vyāsaḥ satyavatī-sutaḥ

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.