The Upanisads

This dialogue appears soon after the Pānḍavas have begun their twelve years in forest exile after the ill-fated dicing match. After they plead with a group of brahmins not to follow them into the forest, a wise brahmin named Śaunaka steps forward to deliver Yudhiṣṭhira a teaching

Shortly after recounting Janaka’s teaching, Śaunaka instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on how to discipline his desires, comparing a man controlling his senses to a charioteer controlling horses

Āraṇyaka Parvan between a brahmin named Śaunaka and Yudhiṣṭhira that brings up a number of teachings that are reminiscent of doctrines in the Upaniṣads.