Santdasji ( Shatanand Swami) was a staunch devotee having Akhand samadhi i.e. uninterrupted stage of Samadhi i.e. trance. He used to see Lord in divine perceptible human from in every work and in every stage, even in deep sleep. Many a times, he remained in Samadhi for more then six months.

Finally Lord kept him at Gadhada, gave him intuitive power and asked him to compose Satsangi Jivan, a huge divine scripture describing the history of Swaminarayan Sampraday, Lord’s glory, His theory, His activities and the knowledge and sermons given by Him.

Shatanand Swami has written commentary over Shikshapatri and translation of Vachanamrut, Hari Vakya Sudha Sindhu and many other scriptures in Sanskrit.