Valmiki Ramayana Kishkindha Kanda Sarga 61 Shloka 11

याम्या दिक् southern direction, न च ज्ञायते also was not known, आग्नेयी south east, न or, वारुणी west, न or, लोकः world, युगान्ते at the end of yuga, अग्निना by fire of dissolution, दग्धः burnt, हत इव consumed, नियतः set by an order.

'I did not know which the southern direction was or the southeast or the west. It looked as if the world had been consumed by fire and dissolved, as if it was the end of the yuga.