The stages of existence, O Daitya, through which individual soul must pass are not unlimited. They are fourteen hundreds of thousands in number. In consequence of them individual soul, ascends, stays, and falls down as the case may be.
शतं सहस्राणि चतुर्दशेह परागतिर्जीवगणस्य दैत्य आरोहणं तत्कृतमेव विद्धि स्थानं तथा निःसरणं च तेषाम्॥