Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29

Sanskrit:

मैत्रेय उवाचइत्थं विपर्ययमति: पापीयानुत्पथं गत: ।अनुनीयमानस्तद्याच्ञां न चक्रे भ्रष्टमङ्गल: ॥ २९ ॥

ITRANS:

maitreya uvācaitthaṁ viparyaya-matiḥpāpīyān utpathaṁ gataḥanunīyamānas tad-yācñāṁna cakre bhraṣṭa-maṅgalaḥ

Translation:

The great sage Maitreya continued: Thus the King, who became unintelligent due to his sinful life and deviation from the right path, became actually bereft of all good fortune. He could not accept the requests of the great sages, which the sages put before him with great respect, and therefore he was condemned.

Purport:

The demons certainly cannot have any faith in the words of authorities. In fact, they are always disrespectful to authorities. They manufacture their own religious principles and disobey great personalities like Vyāsa, Nārada and even the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. As soon as one disobeys authority, he immediately becomes very sinful and loses his good fortune. The King was so puffed up and impudent that he dared disrespect the great saintly personalities, and this brought him ruination.