Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16 Verse 17
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 16 श्लोक 17

आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः।
यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम्।।16.17।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी तेजोमयानंद
।।16.17।। अपने आप को ही श्रेष्ठ मानने वाले? स्तब्ध (गर्वयुक्त)? धन और मान के मद से युक्त लोग शास्त्रविधि से रहित केवल नाममात्र के यज्ञों द्वारा दम्भपूर्वक यजन करते हैं।।


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
Lord Krishna describes telltale signs and characteristics of  the  demoniac.



Sambhavitah  means  conceited,  self  aggrandizing.  The  demoniac   flatter
themselves.


Stabdah means impertinent, pompous. Thinking they are the  better  than  all
others.


Dhana-mana-mada-anvizah  means  inebriated  and   puffed   up   by   wealth,
bloodlines, etc.


Avidhi-purvakam means the  demoniac  do  pseudo  rituals  condemned  by  the
Vedas.





The  pseudo-rituals  enacted  by  the  demoniac  are   nothing   more   then
pretentious  exhibitions  of  ostentatious  decadence  regardless   of   the
opulence they are always void of  devotion  to  the  Supreme  Lord  and  are
performed  contrary  to  the  injunctions  and  ordinances  of   the   Vedic
scriptures.