iti dadhyau dhiyā ciram

maitreyah uvaca-Sri Maitreya Muni said; paramesthi-Brahma; tu-also; apam-the water; madhye-within; tatha-thus; sannam-situated; aveksya-seeing; gam-the earth; katham-how; enam-this; samunnesye-I will lift; iti-thus; dadhyau-gave attention; dhiya-by intelligence; ciram-for a long time.