How did Sai Baba's interactions with the merchant Ratanji exemplify his practice of requesting offerings?

The story of Ratanji in Chapter 14 provides a clear example of Sai Baba's methods. After Ratanji traveled to Shirdi, prostrated at Baba's feet, and made offerings of flowers and fruit, Baba's immediate response was to ask, "You have come today; what Dakshina (offering) will you give Me? Then you will be fulfilled." This encounter is presented as typical, as the text clarifies that whenever anyone came for darshan, regardless of their background, He would ask them for Dakshina. This illustrates how the request for an offering was an integral and immediate part of the darshan experience with Baba.