Celestial egg that created the world

According to the Mahabharata, the world was created out of an egg. This egg evolved by itself and became the source of all the living beings on this earth. Before the world was created there was an age of complete darkness. Then there appeared a huge egg from which this whole universe was created. This celestial egg was illuminated with divine light and irradiated light. Brahm or the divine Truth, the omniscient and omnipresent power was inherent in it.

From the egg also appeared the creator of the world, Brahma (the four headed god in the Hindu Pantheon considered to be the creator of the world). Then appeared the ten celestial beings, Daksh and his seven sons, the seven celestial rishis (Saptrishis) and fourteen Manus. The various Gods, Vishvedeva, Aditya, Vasu, Ashwini Kumar, Yakshas, Gandharvas, Siddhas, demons, ancestors, Brahmrishis, Rajrishis, water, the three worlds, earth, air, sky, directions, seasons, months, days, nights and all the other things that are present in this world all appeared from the egg. It is destined that when the destruction of the creation is inevitable then everything that appeared from the egg will disappear into the supreme soul that is the Brahm.

The cycle of time is endless and is a cycle of birth and death, creation and destruction. The forefathers of all the major dynasties and living creatures were all born from this egg. Vivaswan had twelve sons of which Manu was one. Manu is considered to be the father of Mankind according to Hindu Mythology. Manu had two sons --- Devbhrat and Subhrat. Subhrat had three sons, Dashjyoti, Shatjyoti and Sahastrajyoti. Dashjyoti had ten thousand sons, Shatjyoti had one lakh and Sahastrajyoti had ten lakh sons. They formed the various dynasties like Kuru, Yadu, Bharat, Yayati and Ikshvaku.