Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 11: Rāma Goes to Agastya’s Āśrama
Text 3.11.70
एवं कथयमानस्य तस्य सौमित्रिणा सह।
रामस्यास्तं गतः सूर्यः सन्ध्याकालोऽभ्यवर्तत॥
evaṁ kathayamānasya tasya saumitriṇā saha
rāmasyāstaṁ gataḥ sūryaḥ sandhyā-kālo ’bhyavartata
evam = thus; kathayamānasya = spoke; tasya1 saumitriṇā = Lakṣmaṇa; saha = with; rāmasya = while Rāma; astam gataḥ = set; sūryaḥ = the sun; sandhyā-kālaḥ = and dusk; abhyavartata = settled in.
While Rāma thus spoke with Lakṣmaṇa, the sun set and dusk settled in.
1 Technical note: tasya rāmasya.