The text suggests the tiger's fate was tied to past karma. How did its meeting with Sai resolve this karmic debt?

Chapter 31 speculates that the tiger's condition was a result of past karma. It suggests the creature may have been a meritorious person in a past life who was cursed into a "cruel birth" for insulting a devotee. However, a "counter-curse" seemingly led it to Sai Baba for redemption. The encounter with Sai served as the ultimate resolution for this karmic debt. The text states that through Sai's darshan, the tiger's "sin was burned," its bonds of attachment were broken, and its suffering ended. This divine arrangement freed it from the "cruel body's bondage" and the iron chain of past karma, allowing it to achieve salvation on its own.