Neither earth, nor sky, nor heaven, nor things, nor the vital airs, nor virtue and vice, nor anything else, existed before, except the Intelligence-Soul. Nor have they any necessary connection with even the Intelligence-Soul corrupted by Darkness.
न भून खं द्यौर्भूतानि नर्षयो न सुरासुराः। नान्यदासीदृते जीवमासेदुर्न तु संहतम्॥