The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Verse 23

एष उ एव बृहस्पतिर्वाग्वै बृहती त-स्या एष पतिस्तस्मादु बृहस्पतिः ॥ २० ॥

In plain words

This very prāṇa is Bṛhaspati. Speech is indeed the Bṛhatī meter, and of that speech prāṇa is the lord; therefore he is Bṛhaspati.

Close to the Sanskrit

This one indeed is Bṛhaspati. Speech verily is Bṛhatī; of that this one is the lord, therefore indeed Bṛhaspati.