Describe the critical intervention that prevented Hemantpant's first trip to Shirdi from failing.

During his first journey to Shirdi, Hemantpant's pilgrimage was saved by a chance encounter. According to Chapter 2, he had purchased a train ticket only to Dadar, intending to catch the Manmad mail train from there. Just as his train was departing Bandra station, a Muslim man entered his compartment. Upon learning of Hemantpant's plan, the man provided the crucial advice that the mail train did not stop at Dadar and that he should travel to Bori Bunder (CST) instead. Hemantpant reflects that without this timely information, his fickle mind might have given up on the journey had he been stranded at Dadar.