He took a piece of sackcloth for His seat, sackcloth for His bed, and was content with wearing torn and worn out rags. Baba lost the fight. However, He won the world and beyond. Stories of lives of saints are uniquely impregnated with interesting events. Some times, the events may sound trivial, but every incident seems to have its message.
Human life is constant struggle and competition.
Almost always, the judgement of a person or an event depends on its outcome and the judgement itself in reality is the ego ratified. Sainath s contention is perhaps the same. Accomplishing victories of mundane nature may ratify one s ego, but does not necessarily guarantee the permanent happiness, a pursuit every human birth longs for. Accepting God s dispensation and long for, if any, His grace will bring permanent happiness. True winners are those who accept God s will, surrender their selves to His cause, accept their roles in His play and strive for the permanent happiness.