1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 16 - Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 17

The entire content of this mail is from Shri V N Gopala Desikan's  Srimad Bhagavad Gita, published by Vishishtadvaita Research Centre, Chennai and The Bhagavad Gita by Swami Chidbhavananda published by Ramakrishna Mission

The evil ways of the diabolical are further illustrated further.

The Demoniacal Ways - 7-18

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 16 - Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 17

Atma sambhavitah stabdhah dhan man madanvitah I

Yajante nama yagyaih te dambhane avidhi purva kam II sloka 17

आत्म संभाविताः स्तब्धः धन मान मदान्विताः I 

यजन्ते नाम यज्ञैः ते दम्भेन अविधि पूर्व कम् II श्लोक 17

Self conceited, stubborn, filled with the pride and intoxication of wealth, they perform sacrifice in name for ostentation, disregarding ordinance.

The performance of rituals has undergone a change with the passage of  time. The performance of yagna has become scarce in these days, the temple worship having taken up its place. There are people today who build temples for self advertisement, who conduct religious celebrations for pomp and show and who arrange for elaborate and costly worship in temples not for devotion but for name and fame.