Chapter 2 compares the author's work to that of Mahipati and Das Ganu. What is the significance of this comparison?

The comparison to Mahipati and Das Ganu in Chapter 2 is significant because it places the author of the Sai Satcharitra within an established lineage of devotional biographers. The chapter explains that just as Mahipati was inspired to write the lives of saints in the year 1700 (Shaka), and Das Ganu continued this service in the year 1800 (Shaka), the author sees his own work as a continuation of this sacred tradition. By drawing this parallel, as detailed in Chapter 2, the author is not only honoring his predecessors but also framing his writing as a divinely sanctioned service, suggesting that it is the saints themselves who arrange for their stories to be told through chosen individuals for the purification of all.