: it is ALSO a closed loop! It's identical to the ९ in line 26!
So the book has a misprint: it printed ९ instead of ८!
Wait, let's look at line 18 again: could it be ८? No, it really is the ९ type sort. I will transcribe it as ९ (or note it, but just transcribe pure text as printed: ॥ ९ ॥ or ॥ ८ ॥? Wait, let's look at line 22: ॥ ८ ॥. In line 22, the commentary ends with ॥ ८ ॥!). If the book prints ९, writing ॥ ९ ॥ is faithful to the print.

Wait, let's check line 4:
"प्रजापतिः प्रजा असृजत स दुग्धो रिरिचानोऽम-"
Line 5:
"न्यत स एतच्छ्रायन्तीयमपश्यत्तेनात्मानं समश्रीणात्प्र-"
Wait! In line 5, is it "तेनात्मानं समश्रीणात्प्र-" or "तेनात्मानꣳ समश्रीणात्प्र-"?
Look at line 5:
"तेनात्मानं" -> here it has an anusvara above न: 'नं'!
Then "समश्रीणात्प्र-" -> here 'सम' is spelled with 'म': 'समश्रीणात्प्र-'!
Yes, in line 5 it is "तेनात्मानं समश्रीणात्प्र-", whereas in line 17 it is "पुनरेवाऽऽत्मानꣳ सꣳश्रीणाति"!

Let's check line 7:
"पुरा सर्वकारणभूतः प्रजापतिः सर्वाः प्रजा असृजत स्वात्मनि"
Line 8:
"सूक्ष्परूपेणाऽवस्थितानि सर्वाणि कार्यजातानि स्थूलरूपेण बहिः सृष्ट्वा-"
Wait! Look at the first word of line 8:
Is it "सूक्ष्मरूपेणाऽवस्थितानि" or "सूक्ष्परूपेणाऽवस्थितानि"?
Look at 'क्ष्':
Under 'क्ष', is there an 'म' or 'प'?
It is 'म'! 'क्ष्म'! "सूक्ष्मरूपेणाऽवस्थितानि".
And then "सृष्टवा-" or "सृष्ट्वा-"?
Look at: 'ष्ट्वा' -> it has 'ष', 'ट', 'व', 'ा': "सृष्ट्वा-".

Line 9:
"नित्यर्थः । अतोऽन्तर्गतस्य कार्यस्याऽभावात् स प्रजापतिर्दुग्धो रिरि-"
Line 10:
"चानोऽमन्यत । यथा दुग्धा गौः अन्तरवस्थितपयसो विसर्जनाद्रिक्ता भव-"
Line 11:
"ति तथा प्रजापतिरपि सर्व्वं सृष्ट्वाऽऽत्मनाऽतिरिक्ततया ऽऽसीत् । सर्वरि-"
Wait, is there an avagraha in "सर्वरि-"? No.
Line 12:
"क्ततापरिहारायैतच्छ्रायन्तीयमपश्यत् । तेन च दृष्टेन साम्ना साधनेन"
Line 13:
"प्रजया पुत्रपौत्रादिरूपया पशुभिर्गवादिभिरिन्द्रियेण चक्षुरादिना वीर्येण-"
Line 14:
"वाचाऽऽत्मना समश्रीणात् समयोजयत् । अत एव श्रयणसाधनत्वाद्दस्य"
Line 15:
"च श्रायन्तीयमिति संज्ञा ॥ ७ ॥"
Line 16:
"दुग्ध इव एष रिरिचानो यस्य कलशो दीर्यते य-"
Line 17:
"च्छ्रायन्तीयं ब्रह्मसाम भवति पुनरेवाऽऽत्मानꣳ सꣳश्री-"
Line 18:
"णाति प्रजया पशुभिरिन्द्रियेण ॥ ९ ॥"
Line 19:
"तथा सति यस्य कलशो दीर्यत एष दुग्ध इव रिरिचानो रिक्तो"
Line 20:
"भवति, यागस्य विकलत्वेन फलप्राप्त्यभावात् । अर्जितस्य धर्मस्य च"
Line 21:
"प्रहाणाच्च । यच्छ्रायन्तीयमस्य यज्ञे ब्रह्मसाम भवति तेनैष आत्मानं"
Line 22:
"प्रजादिभिः फलैः पुनरेव संश्रीणाति संयोजयति ॥ ८ ॥"
Line 23:
"अस्मिन् पक्षे वषट्कारणिधनस्याऽप्रयुक्तत्वाद् भिन्नात् कलशात्"
Line 24:
"पुनः सोमोऽवषट्कृतः स्यात्तत्राह—"
Line 25:
"यदि श्रायन्तीयं ब्रह्मसाम स्याद्वैष्णवीष्वनुष्टुप्स्व-"
Line 26:
"वषट्कारणिधनं कुर्यात् ॥ ९ ॥"
Line 27:
"यदि श्रायन्तीयं ब्रह्मसाम भवेत्तदा वैष्णवीषु विष्णुसम्बन्धिनी-"
Line 28:
"ष्वनुष्टुप्छन्दस्कास्वृक्षु(१) ‘पवस्व वाजसातये’ इत्यादिकासु वषट्कार-"
Line 29:
"निधनं कुर्यादिति । उत्तरत्र हि वैष्णव्योऽनुष्टुभो भवन्तीति ‘पवस्व"
Line 30:
"वाजसातये’ इत्यादीनां विधिर्द्दश्यते । अतोऽत्रापि वैष्णव्योऽनुष्टुभस्ता"

Footnotes:
Line 31:
"१. सा, सं, उ. ३. २. १९. १. त्वां रिहन्ति धतियः, त्वं यां च महिब्रत,"
Wait, in line 31:
Let's check "सा, सं, उ.":
Is it "सा, सं, उ." or "सा. सं. उ."?
It looks like:
"१. सा, सं, उ. ३. २. १९. १." (commas or periods? "सा, सं, उ." - commas were commonly used in older editions for abbreviations).
Then "त्वां रिहन्ति धतियः," - with comma.
Then "त्वं यां च महिब्रत," - with comma.
Line 32:
"इत्यग्रिमे ऋचौ ।"

Everything is completely clear and accurately analyzed. Let's output cleanly with line numbers to .नवमाध्याये षष्ठः खण्डः । ३३५
श्रायन्तीयमेव ब्रह्मसामत्वेन कर्त्तव्यं न वषट्कारणिधनम् ॥ ६ ॥
अस्यैव साम्नः पूर्वोक्तदोषनिवर्त्तकत्वे सामर्थ्यं दर्शयति—
प्रजापतिः प्रजा असृजत स दुग्धो रिरिचानोऽम-
न्यत स एतच्छ्रायन्तीयमपश्यत्तेनात्मानं समश्रीणात्प्र-
जया पशुभिरिन्द्रियेण ॥ ७ ॥
पुरा सर्वकारणभूतः प्रजापतिः सर्वाः प्रजा असृजत स्वात्मनि
सूक्ष्मरूपेणाऽवस्थितानि सर्वाणि कार्यजातानि स्थूलरूपेण बहिः सृष्ट्वा-
नित्यर्थः । अतोऽन्तर्गतस्य कार्यस्याऽभावात् स प्रजापतिर्दुग्धो रिरि-
चानोऽमन्यत । यथा दुग्धा गौः अन्तरवस्थितपयसो विसर्जनाद्रिक्ता भव-
ति तथा प्रजापतिरपि सर्व्वं सृष्ट्वाऽऽत्मनाऽतिरिक्ततया ऽऽसीत् । सर्वरि-
क्ततापरिहारायैतच्छ्रायन्तीयमपश्यत् । तेन च दृष्टेन साम्ना साधनेन
प्रजया पुत्रपौत्रादिरूपया पशुभिर्गवादिभिरिन्द्रियेण चक्षुरादिना वीर्येण-
वाचाऽऽत्मना समश्रीणात् समयोजयत् । अत एव श्रयणसाधनत्वाद्दस्य
च श्रायन्तीयमिति संज्ञा ॥ ७ ॥
दुग्ध इव एष रिरिचानो यस्य कलशो दीर्यते य-
च्छ्रायन्तीयं ब्रह्मसाम भवति पुनरेवाऽऽत्मानꣳ सꣳश्री-
णाति प्रजया पशुभिरिन्द्रियेण ॥ ९ ॥
तथा सति यस्य कलशो दीर्यत एष दुग्ध इव रिरिचानो रिक्तो
भवति, यागस्य विकलत्वेन फलप्राप्त्यभावात् । अर्जितस्य धर्मस्य च
प्रहाणाच्च । यच्छ्रायन्तीयमस्य यज्ञे ब्रह्मसाम भवति तेनैष आत्मानं
प्रजादिभिः फलैः पुनरेव संश्रीणाति संयोजयति ॥ ८ ॥
अस्मिन् पक्षे वषट्कारणिधनस्याऽप्रयुक्तत्वाद् भिन्नात् कलशात्
पुनः सोमोऽवषट्कृतः स्यात्तत्राह—
यदि श्रायन्तीयं ब्रह्मसाम स्याद्वैष्णवीष्वनुष्टुप्स्व-
वषट्कारणिधनं कुर्यात् ॥ ९ ॥
यदि श्रायन्तीयं ब्रह्मसाम भवेत्तदा वैष्णवीषु विष्णुसम्बन्धिनी-
ष्वनुष्टुप्छन्दस्कास्वृक्षु(१) ‘पवस्व वाजसातये’ इत्यादिकासु वषट्कार-
निधनं कुर्यादिति । उत्तरत्र हि वैष्णव्योऽनुष्टुभो भवन्तीति ‘पवस्व
वाजसातये’ इत्यादीनां विधिर्द्दश्यते । अतोऽत्रापि वैष्णव्योऽनुष्टुभस्ता
१. सा, सं, उ. ३. २. १९. १. त्वां रिहन्ति धतियः, त्वं यां च महिब्रत,
इत्यग्रिमे ऋचौ ।