How does the story of the tiger's death relate to the concepts of past karma and destiny?

Chapter 31 speculates deeply on the karmic background of the tiger's death. The narrative suggests this was not a random event but the playing out of destiny. Verse 144 proposes the tiger might have been a debtor from a past life who, by dying at Sai's feet, paid its debt and became free. Furthermore, verses 152 and 153 offer a more detailed scenario: perhaps the being was once a meritorious person who insulted a devotee of Hari and was cursed to take on a "cruel birth" as a tiger. The text suggests that coming before Sai was a "counter-curse," allowing the being to burn its sins, break the "iron chain of attachment," and finally attain salvation, as mentioned in verse 156.