According to the scriptures, did Sai Baba truly die like an ordinary person?

The concept of death as a separation of body and senses does not apply to Sai Baba in a conventional way. As explained in Chapter 43, Sai Samarth is described as a 'mass of bliss' and the 'complete Supreme Brahman,' for whom birth and death are non-existent. The text posits that his departure was not a death but a conscious act of merging into his unmanifest form by burning the body in the 'fire of Yoga.' He is considered to be beyond physical limitations, having transcended the material state to remain eternally present in the hearts of his devotees.