How does the story of Balasaheb Deo's struggle with the Dnyaneshwari serve as an example of Sai's relationship with His devotees?

The narrative of Balasaheb Deo's difficulties is presented as a specific illustration of a broader spiritual principle. Chapter 41 begins by stating that Sai is exceptionally loving toward devotees who possess a "true taste for spiritual matters." It claims that Sai actively wards off their difficulties and helps them experience self-bliss. Deo's story is explicitly mentioned as the wager for this very concept. His intense, yet frustrated, desire to read the Dnyaneshwari positions him as such a devotee. The story sets the stage to demonstrate how Sai would ultimately intervene to fulfill his spiritual wish and grant him the "addition of devotion," thereby proving the initial claim about Sai's affectionate nature towards his followers.