What is the deeper moral or lesson illustrated by the quarrel between Damu Anna and Mavshibai and Baba's resolution?

While the story of the quarrel seems small, it contains a significant lesson about the nature of pure devotion. Chapter 24 suggests that the entire conflict could have been avoided if the love between Anna and Mavshibai was like the pure, guileless love between a mother and her son. Sai Baba's clever resolution, where he specifically calls Mavshibai "Mother," underscores this very point. The narrative implies that if a "loving intellect" had governed their interaction, the tendency for anger would not have arisen. The incident serves as a teaching for devotees on maintaining a familial, non-adversarial love to prevent such misunderstandings.