Avatarika
एवमुक्तो दाल्भ्य आह-हन्ताहमेतद्भगवत्त भगवत वे-दानि यत्प्रतिष्ठ साम इत्युक्त प्रत्युवाच शालावत्य - विद्धीतिहोवाच ।अमुष्य लोकस्य का गतिरिति पृष्ट दाल्भ्येन
In plain words
Thus addressed, Dalbhya replied, "Venerable sir, let me learn from you upon what the Sāman is truly established." Śālāvatya answered, "Understand it thus." When Dalbhya asked him what served as the support for yonder world,
Close to the Sanskrit
Thus addressed, Dalbhya said: Well now, let me know this from your venerable self, what the established Sāman is. Thus addressed, Śālāvatya replied: Know it, he said. When asked by Dalbhya: What is the support of that world?