Dhammapada · 4.15

Yathā saṅkāradhānasmiṃ, ujjhitasmiṃ mahāpathe;Padumaṃ tattha jāyetha, sucigandhaṃ manoramaṃ.

Yatha sankaradhanasmim, ujjhitasmim mahapathe; Padumam tattha jayetha, sucigandham manoramam.

Just as on a refuse-heap discarded by the great highway, a lotus might arise — sweetly scented, delighting the mind —

— Dhammapada 4.15

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.