Verse 334

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। ॥ ३३४ ॥

In plain words

Take the spider. It is the maker, the efficient cause, because it is itself the one at work; and it is the material cause, because its own body is what the work is made of. Īśvara is both, in exactly that way.

Close to the Sanskrit

Just as a spider would be the efficient cause by reason of its own self being the principal factor, and the material cause by reason of its own body being the principal factor — so too is Īśvara.