Word Meaning
इन्हीं
Inhīñ
Meaning
These very ones; only these (emphatic proximate plural pronoun).
Detailed Meaning
An emphatic oblique plural form of the proximate demonstrative pronoun 'yah' (this/these). In classical poetry, it is employed to focus attention strictly and decisively upon an earlier mentioned set of subjects or attributes. In this couplet, it refers exclusively to the newly educated youth, modern institutions, and superficial glamour responsible for sustaining Western cultural dominance.
Etymology
Derived from Old Indo-Aryan / Sanskrit proximate pronominal stem 'eṣām' (एषाम्) through Middle Indo-Aryan/Apabhramsha, combined with the Hindi-Urdu emphatic particle 'hī' (ही).
Usage
Commonly placed at the beginning of a line to emphatically assign causality, blame, or tribute to an immediately referenced group.
Examples
Come if you can by treading upon these very stones.
It is by virtue of these very ones that spring endures.
