Bhagavad-gita is directly Krsna

[Bhakti Vikasa Swami]

Sometimes some people say -- it is rascaldom -- that "Arjuna heard directly
from Krsna, but we don't find Krsna in our presence, so how can I accept
it?" It is not a question of direct presence, because you have no idea of
the absolute knowledge. Krsna's words, Bhagavad-gita, is not different from
Krsna. It is not different from Krsna. When you hear Bhagavad-gita, you are
directly hearing from Krsna, because Krsna is not different. Krsna is
absolute. Krsna, Krsna's name, Krsna's form, Krsna's quality, Krsna's
instruction, everything Krsna's, they're all Krsna. They're all Krsna. This
has to be understood. They're not different from Krsna. Therefore Krsna's
form here, He's Krsna. He's not a statue -- "He's a marble statue" -- no.
He's Krsna. He has appeared before you because you cannot see Krsna. You can
see stone, wood; therefore He has appeared in that form. You think that it
is stone and wood, but He's not stone and wood; He's Krsna. This is called
Absolute Truth. Similarly, Krsna's words are also not different from Krsna.
When Krsna's words are there in the Bhagavad-gita, it's Krsna.

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From Srila Prabhupada's lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.30 -- December 8,
1973, Los Angeles