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It would be relevant here to quote some essential parts from the introduction of Nishīthachūrṇī Part-3 to understand the decision of Utsarga and Apavāda in Nishīthasūtra.
Utsarga and Apavāda
The goal of both Utsarga and Apavāda is the purification of life, spiritual development, protection of restraint, and the growth of virtues like knowledge, etc.
Just as a traveler walking on a royal path, when faced with a particular obstacle, abandons the highway and takes a nearby path, and after going some distance, if no obstacle is seen, returns to the highway. This is what should be understood in relation to going from Utsarga to Apavāda and from Apavāda to Utsarga. The goal of both is progress. Therefore, both are paths, not wrong paths or wrong paths. The harmony of both makes the sadhaka's sadhana successful and prosperous.
When and for how long Utsarga and Apavāda?
The question is actually important. Utsarga is the general method of sadhana. Therefore, the sadhaka has to walk on it continuously. Utsarga can be abandoned but not without reason. Utsarga is abandoned and Apavāda is adopted only in special circumstances, but not forever.
_ A sadhaka who abandons the path of Utsarga without reason or leaves it when a common reason arises is not a true sadhaka, he is not a worshiper of Jinājnā but a destroyer.
A person who takes medicine without reason or pretends to be sick even when he is not sick is a cheat, he is duty-bound. Such people themselves go astray and taint society. This is the condition of those sadhakas who abandon the path of Utsarga for ordinary reasons or who constantly use Apavāda without reason, who after using Apavāda once due to reason, continue to use Apavāda even after the reason is over. Such sadhakas themselves go astray and also present an inappropriate example in society. Such sadhakas have no principles and no limits to their Utsarga Apavāda. They defame the prescribed path of Apavāda to fulfill their desires or to hide their weakness.
The path of Apavāda is also a special path. It also leads the sadhaka towards liberation, not towards the world. Just as Utsarga is the path of restraint, so is Apavāda. But it should be truly Apavāda. The sadhaka needs to be constantly vigilant, aware and alert to ensure that the desire for enjoyment (and the kṣaya vrutti) does not deceive him in the guise of Apavāda.
If the sadhaka is faced with a truly difficult situation, no other easy path is found, and as a result, Apavāda has become unavoidable, then using Apavāda is Dharma. And as soon as the stormy atmosphere that has come is cleared, the situation is no longer difficult, then one should get on the path of Utsarga. In such a situation, even a moment's delay (restraint) can be fatal.