Sheshappa Kavi (1730–1820 AD) was a great devotee who dedicated his entire life to Lord Narasimha and expressed his devotion through poetry. He composed three celebrated śatakas—Narahari, Nrusimha, and Nr̥kesari. Among these, the Nrusimha Śatakam became especially renowned across the Telugu states. In earlier times, it was taught in local schools, and the people of Dharmapuri still live deeply by its moral and spiritual teachings.

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A Famous Verse from Nrusimha Śatakam

సీ. తల్లిగర్భమునుండి - ధనము తే డెవ్వడు
         వెళ్లిపోయెడినాడు - వెంటరాదు
    లక్షాధికారైన - లవణ మన్నమె కాని
        మెఱుగు బంగారంబు - మ్రింగబోడు
    విత్త మార్జనజేసి - విర్రవీగుటె కాని
        కూడబెట్టిన సొమ్ము - తోడరాదు
    పొందుగా మఱుగైన - భూమిలోపల బెట్టి
        దానధర్మము లేక - దాచి దాచి

తే. తుదకు దొంగల కిత్తురో - దొరల కవునొ
     తేనె జుంటీగ లియ్యవా - తెరువరులకు!
     భూషణవికాస! శ్రీధర్మ - పురనివాస !
     దుష్టసంహార ! నరసింహ - దురితదూర !

Meaning: No one brings wealth from the mother’s womb; when we leave this world it does not come with us.
Even one who has Lakhs does not swallow glittering gold—only salt and rice.
We earn money and fret over it, but the riches we pile up do not accompany us.
Burying it in the earth and hoarding it without charity or righteousness—in the end either thieves or lords take it.
If honeybees work so hard to gather and store honey, in the end, it only falls into the hands of wayfarers (those who harvest the honeycombs), doesn't it! Similarly, the wealth of a miserly person eventually falls into the hands of others. (Signature: Bhushana Vikasa, resident of Sri Dharmapuri; Narasimha, destroyer of the wicked and of sin.)