kali is the grandfather of svarocisa manu, one of the progenitors of mankind. as previously mentioned, kali had a son named svarocisa with the apsara varuthini. svarocisa once traveld to mt. mandara and was met by "manorama", a cursed-woman being chased by a demon. in the past, she had made fun of a sage practicing tapasya austerities on mt. kailas and was cursed to be captured by a demon. when her friends "vibhavari" and "kalavati" berated the sage for enacting a curse for such a minor offence, he cursed one to be a leper and the other a carrier of diseases. manorama had knowledge of a powerful spiritual weapon, but did not know how to wield it, so she taught it to svarocisa. when the demon leaped out of the forest and grabbed a hold of the woman, svarocis called forth the weapon. but the demon stayed his hand and explained he was actually manorama's father, "indivara". he had also been cursed to become a demon by the sage "brahmamitra" because he tried to covertly obtain the secrets of ayurveda medicine without the sage's knowledge. the sage told him that the curse would end when he was about to eat his own daughter. once he regained his true form, indivara taught svarocisa the ayurveda medication, which he used to cure manorama's friends. he later married the three and had three sons with them. he learned the languages of all creatures from vibhavari and the "padmini vidya" from kalavati.