व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
तथा चारणविद्यानां प्रमाणसहितं शृणु / षट्सहस्रमृचामुक्तमृचः षड्विंशतिं पुनः
tathā cāraṇavidyānāṃ pramāṇasahitaṃ śṛṇu / ṣaṭsahasramṛcāmuktamṛcaḥ ṣaḍviṃśatiṃ punaḥ
Likewise, hear with due measure the reckoning of the Cāraṇa sciences: the ṛc-verses are said to be six thousand, and again a further twenty-six ṛc.