Lineage of Prajapati - Verse 70-71

There are eleven thousand twenty Rks (in Yajus). In the Samhita of Rhfgu, there are ten thousand three hundred and eighty Rks and a thousand Mantras. The number of Rks in Atharva Veda is more. These are mentioned as five thousand. Some sages add nine hundred and eighty Rks. This is mentioned by Angiras who includes the Aranyaka portion. Thus the number of Rks and the different recensions have been enumerated.