He had difficulty in earning due to competition of traditional story-teller Puranis and Bhavaiyas who performed Bhavai.
They have many magical and imaginative things like transportation of souls, flying shoes and speaking animals.
His other works include Nand-Batrisi, Shukadevakhyan, Rakhidas Charitra, Vanechar ni Varta, Panch-danda, Bhadra-Bhamini, Rewa-Khand, Chandra-Chandraawati, Madan-Mohana, Padmavati, Baras Kasturi.
[1][3][4] Angada-vishti, Ravana-Mandodari Samvad, Draupadi-Vastraharan, Shivpuran are akhyanas based on Hindu mythology and epics.
[1][3][4] One of his poems inspired Mahatma Gandhi to adopt the philosophy of satyagraha, the resistance to authority through mass civil disobedience.