In Chapter 18, one of Baba's devotees feels envious. Can you explain this situation and how Baba responded to the unspoken thought?

Yes, in Chapter 18, the narrator experiences a moment of envy. After witnessing Baba grant grace to another devotee, Sathe, for a single seven-day reading, the narrator internally laments his own situation, thinking, "Sathe gets the fruit with little effort, while years of mine have passed... Is there no consideration for one whose reading has lasted forty years?" The text highlights Baba's omniscience, stating that He immediately knew this inner thought. Rather than addressing it directly, Baba responded with a loving and instructive action. He created a pretext, ordering the narrator to go to Shama and collect fifteen rupees in Dakshina, thereby setting in motion a deeper lesson for his sincere but momentarily troubled devotee.