What was Hemadpant's unique writing habit, and how did it impact the completion of the Satcharitra as explained in Chapter 53?

📖 Chapter 53

Chapter 53 of the Shri Sai Satcharitra explains that the original author, Annasaheb Hemadpant, had a unique and frugal writing habit. He would write chapters on scraps of paper and was known to never let a scrap go to waste. He even sent these same scraps directly to the printer, as he felt pained by wasteful expenditure. This habit impacted the completion of the book because after his sudden passing, the final chapter was also found on these scraps, but the promised summary was missing. As mentioned in Chapter 53, his son, Gajanan, had to conduct a great effort in researching these vast records before handing them over for the book's completion. The chapter speculates that Hemadpant's noble intent might have been to have even these humble scraps of paper perform service to Baba.


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