The texts mention a devotee who was weary of the world. How did his suffering eventually lead him to Sai Baba?

Chapter 18 narrates a powerful sequence of events showing how suffering can be a catalyst for spiritual progress. A devotee, having suffered a great loss in business and finding the world's miseries to be false, felt a deep distaste for life. The scripture explains that when a soul falls into such great distress, it remembers God. It is then that the Lord, seeing the devotee's state, lovingly arranges a meeting with a saint. In this specific case, the devotee's friends acted as messengers, advising him to go to Shirdi for the Darshan of the capable Sainath, which he ultimately did, finding peace.