Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with the intoxication of wealth and pride, they perform sacrifice in name only, with hypocrisy, disregarding prescribed rules.

The demonic type even performs religious observance — but corrupted at the root. They are ātma-sambhāvita (self-conceited, those who have given themselves the highest estimation), stabdha (stubborn, unable to receive correction or learn), and drunk with wealth and pride (dhana-māna-mada). The sacrifices they perform are nāma-yajña — sacrifices in name only, rituals stripped of their inner content and performed purely as social performance. They are done with dambha (hypocrisy) and avidhipūrvakam — without following the prescribed methods, because genuine method would require surrender of ego, which the demonic type cannot offer. This is religion as theatre, spirituality as brand management.