Shloka 6.80.42
इन्द्रजितो यज्ञानुष्ठानं अन्तर्धानं च (Indrajit’s Rite and the Invisible Assault)
यद्येषभूमिंविशतेदिवंवारसातलंवापिनभस्स्थलंवा ।एवंनिगूढोऽममास्त्रदग्धःपतिष्यतेभूमितलेगतासुः ।।।।
sarvato ’gniṁ samāstīrya śarapatraiḥ satomaraiḥ | chāgasya sarvakṛṣṇasya galaṁ jagrāha jīvataḥ || 6.80.8 ||
Having strewn all around the fire on every side with reed-grass and weapons, he seized the throat of a living, wholly black goat meant for the offering.
"If he enters into earth, heaven or the underground world or the subterranean world or remains hidden, my weapon will consume him, and he will fall on earth."
It raises the tension between ritual action and moral evaluation: the epic repeatedly implies that dharma is not guaranteed by rite alone, but by alignment with truth and righteous purpose.
The sacrificial space is prepared with symbolic/weapon-like items, and the animal intended for offering is physically taken hold of.
Determination and resolve—here expressed in a grim ritual act serving a martial objective.