He became interested in poetry and started writing in September 1855, studying literary metre over the following year. He presided over "Buddhivardhak Granth" from March to December 1856. After his second marriage, he left college in August 1856, writing "Pingal Pravesh" in February 1857 and dedicating it to his father. He joined Gokuldas Tejpal Vidyalaya as a teacher and began studying Sanskrit literary works such as "Laghu kaumudi", "Chandralok", "Nrisimhachampu", "Kavyachampu", "Prataprudra", "Adhyatma Ramayana". He started at Central School as a teacher in February 1858, then resigned in November 1858 after deciding to pursue a literary career.