In Chapter 36, the author humbly minimizes their own role as the narrator, attributing the storytelling directly to Sai Baba's divine will. The text expresses this by questioning the author's own authority, stating, "What authority do I have? I am truly aware of this." It suggests that the ego or "I-ness" of the speaker is irrelevant because the "playful Sai himself takes over and makes his own qualities heard by his devotees through someone." According to Chapter 36, both the speaker and the listener are merely pretexts, with Sai Baba being the true orchestrator who provides the memories of his stories to fulfill the desires of the devotees.
How does the author of the Shri Sai Satcharitra portray their own role in the narration of Sai Baba's stories in this chapter?
📖 Chapter 36