觀無量壽佛經義疏 2.20

2.20

「爾時大王食[麩-夫+少]飲漿，求水漱口畢已，合掌恭敬向耆闍崛山遙禮世尊，而作是言：『大目犍連是吾親友，願興慈悲授我八戒。』」目犍連，此翻採菽氏。上古仙人採菽豆而食，因以命族。是王門師，故稱親友。二、目連應機。

"At that time, after the Great King had eaten the flour and drunk the juice, he asked for water to rinse his mouth. Having finished, he pressed his palms together reverently, bowed from afar toward Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa to the World-Honoured One, and said: 'Mahāmaudgalyāyana is my close friend; would that he arouse compassion and confer upon me the eight precepts.'" "Maudgalyāyana" is translated here as "Bean-Gatherer Clan." In ancient times, an immortal gathered beans to eat, and named his clan after this. Being the teacher of the king's household, he is therefore called a "close friend." Second, Maudgalyāyana responds to the capacity.