The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Verse 163

अथ यदवोच भू प्रपद्य इति पृथिवींप्रपद्येऽन्तरिक्ष प्रपद्ये दिव प्रपद्य इत्येवतदवोचम् ॥ ५ ॥

In plain words

Now, when he declared 'I take refuge in the earth-realm,' he meant precisely this: 'I take refuge in the earth, I take refuge in the atmosphere, I take refuge in heaven.'

Close to the Sanskrit

Now, that which he spoke, 'I take refuge in bhu' — thus indeed I spoke: 'I take refuge in the earth, I take refuge in the atmosphere, I take refuge in heaven'.