How does the author, Hemadpant, portray his own role in narrating the stories in Chapter 47?

In Chapter 47, the author, Hemadpant, presents his role with profound humility, deliberately minimizing his own agency in the creation of the text. He states that though he is the speaker, he is as "empty as you are if I do not grasp the distilled essence here." This sentiment is further amplified when he declares that Sai Samarth himself is the story, the speaker, and the face, reducing the name "Hemad" to merely a nickname. As described in Chapter 47, the author sees himself not as a creator but as a mere instrument or a listener sitting on the "shore of the ocean of Sai's stories," reinforcing the idea that the wisdom flows directly from Sai, not from his own intellect.