The saints visited one village after another to propagate our beliefs and way of life. They cared not whether it was day or night. Wherever they went, they collected flour and cooked their meals from whatever they managed to get.

Once the sadhus had halted at a village called Sankarda. Every morning, they would go round the village to beg foodstuff (bhiksha). Yogiji Maharaj, accompanied by the blind saint Bhagwatswarupdasji, would also go around to beg food. Holding one of his hands, he led Bhagwatswarupdasji along the road. A bag hung from Yogij Maharaj's other shoulder. When anybody offered flour, grain, etc., he would open his bag. As he walked, he kept searching the road so that no stone or thorn or pit could get in the way of Bhagwatswarupdasji. After the morning round was over, he cooked whatever alms they had received. He first devoutly offered the food to the Lord. Then, after serving everybody else, he would finally sit down to have his meal.

Karsansang Bapu of Adval often saw Yogiji Maharaj leading the blind and aged saint Bhagwatswarupdasji while going round for alms. One day, he saw the barefooted Yogiji Maharaj begging for alms in the scorching heat of summer. He felt pity for him. "Yogiji Maharaj", he asked, "why don't you take a younger sadhu with you ? How difficult it must be with such an aged saint to go about asking for bhiksha !" Yogiji Maharaj with a smiling face, replied quitely : "Bapu, it is my good fortune to have such an aged saint with me. I am extremely fortunate to learn from a revered old saint ! While moving about with him I get the benefit of his vast knowledge, experience and wisdom. I also get the benefit of serving the temple by bringing in bhiksha." Karsansang Bapu could not but admire the good sense and kindliness of Yogiji Maharaj. He bowed to him silently as a token of respect.

Once, Yogiji Maharaj went to 'Narayan Dharo' near the village of Mojidad, to have a dip in the holy river. A sadhu named Narayanprasad, wild with envy, insulted and abused Yogiji Maharaj there. Yogiji Maharaj started chanting the name 'Swaminarayan', and after finishing his bath quietly returned to his residence without a word in retaliation.

After some days had passed, and the monsoon had set in, this same sadhu, Narayanprasad, alighted from a train at Botad railway station at two o'clock at night. The cart driver refused to take him to Kariyani. Walking wearily along the muddy road, he came to Shri Aksharpurushottam Temple at Sarangpur and knocked at the door. A thorn had driven deep into his foot. Thus his foot was swollen, and he was in extreme agony. The watchman came and reported to Yogiji Maharaj : "A saint has come, and wishes to stay for the night."

Yogiji Maharaj went to receive him. He brought him inside with courtesy. He then removed the thorn from his foot and dressed the wound. He fed the man lovingly with prasad of puri and ladu. He made a bed for him, and gently asked him to rest. In the morning he kept a cart ready to send Narayanprasad to Kariyani. Narayanprasad had recognised Yogiji Maharaj as the very sadhu he had insulted just a few days before. He felt ashamed, and soon underwent a complete change of heart. He thought : "Yogiji served me with love even though I had insulted him. He has not said one word of rebuke. He has won me over completely with his great affection."

Narayanprasad quickly repented. Falling at the feet of Yogiji Maharaj, he burst out : "You are the embodiment of love because you do good to those who have harmed you. You are just like an ideal paramhansa (saint of Shriji Maharaj) one who repays animosity with love and affection." Receiving the blessings of Yogiji Maharaj, Narayanprasad then left for Kariyani by cart.