When Dwivedi was developing his new monthly magazine, Priyamvada, he decided to include a novel which would provide a glimpse of spiritual life and pleasure to the reader.

Matsyendra is an illuminated ascetic (jnani) who is immersed in passive contemplation; Gulabsinh moves in society, and his purity of heart uplifts all who encounter him.

[1] The novel's principal characters are: Gulabsinh attends a festival in Delhi, where he saves the dancer Rama from the clutches of a wicked nobleman with his secret supernatural power.

"[1] Gulabsinh was adapted into two plays: Pratap Lakshmi by Mulshankar Mulani in 1914 (with Jaishankar Bhojak as Rama),[3] and Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma's Siddha Satyendra (1917).

[4] Navalram Trivedi criticized Gulabsinh's lack of readability due to its odd, metaphysical nature and its "literal translation" of Bulwer-Lytton's Zanoni, calling it a "superfluous adaptation" of the original novel.