નિત્ય કમળ જળમાં રહે, લેશ ન ભેદે નીર; કામ ન ભેદે તેહને, જેનું શુદ્ધ શરીર.

nitya kamaḷa jaḷamāṁ rahē, lēśa na bhēdē nīra; kāma na bhēdē tēhanē, jēnuṁ śuddha śarīra.

Literally: The lotus always remains in the water, yet the water does not penetrate it in the least; lust does not penetrate him whose body is pure.
What it means: Just as a lotus remains untouched by the water it grows in, a person of pure character remains unaffected by worldly desires and lust.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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