Self-esteemed, esteemed by themselves alone as possessed of every quality, not by the good; stubborn, those whose self does not bow; joined with the pride and intoxication of wealth, joined with the pride and intoxication occasioned by wealth: they sacrifice with name-sacrifices, sacrifices in name only, with pretence, with the carrying of a banner of false dharma, not in the prescribed way, devoid of the rules and the array of subsidiary acts laid down by rule.

Self-honoured, honoured by themselves alone, that is, they honour themselves by themselves alone; stubborn, holding themselves full and doing nothing; how so? Joined with the intoxication of wealth and conceit, joined with the intoxication begotten by wealth and by conceit of learning and of birth, with the sacrifices that are sacrifices in name, of name for their purpose; they sacrifice, holding 'I am a sacrificer', with sacrifices that have a mere name for their purpose; and that too out of pretence, for the cause of pretence, for the proclaiming of their being sacrificers, not in the manner prescribed, not as scripture directs. The Lord says that they, being of such a kind, sacrifice.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.