The text hints that the tiger was suffering from a past-life curse. Can you explain this karmic backstory and how meeting Sai resolved it?

The text speculates on a karmic backstory for the tiger, suggesting its animal form was the result of a curse from a past life. As detailed in Chapter 31, it's proposed that the being was once a meritorious person who, out of "learning-pride," insulted a devotee of Hari and consequently received a curse that led to its "cruel birth" as a tiger. However, the story also includes the idea of a "counter-curse," which mercifully led the tiger to Sai Baba's feet. The darshan of Sai acted as the catalyst for its liberation. Verse 154 of Chapter 31 explains that through this darshan, the creature's "sin was burned; bonds were broken, suffering ended; salvation happened on its own." This encounter with Sai effectively broke the iron chain of karmic attachment and freed the soul from its cursed bodily bondage.