The narrator in Chapter 36 claims that the greatness of saints is infinite and cannot be truly described. How then does the narrator justify telling Sai Baba's stories?

The narrator addresses this very issue in the opening of Chapter 36. After stating that the "greatness of saints is infinite; no one can truly describe it," the narrator immediately questions their own authority. The justification comes from a place of surrender. The narrator dismisses their own ego, or "I-ness," and puts forth the belief that it is not they who are speaking. As Chapter 36 explains, the narrator feels that "the playful Sai himself takes over and makes his own qualities heard by his devotees through someone." In essence, the narrator proceeds by becoming a mere instrument or pretext, allowing Sai Baba to be the true storyteller, thereby resolving the conflict of describing the indescribable.