The following is the second part of an article by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur originally published in the 1930's, edited and expanded for contemporary context by Swami B.V. Tripurari. This is a work in progress.
Reader response is welcome.
The plane of divinity is superior to that of our present experience. There can be no necessity for any form of restrictive morality in the spiritual world, where the soul is no longer subject to the limiting influence of sensual and mental adjuncts. That plane has been depicted as surrounded by the River Viraja. The prefix 'vi' indicates 'without,' and 'raja' indicates the material influence. The stream of Viraja, bordering both the material and spiritual plane, effectively prevents the importation of any mundane defects into the transcendental realm.