Shloka 6.80.4
इन्द्रजितो यज्ञानुष्ठानं अन्तर्धानं च (Indrajit’s Rite and the Invisible Assault)
त्वमप्रतिमकर्माणमिन्द्रंजयसिसंयुगे ।किंपुनर्मानुषौदृष्टवा न वधिष्यसिसंयुगे ।।।।
tathokto rākṣasendreṇa pratigṛhya pitur vacaḥ | yajñabhūmau sa vidhivat pāvakaṁ juhava indrajit || 6.80.5 ||
Thus addressed by the lord of the Rākṣasas, Indrajit accepted his father’s command and, at the sacrificial ground, duly offered oblations into the sacred fire according to rite.
"You have won the battle with Indra of incomparable deeds. Why not kill men, onseeing them in combat?"
It highlights adherence to prescribed procedure (vidhi) and obedience to a superior’s command—yet in the Ramayana’s moral universe, ritual correctness does not automatically confer righteousness if the underlying intent is adharma.
After receiving Rāvaṇa’s instruction, Indrajit goes to a ritual ground and performs offerings into fire as part of his war-strategy preparations.
Discipline and ritual competence (vidhi-niṣṭhā), along with filial compliance—though ethically ambivalent in context.