華嚴經探玄記 11.35

11.35

第八慚愧中，初牒前起後；二「即知時」下正顯行相，謂雖得世智，能為利益眾生，然於或剎那時、或晝夜時、或所作成就時，每自斟量，不令自心隨逐世法，常生慚愧，不失自行，故云習自他利道也。

Eighth, in modesty and shame: first, taking up the preceding to introduce the following; second, from "directly knowing the time" downward, directly showing the active aspects, meaning that although one has obtained worldly knowledge and is able to benefit beings, yet whether at a kṣaṇa's time, or day and night, or when accomplishments are achieved, one constantly weighs oneself so as not to allow one's mind to follow along with worldly phenomena; constantly generating modesty and shame, one does not lose one's own practice, hence it says "practising the path of benefiting oneself and others".