Kukkuvagga

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 974

[974] White-rooted, sprung from pure water, just as the water-born flower grown in lotus ponds, just as the lotus that bursts into bloom at the sun's fiery blaze is stained by neither mud, nor dust, nor water —

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.