Bodhicaryavatara 1.37

1.37

eko 'ntarakalpaḥ kalpaḥ / viṃśatirantarakalpāḥ kalpaḥ / aśītirantarakalpāḥ kalpaḥ / sa ca mahākalpa ityabhidhīyate / tadiha mahākalpasyaiva grahaṇam / analpān bahūn prathamāsaṃkhyeyāntargatān / pravicintayadbhiḥ tātparyeṇa paribhāvayadbhiḥ / dṛṣṭamadhigatam / munīndraiḥ buddhairbhagavadbhirbodhisattvāvasthāyām / hitaṃ sarvārthasādhanayogyam, tadbījabhūtatvāt / etadeva saṃbodhicittameva / kathaṃ punaridameva hitamityāha- yata ityādi / yasmāt sukhaṃ pravṛddhaṃ prakarṣagataṃ buddhatvalakṣaṇam / apramitān aprameyān / janaughān sattvasamūhān / utplāvayati uttārayati saṃsāraduḥkhamahārṇavāt / tasmādidameva hitam //

One intermediate eon is an eon; twenty intermediate eons are an eon; eighty intermediate eons are an eon, and that is called a great eon. Here it is precisely the great eon that is meant. "Many" means numerous, contained within the first incalculable eon. "Contemplating" means thoroughly reflecting with dedication. "Saw" means realized. "The lords of sages": the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, while in the state of bodhisattvas. "Beneficial" means capable of accomplishing all purposes, because it is their seed. "This very thing": the complete awakening mind itself. Why, moreover, is this alone beneficial? He says: "Whereby," and so on. Because abundant, fully developed happiness, characterized by Buddhahood, carries across, delivers from the great ocean of the suffering of cyclic existence, countless, immeasurable floods of people, masses of sentient beings. Therefore, this alone is beneficial.