Vyasa said Only Brahma, who is without beginning without end, unborn, effulgent, above decay, immutable, indestructible, inconceivable and transcending knowledge, exists before the Creation.
व्यास उवाच अनाद्यन्तमजं दिव्यमजरं ध्रुवमव्ययम्। अप्रतर्व्यमविज्ञेयं ब्रह्माने सम्प्रवर्तते॥