How did the author justify pausing the main narrative to tell the story of his name, 'Hemadpant'?

The author provides a clear justification for including the sub-story of his naming. As explained in Chapter 2, he recognized that readers would naturally become curious about the identity of "Hemadpant," whose name is mentioned at the end of every chapter. He felt it was appropriate to satisfy this curiosity. The decision was also inspired by recalling Sai Baba's instruction, "Do not engage in dualistic explanations," which in turn reminded him of a promise he had made to his listeners in the first chapter to tell this very story. He frames this digression not as his own whim but as an inspiration from Sai himself, intended to resolve the reader's questions before continuing with Sai's life story.