Bhagavatapurana 10.49.22

10.49.22

adharmopacitaṃ vittaṃ haranty anye 'lpa-medhasaḥ /
sambhojanīyāpadeśair jalānīva jalaukasaḥ //

by the name of those that deserve to be fed and nourished, even as the waters are of the aquatic animals.

21. & 22. ‘A creature is but one when it is born and it is but one when it ceases to be. It is but one that eats the fruits of its good deeds and it is but one that suffers for its evil deeds. The ill-gotten wealth of the poor creature is appropriated by others who go