The Inner Circle
Edition #9: Absolute Faith — What Gita Chapter 17 Teaches Modern Entrepreneurs
Absolute Faith — The Gita's Framework for Trust Under Pressure
Dear Inner Circle,
Chapter 17 of the Bhagavad Gita opens with a question every entrepreneur eventually faces: what happens when a person acts with complete faith, but without formal scriptural knowledge? Is their action valid?
Krishna's answer is profound: faith itself is threefold — Sattvic (clear and purposeful), Rajasic (passionate and ego-driven), or Tamasic (blind and habitual). The quality of your faith determines the quality of your action, not the other way around.
"The faith of every person is in accordance with his nature. A person is what his faith is."
— Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 17, Verse 3SME Growth Fund — ₹10,000 Crore and What It Means for You
The government quietly launched a ₹10,000 crore SME Growth Fund through SIDBI this quarter. Unlike the headline CGTMSE schemes, this fund operates through equity and quasi-equity — meaning it does not create debt on your balance sheet.
Who qualifies: manufacturing MSMEs with annual turnover between ₹5 crore and ₹50 crore, operational for at least 3 years, with a promoter willing to give up a minor equity stake (typically 10–20%). The fund takes a patient capital approach — no fixed repayment schedule.
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Dr. Dibyendu Choudhury
CEO · CMAC & COWE | Author of 10 Books | MSME Advisor | Vedic Scholar
Until next fortnight — keep thinking, keep building.