No other poet of Reet-Kaal has written more verses than Dev. His patrons were Azamshah, Bundi King, Bhav Singh, Mavanidutt Vaishya, Raja Kushal Singh of Etawah and, Orchha King Swaroop Singh and Aurangzeb. He wrote in Braj, and his jurisdiction was Etawah, Mainpuri. Prominent among his compositions are Bhava-Vilas, Ras-Vilas, Sujan-Vinod, Prem-Tarang, Kavya-Rasayan, Pavas-Vilas, Prem-Deepika, Niti-Shatak, Prem-Darshan etc.