[348] Bhikkhus, suppose a man, having caught six animals of different domains and different feeding grounds, were to bind them with a strong rope. Having caught a snake, he would bind it with a strong rope; having caught a crocodile, he would bind it with a strong rope; having caught a bird, he would bind it with a strong rope; having caught a dog, he would bind it with a strong rope; having caught a jackal, he would bind it with a strong rope; having caught a monkey, he would bind it with a strong rope. Having bound them with a strong rope, he would tie a knot in the middle and release them. Then, bhikkhus, those six animals of different domains and different feeding grounds would each pull toward their own feeding ground and domain. The snake would pull, thinking, "I will enter an anthill." The crocodile would pull, thinking, "I will enter the water." The bird would pull, thinking, "I will fly up into the sky." The dog would pull, thinking, "I will enter a village." The jackal would pull, thinking, "I will enter a charnel ground (sivathikā)." The monkey would pull, thinking, "I will enter a forest." When, bhikkhus, those six animals had become worn out and fatigued, then whichever of those animals was the strongest — they would follow along with it, conform to it, and come under its control. Even so, bhikkhus, in whatever bhikkhu mindfulness directed to the body (kāyagatāsati) is undeveloped and not cultivated, the eye pulls him toward agreeable forms, and disagreeable forms are repulsive … the tongue pulls him; the body pulls him; the mind pulls him toward agreeable dhammas, and disagreeable dhammas are repulsive. It is in this way, bhikkhus, that there is non-restraint (asaṃvara).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.