How did the Patil's miraculous cure influence his devotional practices and his understanding of gratitude towards Sai Baba?

The Patil's experience, as detailed in Chapter 13, profoundly transformed his faith. After Sai Baba cured his disease through a dream, the Patil was filled with immense joy and gratitude. He realized the apparent punishment in his dream was a beneficial act, leading him to believe Sai's ways are "inconceivable and unfathomable." This led him to a state of "total surrender." To express his gratitude, he established a new ritual called the "Satya-Sai vow," which he performed every Thursday. This practice, modeled on the Satyanarayan vow, involved reading the chapters about Sai from Das Ganu's 'Bhaktalilamrut,' demonstrating how his profound gratitude manifested in sustained, formalized devotion.