A servant works for wages, has fixed hours, takes wages and does according to the work entrusted to him. A slave has no wages, he is expected to be all the time with his Master, and he does anything and everything that the Master may demand. In other words a slave is always there with his Master and always for Him. Being with the Master is his sole reward. Now isn’t it so much better.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
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