How did Radhakrishnabai's service to Sai Baba challenge social norms, and what does it tell us about the nature of devotion?

Radhakrishnabai's service was a powerful testament to devotion that transcends social status. As Chapter 35 explains, she was a Brahmin woman, a position that made her "worthy of worship by all." Despite this, she took up the task of sweeping and cleaning Baba's paths, a service considered menial. This act was significant because any "dullness of thought" about the work being beneath her never touched her "faultless heart." Waking early and taking a broom in her own hand, she performed her work with great skill and promptness. Her example illustrates that true devotion is expressed through humble action and is not constrained by societal hierarchies or the perceived dignity of the task.