What happened when the narrator was sent by Baba to Shama's house, and what was the significance of this interaction?

When Sai Baba sent the narrator to Shama's house under the pretext of collecting fifteen rupees in Dakshina, a profound lesson unfolded. As recounted in Chapter 18, the narrator arrived to find Shama had just finished his bath and was preparing for worship. Shama invited the narrator to sit and wait. During this brief wait, the narrator picked up the Nath Bhagawat book lying on a window sill. The true significance of this interaction, orchestrated by Baba, was that the book opened precisely to the section the narrator had skipped in his reading earlier that day due to laziness. This seemingly mundane visit was actually a divine intervention to enforce the importance of consistent spiritual practice, as the narrator realized Baba made him complete his reading and enforced discipline.