法華義疏 8.323

8.323

「若有多眾」，第二、永度之人也。即沙彌所化徒眾是也。上云無有智人，今明欲度人多，故云眾多也。「欲過此道至珍寶處」者，菩薩發心凡有二意：一、欲度凡夫二乘地；二、欲求無上菩提也。

"Suppose there were a large crowd of people" is the second [clause]: the people to be forever ferried across. That is, the multitude converted by the śrāmaṇeras. Above it said that there was no wise person; here it clarifies that the people desiring to cross are numerous, hence it says "a large crowd". "Desiring to pass along this path to reach a place of precious jewels": when a bodhisattva arouses the aspiration [for awakening], there are in general two intentions: first, desiring to cross beyond the stages of ordinary persons and the two vehicles; second, desiring to seek unsurpassed bodhi.