Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, Verse 18

अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः | मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः ||

ahaṅkāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ ca saṁśritāḥ mām ātma-para-deheṣu pradviṣanto 'bhyasūyakāḥ

Blinded by egotism, strength, arrogance, desire, and anger, the demoniac abuse Me, who am present in their own body and in the bodies of others.

Krishna reveals the ultimate blindness of demonic nature: 'ahaṅkāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ ca saṁśritāḥ'—blinded by egotism, strength, arrogance, desire, and anger. These five qualities completely obscure their vision. They can't see reality. 'Mām ātma-para-deheṣu pradviṣanto 'bhyasūyakāḥ'—they abuse Me, who am present in their own body and in the bodies of others. This is the ultimate delusion: Krishna is present in everyone, in everything. When you abuse others, you're abusing Krishna. When you abuse yourself, you're abusing Krishna. But blinded by ego, arrogance, desire, and anger, they can't see this. They see others as enemies, as obstacles, as means to ends. They see themselves as separate, as superior, as the center. They abuse the divine presence in themselves and others. This is the peak of demonic blindness: completely unable to see the divine, completely consumed by the five qualities that obscure vision.