Baḷisasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 539

[539] Bhikkhus, suppose a fisherman were to cast a baited hook into a deep pool of water, and a certain fish with an eye for the bait were to swallow it. In this way, bhikkhus, that fish which has swallowed the hook would meet with misfortune, would meet with disaster, and the fisherman could do with it as he wishes.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.