Shatakatraya 1.67

1.67

santaptāyasi saṃsthitasya payaso nāmāpi na jñāyate
muktākāratayā tad eva nalinī-patra-sthitaṃ rājate |
svātyāṃ sāgara-śukti-madhya-patitaṃ tan-mauktikaṃ jāyate
prāyeṇādhama-madhyamottama-guṇaḥ saṃsargato jāyate ||

When water falls upon glowing iron, not even its name remains known; / lying upon a lotus leaf, that same water shines in the form of a pearl; / falling into a sea-oyster during the Svāti asterism, it becomes a pearl indeed: / generally, low, middle, and high quality arises from company.