sūryaḥ - the sun; ca - and; astam gataḥ - having set; tāvat - thereupon; tamasā - by darkness; ca - and; āvṛtāḥ - covered; diśaḥ - all the directions; nimnam - low; kūlam - high land; jala-mayam - with water all around; na prājñāyata - could not be recognized; kiñcana - any.

Then, as the sun set, the forest was covered by darkness in every direction, and with all the flooding we could not distinguish high land from low.