Chapter 43 draws a clear distinction between the two. For an ordinary person, death is defined as the 'separation of body and senses,' an event inseparably attached to birth. In contrast, for enlightened beings who incarnate by their own will, like Sai Baba, death is described as being like 'dust before him.' The text explains these avatars take birth with the 'sole desire for the welfare of devotees' and are not touched by the cycle of birth and death. For Sai Samarth, described as a 'mass of bliss' and the Supreme Brahman, the body is merely an 'adjunct,' and he is devoid of the bodily impulses that lead to physical death in the typical sense.
How does this text differentiate between death for an ordinary person and an enlightened being like Sai Baba?
📖 Chapter 43