Lord Swaminarayan had been to village Barol. An old woman offered Him food. He was served Khichdi. The plate was then filled up with ghee. Since He was called as Almighty God, a good deal of people came to see Him. To disperse them, Lord started to act like a fool. He started to lick up the flow of ghee from his elbow. Thinking Him a fool, people went away, while a boy of about six years came forward and said, "You are Almighty God Supreme."Lord asked,"How do you say ? "He replied, "Nobody’s tongue can reach up to elbow. Yours is reaching so you are Almighty God. He renounced and became Devanand Swami. He was also a born poet.

His hymns and songs describing the effect of the vices and bad habits, the inescapable cycle of death and birth, the unbearable pains to be suffered there in, the very scarce availability of human life and its duty are very effective.

He has served his last twenty two years as the chief of the temple of Muli.