Word Meaning
वहीं
wahīñ
Meaning
Right there, at that very place, or at that exact instant.
Detailed Meaning
An emphatic adverb indicating either precise spatial presence ('right there') or temporal immediacy ('at that very moment'). In the given verse, it marks the instantaneous consequence where the mere lifting of an eyelid coincides immediately with the fatal piercing of the heart. It conveys fatalistic inevitability and dramatic rapidity in Urdu poetry.
Etymology
Derived from Hindi/Urdu adverb वहाँ (from Sanskrit pronominal bases) fused with the emphatic enclitic particle ही.
Usage
In ghazal poetry, it is strategically placed to capture the lightning-fast transition between a cause (such as the beloved's glance) and its devastating effect on the lover.
Examples
He paused right there upon hearing the voice.
The arrow struck at that very moment.