Verse 1.9.17 (Krishna Patro Pr):
* Here Bhismadeva is coming to a conclusion to explain to Yudhistira Maharaj that everything is working under the Supreme will of the Lord. As a living entity, it is inconceivable, we might not understand the plan of the Lord.
* And how much the Lord loves the devotees, is also not easily understood by us.
* The jiva's responsibility is to surrender to the plan of the Supreme Lord.
* Here, the subjects were all waiting for the Pandavas to rule and hence protect them. So Bhismadeva is addressing Yudhistira Maharaj to accept the will of the Lord and administir the helpless subjects.
* Good or bad, we should accept without being disturbed, the situations presented to us by the Lord.
* Why the Lord does such arrangements, it is also explained here. Just to teach us, the conditioned souls, about dharma. The popular saying is that a housewife teaches the daughter-in-law by teaching the daughter. Similarly, the Lord teaches the world by teaching the devotee. The devotee does not have to learn anything new from the Lord because the Lord teaches the sincere devotee always from within. Whenever, therefore, a show is made to teach the devotee, as in the case of the teachings of Bhagavad-gita, it is for teaching the less intelligent men.
* So Krishna might act like an ordinary man, but that is to just set an example for us. He really does not have to do anything, but He does just for the pleasure of devotees and to teach the conditioned souls.
* By surrendering body, mind, all possessions that we have, as a household dog we should surrender at the lotus feet of the Lord, this is what is told to us by the acharya's, who have themselves exemplified this.