# Ravana’s Desire and the Lesson of Two Sweet Puddings

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118621234762314210
- Source account: [@HotChocolateyh](https://x.com/HotChocolateyh)
- Source language: Telugu
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:10
- Published: 2026-11-06
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings) If you would kindly understand one thing and hear my plea, I believe you can forgive me with a generous heart.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=8) The one made with jaggery is payasam, and the one made with sugar is payasam.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=12) One is white, and one is black. Both taste sweet.

[0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=16) Once you understand that, you won't fuss over color, or yearn for the other pot.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=20) "What did you see in Sita that you couldn't see in me, that made you die for her, and what did you do for your frenzied lust, Ravana?" she asked.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=30) "You had a son who could make the world tremble, a son who could defeat Indra.

[0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=37) You sent him to war and got him killed, for your lust and another man's wife, my son.

[0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=42) You killed your brother, Kumbhakarna. Now, if you die, your brother Vibhishana will light your funeral pyre.

[0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=49) If I die tomorrow, you wretch, you'll have died leaving me no son to light my funeral pyre!

[0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=55) Your lust killed you." Tell Sītamma about it in the Sundara Kanda.

[0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=59) “If you don’t take care of yourself, will you always be young?

[1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=64) Will your body always have the strength?

[1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/13ICjqwcEtUi/en/ravana-s-desire-and-the-lesson-of-two-sweet-puddings?t=66) As easily as you have strength, you can just as easily lose it—