The author of the Sai Satcharitra claims Sai Baba wrote the book 'with my own hand.' Isn't this just a way for the author to avoid responsibility and make the text seem more divine?

This point is addressed directly within the spiritual context of the book. In Chapter 2, Sai Baba's statement, 'I myself shall write my own story!' is conditioned on the author's spiritual state. Baba clarifies that the author must 'dissolve his ego and surrender it at my feet.' The text explains that the author 'is merely a pretext' and that when the ego is dissolved, Sai Baba himself will 'enter with 'I-ness' and write with my own hand.' This is presented not as an evasion of responsibility, but as the ultimate form of spiritual surrender, where the individual becomes a pure instrument for the divine.