Chapter 43 identifies Sai Baba as the 'complete Supreme Brahman,' for whom the concepts of birth and death are inapplicable. From the ultimate truth of Brahman, the world is considered an illusion, and therefore, a being like Sai has no real consciousness of the body. His physical actions, such as breathing, are described as a 'spontaneous play of Yoga' for the devotees' salvation. The text compares his apparent death to a solar eclipse, which is merely a 'defect of vision' for the observer, not a change in the sun itself. For saints, the body is just an 'adjunct,' and they are unaware of its ailments or karma, having transcended the material state to merge with the unmanifest Brahman.
How does the text explain Sai Baba's nature as the Supreme Brahman in relation to his physical body and its end?
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