गोविन्द भाष्य (श्रील बलदेव विद्याभूषण - अचिन्त्यभेदाभेद वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

Adhikaraṇa 6
Earth Is Manifested From Water, and the Word "Anna" in the Chāndogya
Upaniṣad Means "Earth"
Introduction by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa
In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad it is said:
tā āpa aikṣanta bahvayaḥ syāma prajāyemahīti tā annam asṛjanta
"Water thought: `I shall become many. I shall father many children.' Then
water created anna."
What is the meaning of the word "anna" here? Does it mean "barley and other
food", or does it mean “earth"?
In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad it is said:
tasmād yatra kvacana varṣati tad eva bhūyiṣṭham annaṁ bhavaty adbhya eva tad
adhy annādyaṁ jāyate
"Therefore, whenever it rains there is abundant anna. In this way anna is
produced by water."
This passage seems, therefore, to support the idea that the word "anna" here
means barely and other food". To explain the proper meaning here, the author of
the sūtras speaks the following words.
Sūtra 11
pṛthivy-adhikāra-rūpa-śabdāntarebhyaḥ
pṛthivi—earth; adhikāra—context; rūpa—color; śabda—quotes from the Śruti-