Chapter 1 invokes several deities. How does the author synthesize these different divine forms into the single person of Sai Baba?

Chapter 1 employs a powerful spiritual technique of synthesizing multiple divine forms into the singular figure of Sai Baba. After offering traditional invocations to a deity, the text explicitly equates Sai with that divine form. For instance, after bowing to Ganapati, the remover of obstacles, the chapter declares, "This Sai himself is Ganesha Ganapati...destroying obstacles, shall bring forth his own knowledge." Similarly, after invoking the Goddess of Speech, it states, "Sai himself is Goddess Saraswati, holding the Omkara-veena in hand, singing his own life story." As detailed in this chapter, this pattern culminates with the trinity, where the author proclaims to Sai, "O self-effulgent Sainath, you alone are our Lord of Ganas (Ganadhish), the Lord of Savitri (Brahma), the Lord of Rama (Vishnu), or the Lord of Uma (Shiva)."