Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, Verse 15

आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया | यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः ||

āḍhyo 'bhijanavān asmi ko 'nyo 'sti sadṛśo mayā yakṣye dāsyāmi modiṣya ity ajñāna-vimohitāḥ

I am wealthy and of noble birth. Who else is equal to me? I shall perform sacrifices, give charity, and rejoice. Thus deluded by ignorance, they think.

Krishna reveals the hypocrisy of demonic nature in religious practice: 'āḍhyo 'bhijanavān asmi'—I am wealthy and of noble birth. They're proud of their status, their wealth, their lineage. 'Ko 'nyo 'sti sadṛśo mayā'—who else is equal to me? They see themselves as superior, unique, special. Then their religious practice: 'yakṣye dāsyāmi modiṣye'—I shall perform sacrifices, give charity, and rejoice. But this isn't genuine devotion—it's for self-aggrandizement. They perform religious acts to show off, to prove their superiority, to maintain their status. 'Ity ajñāna-vimohitāḥ'—thus deluded by ignorance, they think. This is the ultimate hypocrisy: using religion to feed ego, to show superiority, to maintain arrogance. They're not practicing for God or for others—they're practicing for themselves, for recognition, for status. This is the demonic use of religion: completely self-serving, completely ego-driven, completely deluded.