How did Sai Baba explain his deep connection to Mrs. Khaparde and justify his eagerness to eat her food?

When questioned about his apparent partiality towards Mrs. Khaparde's food, Sai Baba provided a mystical explanation rooted in past lives. As recounted in Chapter 27, Baba revealed their long history together. He told the onlookers that in a previous birth, she was a grocer's plump, milky cow. He then traced her subsequent births: to a gardener, then to a Kshatriya, followed by becoming a grocer's wife, and finally being born into a Brahmin family. Baba stated that he had seen her after a very long time and his eagerness to eat was driven by a desire to accept her 'morsels of love' for his own happiness and satisfaction, revealing a deep spiritual bond.