बहुरूपैकरूपं तद् दृश्यते न च दृश्यते । मायामयं मयकृतं दुर्विभाव्यं परैरभूत् ॥ २१ ॥
bahu-rūpaika-rūpaṁ tad dṛśyate na ca dṛśyate māyā-mayaṁ maya-kṛtaṁ durvibhāvyaṁ parair abhūt
- bahu
- with many
- rūpa
- forms
- eka
- with one
- rūpam
- form
- tat
- that (Saubha airship)
- dṛśyate
- is seen
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- dṛśyate
- is seen
- māyā-mayam
- magical
- maya
- by Maya Dānava
- kṛtam
- made
- durvibhāvyam
- impossible to find
- paraiḥ
- by the enemy (the Yādavas)
- abhūt
- it became
At one moment the magic airship built by Maya Dānava appeared in many identical forms, and the next moment it was again only one. Sometimes it was visible, and sometimes not. Thus Śālva’s opponents could never be sure where it was.