According to Chapter 53, the original author, Panta Hemad (Dabholkar), suddenly passed away, which left everyone's heart grieved. He had made a promise in the previous chapter to review the book and provide a summary to complete it, but this did not happen due to his death. The text notes that his records were vast and written on scraps of paper, which complicated matters. His son, Shri Gajanan, had to research these records with great effort. Ultimately, the summary Hemadpant had intended to write was left unfinished, creating the need for another author to complete the work as an exception to the general rule that the one who begins a book should be the one to end it.
What happened to Hemadpant, the original author, and how did his passing affect the completion of the Shri Sai Satcharitra?
📖 Chapter 53