Chapter 36 presents a unique perspective on authorship, suggesting that the human writer is merely a vehicle. The text explicitly questions the writer's own authority, stating, 'What authority do I have? I am truly aware of this.' It dismisses the 'I-ness' (ego) of the speaker, asserting that 'the playful Sai himself takes over and makes his own qualities heard by his devotees through someone.' According to this philosophy, Sai Baba is the true narrator. As Chapter 36 further elaborates, he 'loves his own stories very much, therefore he constantly provides memories of them; making the listener and speaker a mere pretext, he fulfills the desires of the devotees.'
Who is the true narrator of the stories in the Shri Sai Satcharitra, according to the philosophy laid out in Chapter 36?
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