SB 10.80.37

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 80: The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā

SB 10.80.36

SB 10.80.38

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 37

sūryaś cāstaṁ gatas tāvat
tamasā cāvṛtā diśaḥ
nimnaṁ kūlaṁ jala-mayaṁ
na prājñāyata kiñcana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.