# Mangalacarana Breakdown

The first fourteen verses of [Chapter One (Adi-Lila)](https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/) form the *mangalacarana* (auspicious invocation prayers) for the entire work. These verses are expanded upon in the first seven chapters of the Adi-Lila: 

<table><thead><tr><th width="189">Verse in Chapter 1</th><th>Subject</th><th>Further Expansion</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/1">1-2</a></td><td>General obeisances to Sri Caitanya</td><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/44">Chapter 1 (Text 44</a>-<a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/110">110)</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/3">3</a></td><td>Proving Divinity of Sri Caitanya </td><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/2">Chapter 2</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/4">4</a></td><td>External reason for the advent of Sri Caitanya</td><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/3">Chapter 3 </a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/5">5-6 </a></td><td>Internal reason for the advent of Sri Caitanya</td><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/4"> Chapter 4 </a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/7">7-11 </a></td><td>Nityananda Prabhu </td><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/5">Chapter 5</a> </td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/12">12-13 </a></td><td>Advaita Acarya </td><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/6">Chapter 6 </a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/14">14</a></td><td>Pancha Tattva </td><td><a href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/7">Chapter 7 </a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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