Question and answer 15
In plain words
Disciple: If the bondage of saṃsāra springs from not knowing the Self, at what time did this ignorance begin?
Guru: Resting on the Self, which is Brahman, ignorance is without beginning, and it is imagined.
Word for word
Disciple: If saṃsāra's bondage arises through not knowing the Self, when did this ignorance come about?
Guru: The ignorance resting on the Self, Brahman, is beginningless and imagined.