Verse 31

यद्यत्र क्रमसंप्राप्तमुपपन्नमनिन्दितम् ।तदेव राजते तत्र जलेऽम्भोजं नतु स्थले

In plain words

Whatever arrives in its due place, fitting and blameless, that alone shines there -- a lotus in water, not on dry ground.