आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः।
यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम्।।16.17।।
।।16.17।।अपनेको सबसे अधिक पूज्य माननेवाले? अकड़ रखनेवाले तथा धन और मानके मदमें चूर रहनेवाले वे मनुष्य दम्भसे अविधिपूर्वक नाममात्रके यज्ञोंसे यजन करते हैं।
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.
