妙法蓮華經文句 1.160

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「劫賓那」者，此翻房宿（音秀），父母禱房星感子故，用房星以名生身也。是比丘初出家未見佛，始向佛所，夜值雨，寄宿陶師房中，以草為座。晚又一比丘亦寄宿，隨後而來，前比丘即推草與之，在地而坐。中夜相問：「欲何所之？」答：「覓佛。」後比丘即為說法，辭在《阿含》可撿取，豁然得道。後比丘即是佛也。共佛房宿（音夙），得見法身，從得道處為名，故言劫賓那。毘沙門持蓋隨賓那後，毘沙門是宿主，主既侍奉星宿亦然。此比丘善占星宿，明識圖像，從解得名，名劫賓那。《增一阿含》云：「我佛法中，善知星宿日月者，劫賓那比丘第一。」

As for "Kapphina" (Jiebinnā), this is translated as "Chamber Constellation" (pronounced xiu). His parents prayed to the Chamber Constellation and were moved to conceive a son; hence they used the Chamber Constellation to name his physical body. When this bhikṣu first went forth and had not yet seen the Buddha, he set out toward the Buddha's location. Encountering rain at night, he lodged in a potter's chamber, using straw as a seat. Later in the evening, another bhikṣu also seeking lodging came following behind. The former bhikṣu pushed straw over to give to him and sat on the ground. In the middle of the night they asked each other, "Where do you wish to go?" He replied, "To seek the Buddha." The latter bhikṣu then preached the Dharma for him—the words can be examined in the Āgama—and he suddenly attained the Way. The latter bhikṣu was none other than the Buddha himself. Lodging in the same room (pronounced su) with the Buddha, he came to see the Dharma body. Named after the place of attaining the Way, he is therefore called Kapphina. Vaiśravaṇa held a parasol and followed behind [Kap]phina; Vaiśravaṇa is the lord of constellations, and since the lord served him, the stars and constellations did likewise. This bhikṣu was skilled at astrology and clearly understood stellar charts; named according to his understanding, he was called Kapphina. The Ekottarika-āgama says: "Among my disciples in the Buddha's Dharma, the bhikṣu Kapphina is foremost in being skilled in knowing constellations, sun, and moon."