How could Sai Baba know Sapatnekar's entire life story in such detail? The Satcharitra says it was like a 'gooseberry in the palm of the hand'.

Chapter 48 explains that Sai Baba's omniscience stemmed from his divine nature as one who is merged with the Supreme Being, or Brahman. The phrase "like a gooseberry in the palm of the hand" is used to illustrate that all things were perfectly clear and known to him. The text elaborates on this by stating that Baba himself is the form of Brahman and has manifested as the entire universe, making the distinction between "mine" and "thine" non-existent for him. As a "great knower of the inner self" who is beyond duality, the past, present, and future of any individual, like Sapatnekar, was completely transparent to him.