According to the beginning of Chapter 30, what is the role and responsibility of saints like Sai Baba?

The opening verses of Chapter 30 clearly define the essential duty of saints. The text states that the task of uplifting their own devotees is always unavoidable for saints, and it describes Sai Baba as the 'Acharya' or teacher of the assembly of saints, for whom this responsibility is inescapable. This implies a divine mandate for saints to guide and elevate their followers. The chapter further illustrates this by explaining that those who have held onto Sai's feet achieve the dissolution of all their sins. By bestowing grace, Sai gives devotees inconceivable power, the wealth of discrimination between Self and non-Self, and all knowledge, thereby fulfilling this sacred obligation to uplift them spiritually and materially.