Canto 3: Araṇya-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 6: The Sages Inform Rāma About the Rākṣasas Torturing ThemText 3.6.23
Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 6: The Sages Inform Rāma About the Rākṣasas Torturing Them
Text 3.6.23
पितुस्तु निर्देशकरः प्रविष्टोऽहमिदं वनम्।
भवतामर्थसिद्द्यर्थमागतोऽहं यदृच्छया॥
pitus tu nirdeśakaraḥ praviṣṭo ’ham idaṁ vanam
bhavatām artha-siddhy-artham āgato ’haṁ yadṛcchayā
pituḥ tu = of My father; nirdeśakaraḥ = to carry out the instruction; praviṣṭaḥ aham = having entered; idam = this; vanam = forest; bhavatām = your; artha-siddhi-artham = to fulfill purposes; āgataḥ = have come; aham = I; yadṛcchayā = by the ways of providence.
Having entered this forest to carry out the instruction of My father, I have come by the ways of providence to fulfill your purposes.
He implies that He has come to fulfill their purposes on the pretext of carrying out His father’s orders.