I have several poems, each of which has a quotation mark at the beginning and the end. For example:

“तृणादपि सुनीचेन तरोरिव सहिष्णुना ।
अमानिनां मानदेयं, कीर्तनीयः सदा हरिः ॥“
Tròádapi suniicena taroriva sahiïòuná;
amánináî mánadeyaî, kiirtaniiyah sadá Harih.

The formatting I wish to achieve is as follows: First line central aligned. The first letter of Lines 2, 3, 4 should match up with the location of the first letter of line one -- not the quote mark, but the first letter. So the four lines will appear to be left aligned i.e. the left edge of the group of four lines will be the same, but with all four located in the middle of the page.

What I usually do is:
1. Central align the first line
2. Highlight lines 2-4 and drag them over to the right using the ruler tool at the top of the page, until their first letter lines up with the first letter of the first line.



The problem I encounter is that, due to the quotation mark at the beginning of the first line, I am often unable to get the first letter of lines 2-4 to match exactly with the first letter of line 1. Because of the quotation mark, the first letter of lines 2-4 ends up slight ahead of or slightly behind the first letter of line one. If I remove the quotation mark from the beginning of line one, then they can be made to line up perfectly. But as soon as I add the quotation mark, it makes it impossible to line up the first letters.