सूत उवाच एवं निशम्य भगवान् देवर्शेर्जन्म कर्म च । भूयः पप्रच्छ तं ब्रह्मन् व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः ॥ १ ॥
suta uvaca
evam nisamya bhagavan
devarser janma karma ca
bhuyah papraccha tam brahman
vyasah satyavati-sutah
sutah uvaca-Suta said; evam-thus; nisamya-hearing; bhagavan-the powerful incarnation of God; devarseh-of the great sage among the gods; janma-birth; karma-work; ca-and; bhuyah-again; papraccha-asked; tam-him; brahman-O brahmanas;vyasah-Vyasadeva; satyavati-sutah-the son of Satyavati.