bahu -- with many; rupa -- forms; eka -- with one; rupam -- form; tat -- that (Saubha airship); drisyate -- is seen; na -- not; ca -- and; drisyate -- is seen; maya-mayam -- magical; maya -- by Maya Danava; kritam -- made; durvibhavyam -- impossible to find; paraih -- by the enemy (the Yadavas); abhut -- it became.

At one moment the magic airship built by Maya Danava appeared in many identical forms, and the next moment it was again only one. Sometimes it was visible, and sometimes not. Thus Salva's opponents could never be sure where it was.