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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 8]
śrī sūtaḥ uvāca —Śrīla Sūta Gosvāmī said;  saḥ —he (Śukadeva Gosvāmī);  upāmantritaḥ —thus being inquired;  rājñā —by the King;  kathāyām —in the topics of;  iti —thus;  sat-pateḥ —of the highest truth;  brahmarātaḥ —Śukadeva Gosvāmī;  bhṛśam —very much;  prītaḥ —pleased;  viṣṇurātena —by Mahārāja Parīkṣit;  saṁsadi —in the meeting.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Thus Śukadeva Gosvāmī, being invited by Mahārāja Parīkṣit to speak on topics of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa with the devotees, was very much pleased.
PURPORT
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  can only be legitimately discussed among the devotees of the Lord. As the  Bhagavad-gītā  was authoritatively discussed between Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna (the Lord and the devotee respectively), similarly  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , which is the postgraduate study of the  Bhagavad-gītā , can also be discussed between the scholars and devotees like Śukadeva Gosvāmī and Mahārāja Parīkṣit. Otherwise the real taste of the nectar cannot be relished. Śukadeva Gosvāmī was pleased with Mahārāja Parīkṣit because he was not at all tired of hearing the topics of the Lord, and he was more and more anxious to hear them on and on with interest. Foolish interpreters unnecessarily tackle the  Bhagavad-gītā  and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  when they have no access to the subject matter. There is no use in nondevotees' meddling with the two topmost Vedic literatures, and therefore Śaṅkarācārya did not touch  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  for commentation. In his commentation on the  Bhagavad-gītā , Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya accepted Lord Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but later on he commented from the impersonalist's view. But, being conscious of his position, he did not comment on the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was protected by Lord Kṛṣṇa (vide  Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa ), and therefore he is known as Brahmarāta, and Śrīmān Parīkṣit Mahārāja was protected by Viṣṇu, and thus he is known as the Viṣṇurāta. As devotees of the Lord, they are always protected by the Lord. It is clear also in this connection that a Viṣṇurāta should hear  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  from Brahmarāta and no one else because others misrepresent the transcendental knowledge and thus spoil one's valuable time.