Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

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1.73. Those (only, who) know that the holy day of Brahman, indeed, ends after (the completion of) one
thousand ages (of the gods) and that his night lasts as long, (are really) men acquainted with (the length of) days
and nights.
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1.74. At the end of that day and night he who was asleep, awakes and, after awaking, creates mind, which is
both real and unreal.
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1.75. Mind, impelled by (Brahman’s) desire to create, performs the work of creation by modifying itself, thence
ether is produced; they declare that sound is the quality of the latter.
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1.76. But from ether, modifying itself, springs the pure, powerful wind, the vehicle of all perfumes; that is held
to possess the quality of touch.
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1.77. Next from wind modifying itself, proceeds the brilliant light, which illuminates and dispels darkness; that
is declared to possess the quality of colour;
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1.78. And from light, modifying itself, (is produced) water, possessing the quality of taste, from water earth
which has the quality of smell; such is the creation in the beginning.
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1.79. The before-mentioned age of the gods, (or) twelve thousand (of their years), being multiplied by seventyone,
(constitutes what) is here named the period of a Manu (Manvantara).
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1.80. The Manvantaras, the creations and destructions (of the world, are) numberless; sporting, as it were,
Brahman repeats this again and again.
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1.81. In the Krita age Dharma is four-footed and entire, and (so is) Truth; nor does any gain accrue to men by
unrighteousness.
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1.82. In the other (three ages), by reason of (unjust) gains (agama), Dharma is deprived successively of one
foot, and through (the prevalence of) theft, falsehood, and fraud the merit (gained by men) is diminished by one
fourth (in each).