The darveshis who owned the tiger were both sad and pleased when it died. Can you explain this apparent contradiction?

The text in Chapter 31 provides a clear explanation for the darveshis' mixed emotions. On one hand, they were sad-faced because, as verse 158 states, the tiger was their "means of livelihood" and their "family's sustenance." Its death represented a significant material loss for them. On the other hand, verse 142 explains that they also looked pleased because they understood the spiritual significance of the event. They recognized that the diseased creature had "attained liberation" by having the great fortune to die at the feet of a saint like Sai Baba, thus ending its suffering and karmic cycle.