Chapter 43 employs the analogy of a solar eclipse to illustrate that the 'death' of a saint is a matter of perception, not reality. When people say the sun has been eclipsed, it is described as a 'defect of vision,' as the sun itself has not ceased to exist. Similarly, the death of a saint is portrayed as a comparable illusion. The text emphasizes that for a being like Sai Baba, the body is merely an adjunct or an accessory. Therefore, what appears as physical death to an observer does not affect the saint's true, eternal nature, just as an eclipse does not extinguish the sun.
Can you explain the analogy used in the text that compares the death of a saint to a solar eclipse?
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