Acharya Prashant explains that Maya (illusion) and Brahman are considered beginningless specifically for the questioner, because the question itself arises from the questioner. He posits that Maya is not a separate entity but is, in fact, the questioner himself. Since a question implies a lack of knowledge, and all questions are a form of Maya, the questioner is identified with Maya. The very act of seeking the origin of Maya is a manifestation of Maya. The speaker delves into the paradox of this search, stating that to reach the beginning of Maya would be to reach its end, at which point Maya would cease to exist. However, if the questioner—who is Maya—still remains to declare that the origin has been found, it proves that Maya has not actually ended. Therefore, the quest to find Maya's beginning is itself part of Maya, and the true beginning is only reached when this quest is dropped. Maya persists as long as there is darkness or ignorance (Avidya) about its nature, and this ignorance is what manifests as the question. This concept is further illustrated with an analogy of a rope: reaching the beginning of the rope is the same as reaching its end. Since the questioner is the rope (Maya), reaching the end of the rope means the end of the questioner. The speaker concludes that Maya is called beginningless because to reach its end is to reach one's own end; as long as the individual self remains, Maya remains. Similarly, Brahman is called beginningless because Maya, being ignorance, cannot know anything, least of all Brahman. The fundamental ignorance is the belief that one is the body, which is the principal bondage.