I read that the tiger might have been a cursed person. Could you explain the backstory suggested in the text?

Chapter 31 speculates on the tiger's past karma to explain the profound event. The text suggests that the tiger may have been a meritorious person in a previous life who, out of pride, insulted a devotee of Hari and was cursed to take on a 'cruel birth' as a tiger (verse 153). The narrative posits that a 'counter-curse' may have led the tiger to Sai's feet for its final moments. Through Sai's darshan, its sins were burned away, the bonds of past karma were broken, and it achieved salvation, freeing it from the 'cruel body's bondage' as described in verses 154 and 156. This is presented as a wondrous act of destiny.