They would not have engaged in such an unfair proceeding had they been unsuccessful in their mission. They have surely achieved success while they have thus been bent upon devastating the orchard.
नैषामकृतकार्याणामीदृशः स्याद् व्यतिक्रमः। वनं यदभिपन्नास्ते साधितं कर्म तद्धवम्॥