Explain how Chapter 1 establishes a non-dual relationship between Sai Baba and the deities being invoked.

Chapter 1 of the Shri Sai Satcharitra profoundly establishes a non-dual identity between Sai Baba and the pantheon of Hindu deities. After offering invocations to Lord Ganesha, the text explicitly states, 'This Sai himself is Ganesha Ganapati...destroying obstacles, shall bring forth his own knowledge.' A similar parallel is drawn with the Goddess of Speech, where it says, 'Sai himself is Goddess Saraswati, holding the Omkara-veena in hand, singing his own life story.' Furthermore, after bowing to the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, the author addresses Sai directly as the embodiment of all of them, declaring, '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).'