how to write poem in Sanskrit
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The basic building block of a poem is a verse known as a stanza. A stanza is a grouping of lines related to the same thought or topic, similar to a paragraph in prose. A stanza can be subdivided based on the number of lines it contains. For example, a couplet is a stanza with two lines.
Explanation:
For that you have to learn Sanskrit and Sanskrit poetic meters.
Sanskrit Poem meters are based on letters count, unlike syllables count and arrangement of english poem or Short/Long count (Matric मात्रिक छंद ) and arrangement (वर्णिक छंद) of Hindi and Urdu.
Considering, the time involved in covering all sanskrit poetic metrical forms, I am illustrating only 2 meters Gaytri (गायत्री छंद) and Anushtup (अनुष्टुप छंद)
1 Gaytri Meter
This has 3 lines each of 8 letters. Total count 24
For example consider the 1st verse of 1st chapter of 1st Mandal of 1st Veda ie Rigved. Each verse of Rigved has 4 entries . The sage who told the chapters which contain the verse. Here it has been told by 2 sages. Then the God to whom it is offered and the metrical form in which it is composed and the 4th information is the note in which it is to be sung, here it is Sa known as Shadaj.