The text claims listening to the Satcharitra breaks the 'bonds of Karma,' but it also says people are reborn to experience their karma. How are these ideas reconciled, and how are Saints different in this regard?

Chapter 48 presents these as two sides of the spiritual coin: the common human condition and the path to transcending it. It mentions that ordinary people take rebirth to settle enmity and debt and to 'experience the fruits of one's own Karma,' having no memory of past lives. In contrast, listening to the Sai Satcharitra is offered as the specific method for deliverance from this cycle, as it 'destroys' sins and merits and breaks the 'bonds of Karma.' The text highlights that Saints are fundamentally different; they 'never forget' past lives, are not subject to ordinary birth, and possess the power to 'remove the calamities of their devotees.' Thus, while ordinary beings are bound by karma, the grace of a Saint and the act of listening to their story provide the means of liberation from that very bondage.