With a view to please Swami, Pragji Bhakta performed various roles-that of a barber, of a tailor, of a mason, of a carpenter, of a blacksmith, and of a wood-cutter. Besides this, there used to be continuous reading of the scriptures in the presence of Swami. Pragji Bhakta was in charge of the last recitation at night. He served Swami till late in the night. He lulled him to sleep by giving massage to his legs. Even in the middle of the night if Swami got up to answer a call of nature, Pragji was there to hold the lamp. He would pour water and thus help Swami in washing his hands then escort him to his
seat. Although he remembered his guru in his heart incessantly, he was longing to serve him in person.
Though he was a Mahant (head-priest) of the temple, Gunatitanand Swami did not spare himself from certain manual work in the temple. This assignment did not allow him to devote much time in giving religious discourses. He was sorry that he could not concentrate much on preaching. Pragji Bhakta realised Swami's difficulty and offered to share his work, "Now onwards I will do your manual work at the temple. You sit in the pandal and spread the divine message among the devotees."
When Gunatitanand Swami heard this, he became very happy. He told him, "You are already busy and engaged for twenty-three hours. How will you be able to find time to do my work?" Pragji Bhakta's love and devotion towards Swami never allowed him to bother about himself.
During this period the construction work of the mansion was going on. Some slabs of stone were lying outside the temple. There lay a dead dog on one of the slabs. People thought that a scavenger would come and remove the dead dog. Swami asked Pragji, "Why has the supply of stones from outside stopped?" He went and saw the dead dog lying on the stones. He thought that perhaps indirectly Swami had asked him to remove the dead dog from the stones otherwise the work would not begin. He changed his clothes and removed the dead dog. Then he took a bath and returned to the temple.
The work began. Gunatitanand Swami was greatly pleased. Some people made faces, others criticised Pragji for acting as a scavenger. On hearing this, Swami observed, "Every living being is in a sense a scavenger. What wrong has been committed by Pragji in helping the work restart by removing the dog? After all he has acted according to my wishes."
Once, after the festival of Annakut (offering of many delicacies) Pragji was washing the vessels. There was a pit of dirty water. There came Swami and stood there watching Pragji at his work. He put his foot on the edge of the pit. 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 the Swami's words and directly jumped into the pit of dirty water. It was a spiritual bath for him. He knew that all the sixty eight holy places lay in that pit of dirty water because Swami's toes were dipped into it. For some time Swami watched his devotee taking the holy bath in the dirty pit, then he said, "Pragji, come out, go and wash yourself with clean water." Such was the devotion of Pragji Bhakta.
Once Mana Bhagat said to Swami, "This poor Pragji 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 listening to Swami.