As a result of past activities he takes on different types of body.
Absorbed in that dress he remains forgetful of Sri Hari.
Therefore maya gives him so many kinds of miseries
And although he bobs up and down in this ocean of misery,
he still thinks that he is happy.
Lying on a bed, suffering greatly, having been sick a long time
"I am very well today," he says laughing.
I get a laugh out of his "feeling very well"
This is the way the soul conditioned by maya feels "well"