Baba's Storytime - Sathya Was the Support of Shirdi Sai Too

I am reminded now of past events, events in My previous body. Even then, I had sathya or truth as My support. 

A wrestler challenged Me then for a fight and he was defeated before a large gathering of villagers. Pained by the insult, he invited Baba for a second tussle the next day, so that he might win back his lost reputation. The man swore that if defeated again, he would wear a long rough kafni and move about with his head covered in cloth. He dared Baba too to swear likewise. 

Baba was in no mood to enter the arena again and he was quite prepared to concede the fellow the victory he craved. So he accepted defeat and himself donned the kafni and the kerchief. The wrestler felt great remorse and his insolence melted away. He appealed to Baba to resume his usual style of dress and released him from the obligation. 

But Baba stuck to his word. He was Sathya Itself. He wore the new attire.

(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)