What is the philosophical understanding of birth and death for a great soul like Sai Baba?

The philosophy presented in Chapter 43 reframes the conventional understanding of mortality. Birth is defined as the union of body and senses, while death is their separation. However, for avatars who incarnate by their own will for the welfare of devotees, birth and death are considered false imaginations. Sai Baba is described as the 'complete Supreme Brahman,' for whom the world is an illusion and bodily consciousness is absent. Therefore, death is likened to dust before him. For such saints, death is not an end but a transition. The text states that Baba burned his body in the fire of Yoga and merged into the unmanifest, transcending the material state to enjoy his true self.