Shloka 5
इन्द्रजितो यज्ञानुष्ठानं अन्तर्धानं च
Indrajit’s Rite and the Invisible Assault
तथोक्तोराक्षसेन्द्रेणप्रतिगृह्यपितुर्वचः ।यज्ञभूमौ स विधिवत् पावकंजुहवेन्द्रजित् ।।।।
tathokto rākṣasendreṇa pratigṛhya pitur vacaḥ | yajñabhūmau sa vidhivat pāvakaṁ juhava indrajit || 6.80.5 ||
രാക്ഷസേന്ദ്രൻ ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, ഇന്ദ്രജിത് പിതാവിന്റെ വചനം സ്വീകരിച്ച് യജ്ഞഭൂമിയിൽ വിധിപൂർവ്വം പാവകാഗ്നിയിൽ ആഹുതികൾ അർപ്പിച്ചു.
"You have won the battle with Indra of incomparable deeds. Why not kill men, onseeing them in combat?"
FAQs
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.