Chapter 48 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 48.27

नष्टज्वलनसंतापा प्रशान्ताध्यायसत्कथा। तिमिरेणानुलिप्तेव तदा सा नगरी बभौ॥

naṣṭajvalanasaṃtāpā praśāntādhyāyasatkathā| timireṇānulipteva tadā sā nagarī babhau||

English Meaning

The city became enveloped in darkness, and the light of the sacrificial fires) extinguished, and the sounds of study and edifying discourse ceased.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)