How does the author of the Sai Satcharitra use the concept of meditation to structure the beginning of Chapter 20?

📖 Chapter 20

The author employs a unique literary device at the start of Chapter 20. After the initial invocations, the text explicitly invites the reader to meditate and mentally go to Shirdi to witness a past event: the scene after the noon Aarti. The author states that although these scenes cannot be seen now, they can become visible through the 'power of firm meditation.' This act of collective visualization serves as a narrative bridge, allowing the author to first establish an atmosphere of devotion and then seamlessly 'continue the connection of the story' by transitioning into the main account of Das Ganu and his scriptural doubt.


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