The text mentions Sai Baba left his body. Does this mean he died in the same way ordinary people do?

According to the explanation in Chapter 43, viewing Sai Baba's departure as a conventional death is considered a "defect of vision." The text posits that for a being like Sai Samarth, who is the Supreme Brahman, there is no real birth or death. He is described as being devoid of bodily impulses. The scripture clarifies that his departure was a voluntary act; he could "die at will" and chose to burn his body in the "fire of Yoga." He then merged himself into the unmanifest state. Therefore, his leaving the body was a yogic process for the sake of his devotees' salvation, not a death in the ordinary sense.