How should a devotee interpret Sai Baba's Mahasamadhi, or 'leaving the body'?

A devotee should understand Sai Baba's Mahasamadhi not as an end, but as a transition into his unmanifest state. Chapter 43 suggests that believing his task was simply 'over' is not the full picture. Death for saints is likened to a solar eclipse, which is merely a 'defect of vision' for the observer. Baba's departure was a 'spontaneous play of Yoga' for the devotees' salvation. He transcended the material state to merge with the unmanifest, where he enjoys his true self and, importantly, 'always keeps the devotees awake.' He remains in the hearts of his followers, and by remembering his name, the illusion of birth and death vanishes.