The great Vishnu, who is full of Brahma, than whom there is no higher being in the three worlds is the first of all the universe.
आदिर्विश्वस्य जगतो विष्णुर्ब्रह्ममयो महान्। भूतं परतरं यस्मात् त्रैलोक्ये नेह विद्यते॥