
As he found the fakir not fully satisfied, he took him home and gave him another four rupees. When the fakir asked again he took three rupees from his friend and gave it to the fakir. Again the fakir asked dakshina and he gave him one more rupee. All of a sudden, the fakir came from behind and extending his hand asked for the dakshina. As he could not find him anywhere, he returned home, had his meal and again started along with a friend in search of the fakir. Though he was hungry, he went out in search of the fakir. He told his family that he would have given ten rupees dakshina. That evening when Kulkarni returned home and heard of the fakir’s visit, he felt sorry for not being present at then. The fakir gave her some udi and asked her to keep it in her puja for worship.

The fakir replied that he was a servant of God and on His orders only he came to enquire about the welfare of Kulkarni’s family. His wife and children asked the fakir whether he was Shirdi Sai Baba. One day a fakir resembling Baba came to Kulkarni’s house at about noon. The following is the story of one such devotee. A good number were drawn to Shirdi by Baba in the same manner as a thread is tied to the leg of a sparrow and drawn. Devotees kept coming to Shirdi in very large numbers like ants.
