Sanskrit Quote for Ulrich Stiehl
Many types of anuShTubh metre exist. Commonest is the one with 8 syllables in a quarter of differing quantity. In each quarter, 5th syllable is short, sixth long & 7th alternatively long & short. The following shloka explains it.
श्लोके षष्ठं गुरु ज्ञेयं सर्वत्र लघुपंचमम्।
द्विचतुःपादयोर्र्हस्वं सप्तमं दीर्घमन्ययोः॥
An example of this metre is the famous verse from raghuvaMsham
वागर्थाविव संपृक्तौ वागर्थप्रतिपत्तये।
जगतः पितरौ वंदे पार्वतीपरमेश्वरौ॥