Dhammapada · 3.2

Vārijova thale khitto, okamokataubbhato;Pariphandatidaṃ cittaṃ, māradheyyaṃ pahātave.

varijo-va thale khitto, okamokata-ubbhato; pariphandati-dam cittam, maradheyyam pahatave.

As a fish flips when pulled from its watery home and thrown onto dry ground, so this mind thrashes about, struggling to escape Mara's domain.

— Dhammapada 3.2

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.