suryah -- the sun; ca -- and; astam gatah -- having set; tavat -- thereupon; tamasa -- by darkness; ca -- and; avritah -- covered; disah -- all the directions; nimnam -- low; kulam -- high land; jala-mayam -- with water all around; na prajnayata -- could not be recognized; kincana -- 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.