From a karmic perspective, why was the tiger's death at Sai Baba's feet considered a form of liberation?

The narrative in Chapter 31 suggests a deep karmic resolution in the tiger's death. It is speculated that the tiger may have been a debtor from a past life, and by dying at Sai's feet, the debt was finally paid and it became debt-free. Another possibility raised is that the creature was a meritorious person in a past life who insulted a devotee and was cursed into a cruel birth. A counter-curse ensured it would find liberation through Sai's darshan. By dying in Baba's presence, its past sins were burned away, the bonds of past karma and attachment were broken, and it was freed from the cruel body's bondage, thus attaining salvation on its own.