Chapter 66 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 66.20

गते तु शोकात् त्रिदिवं नराधिपे महीतलस्थासु नृपाङ्गनासु च। निवृत्तचारः सहसा गतो रविः प्रवृत्तचारा रजनी ह्युपस्थिता॥

gate tu śokāt tridivaṃ narādhipe mahītalasthāsu nṛpāṅganāsu ca| nivṛttacāraḥ sahasā gato raviḥ pravṛttacārā rajanī hyupasthitā||

English Meaning

On the lord of men having ascended heaven from grief, and the wives of the king remaining on the earth, the sun, his journey done, set, and the night began her course.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)