What was Sai Baba's explanation for his partiality towards Mrs. Khaparde's food offering, and what did he reveal about her past?

When questioned by Madhavrao about his unusual eagerness to eat the food brought by Dadasaheb Khaparde's wife, Sai Baba provided a profound explanation rooted in past lives. As narrated in Chapter 27, Baba dismissed the idea of partiality and revealed his long-standing connection with the lady's soul. He recounted her previous births, stating that she was once a grocer's cow, then was born to a gardener, later to a Kshatriya, and then became the wife of a grocer before her current birth in a Brahmin family. Baba explained his actions by saying, 'after a long time, I have seen her; let me have two morsels of love in my stomach for happiness and satisfaction.' This showed his eagerness was for the love from a soul he had known through many lifetimes.