The intelligence of cruel-minded persons is blinded by false pride based on great wealth, opulence, prestigious family connections, education, renunciation, personal beauty, physical strength and successful performance of Vedic rituals. Being intoxicated with this false pride, such cruel persons blaspheme the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotees.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
श्रिया विभूत्याभिजनेन विद्यया त्यागेन रूपेण बलेन कर्मणा । जातस्मयेनान्धधियः सहेश्वरान् सतोऽवमन्यन्ति हरिप्रियान् खलाः
śriyā vibhūtyābhijanena vidyayā tyāgena rūpeṇa balena karmaṇā | jātasmayenāndhadhiyaḥ saheśvarān sato'vamanyanti haripriyān khalāḥ
SB 11.5.9