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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.79.14

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 79: Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose. Bharata denies seeking Rāma’s death and asks the way to Bharadvāja, Guha offers guides and praises his refusal of the Kingdom

In the sequence: after settling the camp, Bharata retires with Śatrughna

2.79.14

evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇasya guhasya bharataṃ tadā
babhau naṣṭaprabhaḥ sūryo rajanī cābhyavartata

As Guha was conversing thus with Bharata, the sun grew dim and set, and night came on.

Words: evaṃ — thus; saṃbhāṣamāṇasya — as (he) was conversing; guhasya — of Guha; bharataṃ — with Bharata; tadā — then; babhau — appeared, shone; naṣṭaprabhaḥ — with its radiance lost, dimmed; sūryo — the sun; rajanī — night; cābhyavartata — and came on

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.