In the first verse of Kandar Anubhuti, Arunagirinatha begins with the word aadum. Thus the work may be said to begin with the pranava mantra , AUM, said So. Meenakshisundaram in a discourse. The word aadum contains a, u and m. Aadum pari are the first two words in the verse. Pari means horse. But here, it is a reference to the peacock. The saint could have used the more commonly used word mayil for peacock. But then, the pranava would be lost and his intention was to place the pranava right at the beginning. If he had used the word mayil, then along with the adjective aadum ,it would have been read as aadumayil. Thus the separate word aadum, with its emphasis on all the three letters, namely, a, u, and m, would no longer be there in the verse. Hence the use of the word pari, instead of mayil.