To please Swami, Pragji Bhakta served as a barber, a tailor, a stone-mason, a carpenter, a blacksmith and a wood-cutter. He was also responsible for reading the katha at night. Amidst all this, Pragji would never forget to serve Swami till late in the night. He helped him to sleep by massaging his legs. Even in the middle of the night if Swami got up to answer a call of nature, Pragji would hold the lamp to help Swami wash his hands and escort him back. Although he constantly remembered his guru in his heart, he always longed to serve him in person.

Though Gunatitanand Swami was the mahant of the mandir, he did not spare himself from certain manual work in the mandir. This did not allow him to devote much time to delivering discourses. He felt sorry that he could not concentrate much on preaching. Pragji Bhakta realised Swami’s difficulty and said humbly, “I will do your manual work in the mandir. You sit in the assembly and deliver spiritual discourses.”

When Gunatitanand Swami heard this, he was pleased and told him, “You are already busy doing seva twenty-three hours a day. How will you be able to find time to do my work?” However, Pragji Bhakta would find a way; he did not worry about his body and comforts because of his love and devotion for Swami.

Once, after the annakut festival, Pragji bhakta was washing the vessels. There was a trough of dirty water. Swami came there and put his foot on the edge of the trough. The dirty water touched his toes. Instantly Swami asked, “Pragji, where can one find all the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage?”

Pragji Bhakta understood the deeper meaning of Swami’s words and immediately jumped into the pit of dirty water. It was a spiritual bath for him. He knew that the dirty water in which Swami had dipped his toes contained all the sixty-eight holy places. For a while Swami just kept watching. Then he said, “Pragji, come out and wash yourself with clean water.” Such was the intense devotion of Pragji Bhakta!

Once Mana Bhagat said to Swami, “This poor Pragji has left everything to learn meditation from you. But instead, you make him lift big stones. You are extracting work beyond his capacity.” Mana Bhagat failed to see the divine flame that burnt in Pragji Bhakta’s heart. Swami replied, “I will make him lift stones and realise God.” Mana Bhagat became silent after hearing Swami.