In Chapter 21, the author talks about his personal experience when he was a Magistrate. Why did he refuse to visit the saint in Bandra, and what did he learn from this?

According to Chapter 21, the author, Hemadpant, shares his own experience when he was a Magistrate in Bandra. He was repeatedly urged by a servant named Inus to visit a famous Siddha, Pir Maulana. However, Hemadpant refused out of pride and ego, wondering why he should be pressured by others and risk losing his own prestige. He reflects on this period, stating that "One fears one's own shadow when ill-luck stands in the way." He eventually learned that encountering Saints and Sages is not possible without good fortune and that his pride had prevented him from receiving the Siddha's vision, a lesson he shares to illustrate the difficulty of attaining the company of saints without divine grace.