I'm having trouble focusing when I read this book. Does the Satcharitra itself offer any advice on how to read it properly?

Yes, Chapter 50 provides specific guidance on how to approach reading or listening to the Satcharitra for maximum benefit. The text emphasizes that if the mind is not one-pointed, one cannot recognize the meaning of the words. It advises the reader to 'hold humility in hearing' and to 'perceive Sai in their hearts.' A key instruction is to dissolve the sense of separation and to see 'the subject of reading, the act of reading, and the reader—as one state.' This practice of maintaining non-duality is considered essential for the hearing to be fruitful and for the reader's senses to become 'Sai-form.'