सीतानाथ समारम्भां रामानन्दार्य मध्यमाम्।
अस्मदाचार्य पर्यन्तां वन्दे श्रीगुरू परम्पराम् ।।
Very great question !!
See, Brahma Sūtra & Vedās are in highly coded form as God himslef loves what is described in esoteric terms (परोक्ष=गुप्त रूप). Because according to Maha-Purusha-s these Scriptures are very illusionary as they contains everything and they themselves don't want that people come out from this illusion. जैसे गंगा में प्रत्येक प्रकार का पानी बहता है जैसे नगर का, घर का, किसी राज्य का, किसी नाले का, ठीक उसी प्रकार शास्त्रों में सब मिलता है। That's why learned people always attain that supreme personality only by surrendering to Acharya. Because an Acharya will tell you what you mean to study, how much you have to study. To put it plainly, he will give you nectar from that endless ocean 🌊🌊 after drinking which you will become Ānand Swarōop i.e. eternal blissful.
Before starting further I want to say just one thing;
वेद पुराण भी पढ़ कर यदि हरि नहीं मिले तो पूरे जीवन भी शास्त्रों के अध्ययन का कोई लाभ नहीं है।
See, forget “ अ “, Even if the Brahma Sutras and the Vedas were to begin with any letter, they would still refer to the Supreme Purusha, Shri Rām. As said by Vedās themselves;
अकारादिक्षकारान्तवर्णजातकलेवरम् ।
विकलेवरकैवल्यं रामचन्द्रपदं भजे ॥
Whose divine form is accumulation of the words starting from “A-kār" (अ से प्रारंभ) to “Cha-kār” (क्ष तक). (यानी अ से लेकर क्ष तक जितने शब्द हैं वह सारे शब्द रघुराई को ही संबोधित करते हैं) Whose form is devoid of “Maya” (चिदानंदमय देह तुम्हारी। बिगत बिकार जान अधिकारी॥) Who is Moksha Swaroop, I worship that supreme purusha Sri Rām's lotus feet.
(Rigveda Shākha Akshamalika Upanishad 1.1)
So the very first Shlokā of Vedās, i.e.;
अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् । होतारं रत्नधातमम् ॥
(Rigveda 1.1.1)
Donotes Śrī Rām in esoteric terms (गुप्त रूप) because supreme purusha loves what is in esoteric terms as said by Vedas ITSELF;
परोक्षप्रिया इव हि देवाः
(Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.2.2)
Bhagavan Shri Rām likes to be referred and described in esoteric terms.
One very interesting thing is that that word Agni (अग्नि) himself denotes Śrī Rām. As said by lord Shiva himself in Skandh Purān, Nirvān Khand, Chapter 32;
रेफोऽग्निरहमेवोक्तो विष्णुः सोमो म उच्यते । आवयोर्मध्यगो ब्रह्मा रविराकार उच्यते ॥
The letter “R” or “ र ” of the name Ram signifies fire, that fire is me. The 'm' in the name of Rama stands for the soma 'Vishnu', and the “A” (रा और म के बीच आ की मात्रा) in the middle of the two means Brahma the same denotes the sun also.
Also cleared by Vedās—
रकारो वह्निवचनः
The Sanskrit alphabet 'Ra, र’ is the Beej (seed/root) Mantra of the 'fire element'.
(वेद अग्नि शब्द से शुरू होकर परोक्ष रूप में यह दर्शाते हैं कि हमारा उद्भव राम नाम से ही हुआ है)
(Atharvavedā Ram Rahasya Upanishad Chapter 3/Canto 5, Shloka 3)
So it is clear from here that the word Agni in the starting of Rig Veda refers to the letter “ R ” of the name Shri Ram denoting Śrī Rām alone in the scriptures. As said in Scriptures “ अ ” ITSELF refers to vasudev.
न वै स आत्मात्मवतां सुहृत्तम: सक्तस्त्रिलोक्यां भगवान् वासुदेव: ।
न स्त्रीकृतं कश्मलमश्नुवीत न लक्ष्मणं चापि विहातुमर्हति ॥
(Śrīmad Bhāgwatam 5.19.6)
Since Lord Śrī Rāmacandra is himself Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, He is not attached to anything in this material world. He is the most beloved Supersoul of all self-realized souls, and He is their very intimate friend. He is full of all opulences (षडगुण पूर्ण ऐश्वर्या). Therefore He could not possibly have suffered because of separation from His wife, nor could He have given up His wife and Lakṣmaṇa, His younger brother. To give up either would have been absolutely impossible.
रामराममहाबाहोनवेद्मित्वांसनातनम्
जानाम्यद्यैवकाकुत्स्थतववीर्य्यगुणादिभिः ।।त्वमादिपुरुषः साक्षात्परब्रह्मपरोऽव्ययः त्वमनंतोमहाविष्णुर्वासुदेवःपरात्परः ।।
Śrī Parshuram to Śrī Rām; O Rām you are Adipurush, certainly Par-Brahma Parmatma, you are Maha-Vishnü & Paratpār Vāsudev. (Paratpār denotes Swāyam Bhagwān)
(Padma Purana/Vol. 6 (Uttar Khand)/Chapter 242, Verses 169/170)
Let us understand “Agni” with another example;
बंदउँ नाम राम रघुबर को। हेतु कृसानु भानु हिमकर को॥
बिधि हरि हरमय बेद प्रान सो। अगुन अनूपम गुन निधान सो॥
मैं रघुनाथ के नाम 'राम' की वंदना करता हूँ, जो कृशानु (अग्नि), भानु (सूर्य) और हिमकर (चंद्रमा) का हेतु अर्थात् 'र' 'आ' और 'म' रूप से बीज है। वह 'राम' नाम ब्रह्मा, विष्णु और शिवरूप है। वह वेदों का प्राण है, हीन गुणों से परे, उपमा रहित और गुणों का भंडार है।
Here;
रा = Fire (अग्नि)
आ = Sun (सूर्य)
म = Moon (चंद्रमा)
(RāmCharit Manas, Balkānd, Doha 19.1)
Actually this chaupai was direct translation of Skand Purān Nirvān Khand.
It clearly denotes that from the letter “R” of the RAMA the whole Vedas are manifested.
That's why the first word of Rigveda Agni is referring to Shri Rām only. One thing to be noted here that when I say Rama I am basically referring to the all Vishnu tattva as Shri Rām and his other forms has no difference.
Vedas be like:~ Maa Kasam Bro, to be very honest every single Phylosophy in Vedas will take you to the Śrī Rām alone.
समस्तवेदान्तसारसिद्धान्तार्थकलेवरम् ।
विकलेवरकैवल्यं रामचन्द्रपदं भजे ॥
Every single Phylosophy (Sidhhant) of Veda & Vedānt denotes the form of Śrī Rām. Whose form is devoid of Māya, who is Moksha Swarōop, I worship that lotus feet of Śrī Rām.
(Krishna Yajurvedā Shākhāyam Sarvsaar Upanishad 1.1)
So it is crystal clear that why Rigved starts from “Agni” as it has to refer his Mater Śrī Rām. As his lord, Śrī Rāghav loves esoteric terms as again said by the lord himself in Śrīmad Bhāgwatam 11.21.35;
वेदा ब्रह्मात्मविषयास्त्रिकाण्डविषया इमे ।
परोक्षवादा ऋषय: परोक्षं मम च प्रियम् ॥
The Vedas, divided into three divisions, ultimately reveal the living entity as pure spirit soul. The Vedic seers and mantras, however, deal in esoteric terms, and I also am pleased by such confidential descriptions.
Now moving forward to Brahma Sūtra;
As Brahma Sūtra's very first Sutra ITSELF denotes Śrī Rām as it starts with, “अथातो ब्रह्म जिज्ञासा"
Here again “ अ ” is Referring to Awadh Dulare Sri Raghurāi. And although it's commentry already has been done by Vedās ITSELF, they have cleared that to whome this Brahma Sūtra refers;
श्रीरामसान्निध्यवशाज्जगदानन्दकारिणी । उत्पत्तिस्थितिसंहारकारिणी सर्वदेहिनाम् सीता भगवती ज्ञेया मूलप्रकृतिसंज्ञिता प्रणवत्वात्प्रकृरिति वदन्ति ब्रह्मवादिन इति अथातो ब्रह्मजिज्ञासेति च ॥
Śrī Sītā has the constant company of Lord Śrī Rāma, because of which she is the benefactor of the world. They are the origin, condition and destruction of all living beings. Bhagwati Sita should be known as the original form of nature. because of their promiscuous nature Brahmoists call them ‘Prakriti'. In the Brahmā Sütrā, “Athatö Brahmā Jīggyasā”, her form has been depicted.
(Atharvavedā Shākhāyam Sita Upanishad 1.7–8)
That's our Janak Ladli Kishori Ju to whome this Brahma Sutra refers. Śrī Ladli Ju is Swayam Paratpār Par-Brahmā from whome every single power manifests;
सा देवी त्रिविधा भवति शक्त्यासना इच्छाशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिः साक्षाच्छक्तिरिति इच्छाशक्तिस्त्रिविधा भवति श्रीभूमिनीलात्मिका भद्ररूपिणी प्रभावरूपिणी सोमसूर्याग्निरूपा भवति
Śrī Sītā threefold manifests through Her power, namely the power of desire, the power of action, and the power of knowledge. Taking the incarnation of Śrī Devi, Bhudevi, Neeladevi, the one who benefits everyone with her influence, shines in the form of moon, sun and fire.
(Atharvavedā Shākhāyam Sita Upanishad 1.11–12)
Same is said by Brahmānd Purān,
सीतायाश्च त्रिविधाशाः श्री भूनीलादिभेदतः ।
श्री भवेद् रुक्मिणी भूः स्यात् सत्यभामा वृढव्रता ॥
नीलास्याद् राधिका देवी सर्वलोकैक पूजिता ।
In short, Śrī Sītā manifests herself in three form Śrī, Bhu and Nila. By Śrī she becomes Rukmini by Bhu she becomes Satyabhama and by Nila she becomes Radha Rani Sarkār who is worshipped in all Lokas.
(Quoted from Śrī Rām Paratva by Śrī Ramcharan Das Karunā Sindhu in 1750)
That's why in Śrīmad Vālmiki Rāmayan which is itself Incarnation of Vedās clearly says that Śrī Sītā is even Śrī of Bhagwāti Śrī.
वसुधाया हि वसुधां श्रियः श्रीं भर्तृवत्सलाम् ।
सीतां सर्वानवद्याङ्गीमरण्ये विजने शुभाम् ।।(Valmiki Ramayan 6.111.24)
जेहि महुँ आदि मध्य अवसाना। प्रभु प्रतिपाद्य राम भगवाना।।
It's Śrī SītāRām who are being denoted in Beginning, Middle and at the end of Scriptures
एतेचांशकलाभूताः शक्तिवीर्यबलान्विताः ।
रामचन्द्रांघ्रिसंजाता रामस्तुभगवान् स्वयम् ॥
(Maha-Ramayana, Canto-48, Shlok-37)
शक्ति, वीर्य, बल से युक्त ये उक्त अवतार सब अंश कलाभूत श्रीरामचन्द्र जी के चरण से उत्पन्न होते हैं और श्रीरघुनाथजी स्वयं पूर्ण भगवान हैं।
Śrī Rām and Śrimati Sītā Maharani are one as said in Śrīmad Rāmcharit Mānas;
गिरा अरथ जल बीचि सम कहिअत भिन्न न भिन्न।
Who are separate in saying, like speech and its meaning and water and the wave of water, but are actually integral (one).
So anything that applies on Shri Ram will automatically apply on Awadh Dulari Shri Kishori Ju.
Please Chant SitaRam SitaRam SitaRam
Glory to Śrīmad Goswami Tulsidas Ji
Glory to Ānand Bhāshyakār Śrīmad Jagādgurü Ramānandacharya Ji
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