क्वचिद्विद्वद्गोष्ठी क्वचिदपि सुरामत्त कलहः
क्वचिद् वीणावादः क्वचिदपि हाहेति रुदनं
क्वचिद्रम्या रामा क्वचिदपि जराजर्जर तनुम
न जाने संसारे किम मृत मयः किं विषमयः
Kwachidvidwadgoshtee kwachidapi suraamatta kalahh
kwachid veenavadah kwaqchidapi haaheti rudanam
kwachidramyaa raama kwachidapi jaraajarjar tanum
na jaane sansare kimmrutamayah kim vishmayahh.
i.e. Some where there is an assembly of learned persons (vidwadgoshthee) and somewhere drunkards are creating a row, whereas at another place people are mourning and weeping (over the death of a person). Somewhere a person is enjoying youth in the company of a beautiful woman (Raama) in stark contrast to an aged person with a badly wasted body due to old age. So no body is able to tell what is like 'Amrit' and what is like 'Visha' in this fickle world (asaar Sansaar).
(Amrit = A heavenly nector produced during "Samudra Manthan" (already referred in a 'shloka' posted previously). It is believed that one becomes immortal after drinking 'Amrit' So here 'Amritmaya' means a thing that is very pleasurable and beneficial. In contrast 'Visha" means a very potent poison which results in immediate death. So 'visha-maya' means a thing which brings all sorts of problems and sorrow to a person.)
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