Did Sai Baba really die? I am confused about what happened to him.

The source material from Chapter 43 suggests we should not think of Sai Baba as having died in the conventional sense. It explains that for a powerful Yogi like Sai Samarth, death is not a fearful event but something he could control at will. He voluntarily left his physical body by merging into his true, unmanifest form. The text argues that to say his body 'perished' is incorrect because his consciousness is eternally imprinted in the hearts of his followers. He is described as being 'beyond death,' and his leaving the body was merely the end of a specific task, after which he returned to his all-pervading nature, where he continues to reside and protect his devotees.