Ravana Stops Indrajit's Sacrifice

While Ravana was away at war, his son Indrajit stayed in Lanka, performing rituals to obtain weapons and mantras from the gods. His guru Shukra explained how to perform the sacrifices, and his uncle Vibhishana encouraged him. In this way Indrajit had won an everlasting quiver of arrows and the tamasi spell of darkness.
As Indrajit was about to sacrifice to Shiva, Ravana returned. "Stop this at once!" he shouted. "How dare you worship my enemies?!"
Indrajit thus obtained great weapons and power, and he would have obtained even more... if Ravana had not put a stop to his sacrifice.

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Inspired by: The Ramayana (Uttara Kanda, 25).
Notes: You can read more about Shukra at Wikipedia.

(Indrajit puppet)